Saturday 14 December 2019

Book Review: The Drive-by Wife book 1 by Mike Wells


Book Review


Basic Details:

Book Title: The Drive-By Wife
Subtitle: (The Drive-By Wife #1)
Author: Mike Wells
Genre: Crime/Suspense
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 1
Best read after earlier books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21432174-the-drive-by-wife

Overall score:

I scored this book 4/5

Short Summary of the book:

In this book, Mike Wells explores what happens when a boring middle-class man realises his wife is having an affair and follows her on her way to meet her lover. When his wife then is attacked and he kills the attacker while fighting him off her, things get out of hand.

What I liked about the book:

The story was interesting although this one is not really his best work.

What I didn’t like about the book:

This book lingered a little in certain areas.

My favourite bits in the book:

The fact the husband loved his wife sufficiently to save her from her attacker after her betrayal.

My least favourite bits in the book:

The fights between husband and wife about how to deal with the situation.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This is the first book in a series of 4. The author has written several other series of books.

What books could this be compared to and why?

In comparison with the other books this author has written, this was not the best of his work.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children
No
Young Adult
No
Adult
Yes

If you like Crime, intrigue and mystery this book may be the book for you.

I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Book Description by Author:

In this explosive psychological thriller, Allen and Cynthia Hunt are an upper middle-class San Francisco couple who make one small but serious mistake. This momentary lapse in judgement plunges them into an endless nightmare that threatens to destroy not only their marriage, but their very lives.

About the Author:

Email me at mike (at) mikewellsbooks.com or follow me on Twitter (@MikeWellsAuthor) and get a FREE copy of one of my bestselling books. I'm an American author best known for my Lust, Money & Murder series and and written more than 25 other thriller and suspense novels. I also have taught in the Creative Writing program at Oxford. I'm known for my super fast-paced, 'unputdownable' books.

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