Jul 3, 20235 min read

The Bride by John Nicholl. Review

Book Description

She’s on trial for murder… Now it’s her turn to tell her story…

# The truth is that I loved James with my whole heart. We were soulmates: meant to be together

forever. On the morning of our wedding, I had just found out I was carrying his child.

But it’s time to tell my side of the story. It’s time everyone knew what happened on that wedding

day, on our honeymoon, and on that fateful last drive together. It’s time everyone found out about

the secrets and about the threat that loomed over our marriage. It’s time everyone found out who

really killed James.

And I need everyone to believe me. To believe I’m not a killer. Because if they don’t, then my baby

won’t just have no father… she’ll have no mother.

BLOG TOUR REVIEW

Review for 'The Bride' by John Nicholl.

Read and reviewed via NetGalley for John Nicholl, Boldwood Books, Book And Tonic and Rachel's Random Resources Tours.

Publication date 28th June 2023

This is the eighth book I have read by this author. I have previously read 'Killing Evil' and 'The Doctor' (First book in the 'Dr David Galbraith' series) and 'The Wife' (Second book in the Dr Galbrailth series), 'The Father' (Third book in the Dr Galbraith series), 'The Carmarthen Murders' (First book in the 'Carmarthen Crime' series) , 'The Tywi Estuary Killings' (Second book in the 'Carmarthen Crime' series) and 'The Cellar' which I would also highly recommend.

This novel consists of 40 chapters. The chapters are short to medium in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!!

OMG!!!! Yet another fantastic success by John!! What a read!! Just Wow!!! This is one of the best psychological thrillers and series I have read in a long time,in fact that I have ever read!!!

Clear your schedules before picking this up because you won't be able to put it down!!

The storyline is absolutely addictive and gripping. I seriously WOULD NOT even start this book unless you have cleared your schedule because you will not be able to put it down!!! I absolutely blew through it in one sitting and it genuinely was unputdownable!!! A true page turner absolutely rammed with suspense, tension and everything you want when you read a psychological thriller. This would be absolutely amazing if turned into a movie, if done right of course!!! This is an absolutely gripping and addictive storyline.

Yet another absolutely gripping and addictive page turner from John Nicholl. I have yet to come across one of his books that I don't absolutely love!! This dark psychological thriller has the perfect amount of suspense, mystery, crime and tension to keep you absolutely hooked throughout!! I love the fact that this book is based in Ferryside which is literally 5/10 minutes away from me by car. The beautiful village I live in, Kidwelly , also gets several mentions!!! The fact that I recognised so many places really brought the story to life. John really describes Carmarthen, Kidwelly and Ferryside perfectly and even when this book is filled with crime and murder he manages to portray the beauty of local areas. I love that John mentions the vegetarian cafe on Merlins Lane in Carmarthen (Waverley Stores & Vegetarian Cafe in anybody is interested to know what it is called and wants to visit themselves). I'm looking forward to my own visit there are my mouth watered from John's description of the vegan mushroom burger!!! The storyline is absolutely ram packed with crime, mystery, murder, suspense, tension, and everything you could ask for in an addictive psychological page turner!! It also has just the right amount of humour in to lighten the mood which I always love in crime books. Will I say more? Nope, sorry for the tease but you'll just have to pick up a copy to find out more. I can't go spoiling it for future readers now can I? I found the storyline to be unique which always a bonus with so many crime novels around it can get frustrating reading similar story lines constantly. I absolutely loved the ending which was an absolutely fantastic and unexpected twist that I would have never seen coming!!! I think I'll have to leave this here as I don't want to risk giving anything away but needless to say this book is an absolute must read with an unexpected ending. I would love to see this turned into a movie!!

Daisy is an extremely strong female character who is realistic and very believable, or is she? I enjoyed meeting her in this book and getting to know her family, her history and how she has got herself in the position she has. However, and this may be slightly biased as I was extremely lucky to have this character named after myself, but my favourite character has got to be PC Kirsty Whitlock!!!! I was absolutely landed when I seen I had been lucky enough for John to name a character after myself and I would love to see her/me more 😂!!!! A HUMONGOUS THANK YOU to John for doing this. It is literally a dream come true for me and after the horrific few weeks I've had it really has made my year!!!! Anyway, moving on, not that I want to 😂. I previously met one of the other characters DS Laura Kesey in the second Book in the 'Carmarthen Crime' series 'The Tywi Estuary Killings' and also John's 'The Cellar'. I was pleased to "meet" her again. Detective Sergeant Laura Kesey who was another huge part of the team is very likeable and hard working and I do enjoy meeting her whenever I come across her in one of John's books. I also loved Ray who I have also met previously, also in 'The Cellar' and who made me laugh a few times. He reminded me of Detective Inspector Gareth Gravel from the 'Dr Galbraith' and 'Carmarthen Crime' series by John although not quite as big an attitude problem!! I would love to meet Ray again as he is one of those characters that will stay with you well after finishing the book. All the characters are realistic and strong and John's vivid descriptions make them leap out of the pages. Regardless of whether you love or hate them these characters worked perfectly to make this book absolutely unputdownable and I cannot wait to get stuck into John's next book which is guaranteed to be another explosive page turner!!

I really cannot compliment and recommend this book more. It is a heart racing, nail biting, suspense packed psychological thriller that will stay with you for one hell of a long time.

Congratulations John on yet another absolutely addictive nail biting edge of your seat novel. This is exactly why you are my favourite male author!! As always I'm looking forward to reading your next page turner and success 🥂 !!!

Overall another unputdownable, heart racing, nail biting and addictive psychological thriller by the King of Crime John Nicholl!!!

282 pages.

This book is just 99p to purchase on kindle, free with kindle unlimited and £9.32 in paperback via Amazon at the time of review which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!

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