Book Review - It's Always The Husband by C. L. Taylor - #HolidayReading Tenerife

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Title: It's Always The Husband

Author: C. L. Taylor

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Avon

Publication Date: 5th June 2025

Rating: 5 Stars

Welcome to Lowbridge. Where secrets hide behind every door…

When newly divorced Jude arrives in the small town of Lowbridge, she is soon drawn to widower Will, the father of her young daughter's best friend.

But Will's past is shrouded in tragedy, with questions that no one knows the answer to – and after two tragedies tore his life apart in just a few short years, gossip and rumours abound about what really happened to the women he loved.

As whispers of murder surround Will, Jude becomes determined to uncover the truth – and with her own father's tragic fate haunting her, she refuses to let another innocent man suffer.

Yet in Lowbridge the darkness runs deep, and nothing is as it seems. Can Jude protect Will from a community out for blood? Or will she become the next victim in this web of deceit?

Because whilst one dead wife is tragic, two starts to look like murder…

C. L. Taylor has done it again and written a spectacular novel, where I had no idea what to believe and was astounded by the ending. 

What I know for sure is I don't want to live in Lowbridge, nor be one of the playground mums there, as their friendship group appears to be rather toxic. 

And what an apt title this book is, for there are definitely some iffy husbands in this, but then again are their wives any better!

There is a mystery at the heart of this book, about what really happened to Robyn.  Did Will murder her, did she run off, or is there another explanation for her disappearance.

And Jude who is new to town, but may have already slept with Will, who is determined to find out the truth to clear his name. 

This was incredibly readable, rather addictive and I couldn't' put it down. I had to know who it would turn out.  Utterly brilliant as I have come to expect from this author. 

Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.