“ I have held you every night for ten years and I didn’t even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house.
Who are you?

Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she’d do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie. “

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Emma is diagnosed with a serious illness which prompts Leo, an obituary writer, into looking into her history… he very quickly finds out there are holes in the stories she’s told him about her past.

Rosie Walsh is one of those authors who has this wonderfully natural way of describing characters. She manages to make you believe you know them personally without using too many words or taking up too many pages. Emma and Leo felt very real to me, which was a pleasure considering I’ve read a few books recently where I haven’t connected with the characters at all. They’re also of a similar age to me and my OH, and we also have a young one like Ruby, so there were many relatable factors. There are quite a few difficult subjects in the book which I felt were treated with thought and consideration.

I couldn’t put this book down. Literally physically had it with me for 2 days straight. There are multiple twists and turns throughout the book which really keeps you going and is a nice change from twist reveals which only happen at the very end. I guessed some quite quickly but not all which I was pleased about as I’m not often taken by surprise in thrillers - it’s my constant aim to find books where I don’t guess the plot twists!

I really enjoyed this book. I had very high expectations after The Man Who Didn’t Call and I was not disappointed. I don’t know if I was reading it way too fast