The First Mistake

By: Sandie Jones

Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe

Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

From Sandie Jones, author of the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and USA Today best seller, The Other Woman, comes an addictive new domestic suspense audiobook about a wife, her husband, and the woman who is supposedly her best friend.

The Wife: For Alice, life has never been better. With her second husband, she has a successful business, two children, and a beautiful house. 

Her Husband: Alice knows that life could have been different if her first husband had lived, but Nathan’s arrival into her life gave her back the happiness she craved. 

Her Best Friend: When Alice met Beth, her best friend, it was the icing on the cake. A friend without judgement, to celebrate with, commiserate with, Beth is the most trustworthy and loyal person that Alice knows. So when Nathan starts disappearing for stretches of time, Alice turns to Beth. But soon, she begins to wonder whether her trust has been misplaced....

©2019 Sandra Sargent (P)2019 Macmillan Digital Audio

Outstanding!

Finished in 1 day! Could not put the book down, each plot twist kept me thinking I had it all figured out! Final twist proved me wrong! Excellent writing and narration.

Ridiculous

Yet another British domestic mystery where the women act like dimwits the entire time only to get even with the bad guy (that you can see coming from a hundred miles away) in the end. There will not be one plot twist you haven’t already figured out - so much so that you won’t even think it was supposed to be a “twist”.
Also, boring most of the way through. I regret this one.

Frustrating—no twists, no surprises.

I easily figured out the entire plot very early in the book. I kept hoping I was wrong and there would be some twists but nope just pure tedium to get to the end. Also, the two main women characters were incredibly gullible and just plain stupid. Not very believable. The last half hour was overly melodramatic explaining every detail that the reader had surely figured out a long time ago.

Marylou

Overall I enjoyed this book. I thought it was a bit slow moving until Part 3. I was pretty sure I knew where it was going and then suddenly, I was wrong! I enjoyed the way the characters evolved and was glad I read it. So many reviews are full of reports of “twists and turns”, as a good thriller should be and this was a good one.

I received an ARC of this book and have given my honest review.

Believe the Hype!

Believe the hype on this one! Twisty turny thrill ride that grabs you from the start and doesn't let go! I found myself trying to find things to do just to keep listening!


I don't want to give anything away but wowza what a great thriller this one was!

Narration by Nathalie Buscombe was well done however I would have liked a little more delineation between Beth and Alice's voices.

Lame

Used a credit based on reviews, but strongly wish I hadn’t. This story managed to be both convoluted & boring at the same time. Not worth it.

So many errors in the timeline

This book was so hard to follow. There were so many errors in the timeline I kept thinking What? Where was the editor???

Lots of twists, but...

It took too long to get there and horrible ending. It's like the author gave up.

Predictable and lack luster

I feel like I wasted my time listening to this. It is very drawn out and lacks true suspense which is needed in a story like this. Early on I knew exactly what Nate did. I continued listening in hope that it would either prove me wrong or get better. Neither happened.

The First Mistake would be not reading this book.

Even better than The Other Woman! An intelligently written story about love ,trust and how the lack of one destroys the other.