Speak Of The Devil - Rose Wilding

Thriller

Rating: 9/10

New Year’s Eve 1999.

Seven women.  All of whom have a lot more to worry about then a Y2K glitch.

Seven women, inextricably linked by one man.  A man whose head is on a table in front of them.  Where the rest of him lies? That’s anybody’s guess.

Seven women, all with motive, must lie to protect themselves and whoever among them is a killer.

The ex, constantly drenched in a drunken haze.

The wife, thrust out of her deluded fairytale marriage into the full truth of the vile man she promised to love, in sickness and in health. Until death part them at least.

The widow, unwilling to face a truth too horrible to contemplate.

The teenager, paying an unimaginable price for her schoolgirl crush.

The mother figure, fighting a sense of obligation even as revulsion pushes its way in.

The friend, a staunch believer in the victim.  Until she wasn’t.

The journalist, whose motive may be the greatest of all, and who brought them all together.

As the clocks ticks down in the investigation of the murder, each woman’s secret is brought to light.

This was a stellar thriller that kept this reader constantly on my toes, flip flopping on which motive was powerful enough to drive someone to such extremes.  Secretly, I hoped they all had a hand in it…and maybe they did.  That’s for me to know and you to find out.

Book Pairing(s): No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosefield, The Violence by Deliah S. Dawson, The Wives by Tarryn Fisher