Welcome to my review of The Marriage by K.L. Slater. This was an outrageously twisted tale with a great ending and something you can’t even begin to imagine, it has the most amazing line to pull you in immediately; “…….Ten years ago he killed my son. Today I married him.”
Ten years ago he killed my son. Today I married him.
Ten years ago my darling son Jesse was murdered and our perfect family was destroyed. My strong, handsome boy, so full of life, became a memory, a photo I carried with me everywhere.
But today I’m finally close to finding happiness again. My ash-blonde hair has been curled into ringlets. Carefully placed white flowers frame my delicate features. The small, drab chapel has been prettied up with white satin, and there are tiny red hearts scattered on the small table where I will soon sign the register with my new husband.
The man who killed my son.
My friends and family can’t understand it. My neighbours whisper in the street whenever I walk past. How can I love a man like Tom?
They don’t really know me at all…
Kim is the number one bestselling author of sixteen psychological crime thrillers. She has sold over two million copies of her books worldwide. She has also written four Carnegie-nominated Young Adult novels as Kim Slater for Macmillan Children’s Books. Kim has an MA in Creative Writing and lives with her husband in a small Nottinghamshire village.
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I love Slater’s writing and am slowly working through her backlist of titles, this one I have owned for a while. It has been sitting, waiting graciously on my bookshelf, awaiting its turn.
“…….Ten years ago he killed my son.
Today I married him.”
Tom Billinghurst murdered Jessie Wilson and is about to finish his 10-year sentence when he marries Bridget, Jessie’s mum. Yes, a strange and unimaginable situation that you wouldn’t even dream of, where Slater comes up with these ideas is beyond me, but they are brilliant!
Bridget has known Tom almost all of his life. She met his mother, Jill, at a baby group on the ‘right’ side of town when their boys were toddlers. They became firm friends for almost 18 years when the tragedy occurred. Unfortunately, Jill and Bridget don’t speak. Jessie is dead, leaving behind a pregnant girlfriend, Coral, whose son Elis is now nine years old.
The lives of Jill and Bridget are intertwined, as happens when another’s child is a constant presence in your life, meaning they are almost as much your child as your own is. All those memories of them growing up almost as brothers leads to a unique perspective on the characters. Told from numerous perspectives gives the reader a fuller picture of the situation and the feelings of those around the main characters.
The disturbing start is just the beginning of the tale, and, as usual, Slater leads us through many twists and turns, secrets and lies, to uncover the truth.
The ending contains yet another twist that came out of nowhere.
This was an outrageously twisted tale with a great ending and something you can’t even begin to imagine.
| Title | The Marriage |
| Author | K.L. Slater |
| Series | N/A |
| Format | Paperback |
| Page Count | 322 Pages |
| Genre | Mystery & Thriller |
| Publisher | Bookouture |
| Release Date | 17th May 2021 |
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