Review: The Dead Ex

The Dead Ex by Jane Corry
 
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Crime Fiction
Page Length: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 21 June 2018
Publisher: Penguin
Source: ARC via NetGalley
 
Stars:  4.5 out of 5
 
Link: AMAZON (UK)
 
ABOUT THE DEAD EX:
 
HE CHEATED. HE LIED. HE DIED.
 
Vicki's husband David once promised to love her in sickness and in health. But after a brutal attack left her suffering with epilepsy, he ran away with his mistress.
 
So when Vicki gets a call one day to say that he's missing, her first thought is 'good riddance'. But then the police find evidence suggesting that David is dead. And they think Vicki had something to do with it.
 
What really happened on the night of David's disappearance?
And how can Vicki prove her innocence, when she's not even sure of it herself?

My Review:

I was really looking forward to reading The Dead Ex (I'm a huge fan of Jane Corry and would recommend taking a look at her back catalogue - My Husband's Wife and Blood Sisters.)
 
My Dead Ex is told from the different perspectives of women and their life with David (the Dead Ex) and the stories are interwoven beautifully.
Scarlet - a young girl put in various care homes when her mother is sent to prison.
Vicki - an aromatherapist, David's first wife.
Tanya - David’s once PA and second wife.
Helen - an ambitious intern working for David’s company
 
The book is a who-dunnit, how-dunnit, and why-dunnit, the suspense and twists kept me riveted. As with her other books by Jane Corry it isn’t always clear the connection of the various narrators, but that’s also part of the pleasure of reading and wondering how they will meet later on. With the detailed description of children placed in care and prison governance are heart-breaking. Just when you think the story is resolved there is one final screw.
 
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
 
Thank you so much the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a complimentary electronic copy in return for an honest review.