finished reading

This twisty tale kept me up late!  I thought I had mad skills at detecting plot twists, but I did not see some of these coming.  Sarah, as an overachiever, sets the tone of the novel as a no-nonsense, high-powered, named partner at a prestigious law firm.  Adam, as the other narrator, is a struggling author whose taste of success has left him with writer's block.  Their marriage, although they still care for each other, is faltering.  Adam is accused of killing his mistress, and Sarah steps up to defend him.  Which is just one of the decisions I questioned.  The world of privilege and affluence was an interesting facet of this story; it would have been a completely different book if they were struggling financially or part of a marginalized group.

The secondary characters were well-crafted.  Each plays a significant role in twisting the storyline.  I didn't see the ending coming!

From the publisher:

Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress?

Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned.

The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire of his and Sarah’s relationship as she is constantly working.

Out in the secluded woods, at Adam and Sarah’s second home, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers.

Then, one morning everything changes. Adam is arrested for Kelly’s murder. She had been found stabbed to death in Adam and Sarah’s second home.

Sarah soon finds herself playing the defender for her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress.

But is Adam guilty or is he innocent?