Publication:
March
5, 2019
Publisher:
Park
Row Books/Harlequin
Source:
Publisher
Synopsis:
In the most explosive
and twisted psychological thriller since The Woman in the Window, a beautiful marriage
turns beautifully bad.
Things that make me
scared: When Charlie cries. Hospitals and lakes. When Ian drinks vodka in the
basement. ISIS. When Ian gets angry... That something is really, really wrong
with me.
Maddie and Ian's
romance began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in
the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now
almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are
living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident
leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she
gradually reveals her fears about Ian's PTSD; her concerns for the safety of
their young son, Charlie; and the couple's tangled and tumultuous past with Jo.
From the Balkans to England,
Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen
years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the
Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking
crime.
******
It all started with an emotional 911 phone
call and a visit by the police to a quiet well-manicured neighborhood...
Beautiful
Bad had
a really good beginning that grabbed my attention. I would consider this book
to be more of a slow burn suspense/thriller story. The book is told mainly from
Maddie’s point of view along with Ian’s POV jumping in here and there as the
book progresses.
Maddie was an interesting character to get to
know; though I couldn’t really connect with any of the characters. That’s
probably the point with a book like this. My only major complaint was that there were times
when I questioned why Maddie and Ian were even together. I didn’t really
believe in their love story.
Aside from that, I thought that Beautiful Bad was well written and the
author did a good job of building suspense and creating intriguing characters.
I liked how the story flip-flops between the past and the present; before the
incident and after the incident; which helped to draw the suspense out. I
thought I pretty much had it all figured out on how everything would end. I was
right about some things, but there were a couple surprises and twists at the
end that I hadn’t expected.
RATING:
3½ out of 5.
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