Guilty Wives
by James Patterson and David Ellis
genre: thriller
This is the book that inspired my post, “Now Rewind” Plots: Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em. It opens in the middle of the drama, then skips back several months to the beginning of the story, which is actually my one complaint about the novel, particularly because it’s a thriller. Some people on Goodreads labeled it a mystery, but what’s the mystery when you’re told what happens right at the beginning?
Synopsis from Goodreads
Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they’re free to live someone else’s life. As…
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