A Good Marriage was a fast-paced legal/domestic thriller. There were a lot of characters, but you could keep them straight. The story begins with an anonymous note from someone in prison. Then Lizzie, our main protaganist, gets a call from Zach, a former classmate. Zach is in prison, a potential suspect in the murder of his wife. He claims he's innocent, but don't they all?
He asks Lizzie to take on his case and she does. This turns into a legal thriller trying to determine if Zach is innocent, and if so, who killed his wife, Amanda. We get scenes from Amanda's perspective leading up to her murder as well.
This book is filled with secrets, twists and turns. It's next to impossible, I'd say, to predict how it will end, which is a good thing... but I think there was just too much. Some of the twists and secrets opened up huge plot holes which were never addressed or reconiciled. The secrets, in some cases, were mentioned as a secret early but not revealed until much later and the reveal was lacking (you think it's going to be this big, relevant secret and then... eh.).
With fewer attempts to twist, and instead devoting that time to fully fleshing out the twists, this could have easily been a five-star read. It was compelling and a definite page-turner, but I was left disappointed with a few of the secrets/twists.
He asks Lizzie to take on his case and she does. This turns into a legal thriller trying to determine if Zach is innocent, and if so, who killed his wife, Amanda. We get scenes from Amanda's perspective leading up to her murder as well.
This book is filled with secrets, twists and turns. It's next to impossible, I'd say, to predict how it will end, which is a good thing... but I think there was just too much. Some of the twists and secrets opened up huge plot holes which were never addressed or reconiciled. The secrets, in some cases, were mentioned as a secret early but not revealed until much later and the reveal was lacking (you think it's going to be this big, relevant secret and then... eh.).
With fewer attempts to twist, and instead devoting that time to fully fleshing out the twists, this could have easily been a five-star read. It was compelling and a definite page-turner, but I was left disappointed with a few of the secrets/twists.