Wow. This one will keep your bedside light on until the small hours - it's unputdownable. * Richard & Judy *
Kent is an extremely fine writer and makes terrific use in particular of the Fens' waterlogged, empty landscape in which secrets can be easily buried if never quite forgotten...Terrifyingly good * Metro *
Shocking in the extreme. The Loving Husband is a twisted psychological thriller * Sun *
Atmospheric and psychologically acute throughout * Sunday Times *
Christobel Kent is one of our most assured thriller writers. The Loving Husband is a perfectly paced and plotted novel * Good Housekeeping *
Firmly in the currently fashionable domestic noir genre, but this is no catchpenny trend-chasing; Kent effortlessly rises above other entries in the field . . . the familiar is confronted and inverted and Kent's ace in the hole is her keen penetration of the characters' psychology, particularly that of beleaguered heroine Fran -- Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *
Unsettling domestic thriller . . . Spooky and skilfully written, this is one to race through * Sunday Mirror *
Fans of a good old-fashioned page-turner will love this * Closer *
A finely-crafted series of flashbacks . . . excellent thriller . . . tense, dense, extremely well-plotted and beautifully written, this is a fine example of the Domestic Noir genre * Sunday Irish Independent *
A tautly plotted trail of red herrings, scares and eventual revelations that keep the Gone Girl fever-type buzz alive -- Jon Wise * Weekend Sport *
A clever and claustrophobic tale * Literary Review *
[A] compulsive psychological thriller about family, secrets and the lies we tell ourselves...With a distinctive style and menacing plot, Kent delivers a mesmerising read * Peterborough Telegraph *
Brilliant. A spooky, gripping and affecting story * Louise Doughty, author of APPLE TREE YARD on The Crooked House *
An utterly compulsive psychological thriller. I loved it * S. J. Watson, author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP on The Crooked House *
Echoes of Christie and du Maurier in this fine thriller * Sunday Times on The Crooked House *
Oh my goodness - what a book! So beautifully tense . . . just glorious * Clare Mackintosh, author of I LET YOU GO, on The Crooked House *
claustrophobic... a compelling story that twists and turns * Essex Life *
A truly chilling, absorbing read' * Kirkus *
