The Woman in My Home by Kerry Fisher is a thriller that takes a few twists and turns before arriving at a fairly satisfying conclusion.
It is also a story that starts off as one thing before morphing and becoming something much more. Ultimately, I think the author wants us to understand that men are awful. And women need to stick together to be able to defeat their machinations.
That probably seems simplistic, but considering the twists that occur, I don’t think it is inaccurate.
Cath is excited to have a new beau. So, she moves him into the house quicker than her son and mother would like. The move is complicated by the son’s family situation as well.
Rebecca is at loose ends due to her husband’s bad business deals. She happens to be around when Cath’s mother needs assistance, which leads to her working for Cath.
You really don’t need more detail than that.
I found Cath to be unlikeable, and somewhat of a snob. Like she couldn’t possibly have made a bad decision and everyone else around her just didn’t understand. Honestly, she sometimes came across as a petulant teen.
I think that is why I had a difficult time feeling bad for her when everything started to unravel.
Rebecca was a little bit easier to support because she had her heart in the right place. Plus, it seemed as if she was a little more astute than Cath.
Perhaps the author was also trying to illustrate that money can’t solve all problems and doesn’t necessarily make someone better or smarter?
Anyway, eventually the women do get it together. I don’t want to give away the climax, but I will say that I wished there had been more oomph behind the comeuppance of the character who deserved it.
After everything else, that fell decidedly flat for me. I expected more “thriller” from the ending – like how would the person react?
But it was still a good read, and I liked how Rebecca stayed true to herself, even as she questioned why she was even bothering to try to help.
The Woman in My Home by Kerry Fisher lacks a bit of focus, but it is still a good thriller that illustrates how the heart can overrule common sense.
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About the author:
Kerry Fisher is an internationally bestselling author of women’s contemporary fiction, including The Woman I Was Before, The Silent Wife (USA Today bestseller) and Other People’s Marriages, as well as a non-fiction memoir, Take My Hand. She now lives in Surrey with her husband, with an intermittent empty nest as her two young adult children come and go.
