Undertow, Elizabeth Heathcote
Undertow, Elizabeth Heathcote
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Undertow

Author: Elizabeth Heathcote

Narrator: Henrietta Meire

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/13/2017


Synopsis

An exhilarating debut novel that follows one woman's hunt for the truth when she realizes she might have married a killer 

They said her death was a tragic accident. And I believed them…until now. 

Carmen is happily married to Tom, although she knows she'll always live in the shadow of another woman—the mistress who ended his first marriage: Zena. Mercurial, mesmerizing, manipulative Zena—a woman who, Carmen begins to discover, had the potential to incite the darkest of emotions. Zena, who drowned in the sea late one night. 

Zena seems ever-more present, even in death, and when Carmen unknowingly stumbles on evidence that her husband has not been telling her the whole truth, she can't shake her unease. As she uncovers documents and photographs, a very different tale than the one Tom has led her to believe begins to unfold, and she finds herself increasingly isolated and paranoid. As the twisted events of that night begin to come to light, Carmen must ask herself if it's really a truth worth knowing…even if it destroys her and the lives of the people she loves most.

About Elizabeth Heathcote

Elizabeth Heathcote worked as a feature writer and editor on newspapers and magazines for many years before writing her first novel, Undertow. Her jobs have included women’s editor and deputy features editor at the Independent on Sunday, as well as freelance writing for publications such as the Independent, Observer, Guardian, Psychologies and Marie Claire. She lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Namita on June 19, 2017

Carmen is newly married Tom who has three kids with ex-wife Laura. Before Tom met Carmen, he had an affair with another woman Zena while he was married to Laura. Carmen a free-lance journalist while going through Tom's old laptop discovers that Zena died under mysterious circumstances with suspicion......more

Goodreads review by Abby • Crime by the Book on March 26, 2017

Well, I didn't mean to read this book in one sitting but... that's how it turned out!! This is a really quick, engaging domestic thriller - it's not a "life changing" kind of read, but it kept me completely absorbed. It's fast-paced and totally easy to binge-read - a kind of "light suspense" novel t......more

Goodreads review by Liz on March 02, 2017

I enjoyed Undertow - it had a beautiful flow about it, an intriguing mystery element and was a very good psychological thriller. To be fair I did work out the ultimate solution quite early on but I do that quite a lot, what made me really enjoy this one was the relationship between Carmen and Tom - h......more