The Golden Couple
Fiction
St. Martin's Press
March 8, 2022
Hardcover
336
Purchased
Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it all—until Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship driven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers.
Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesn’t stop her from counseling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate.
When they glide through Avery’s door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and it’s no longer simply a marriage that’s in danger.
My review:
3.5 stars
I do love a good domestic thriller, and I've been reading this writing duo for a while now (I believe this is book 4?). While they have not all been stellar, what they do have is what I like to call readability. I'm not sure how this team manages it, but their writing style is incredibly captivating and I always find myself flying through the pages. They write in such a seamless way that you would never know there are two authors! In this book, we are told the story from two main characters. I definitely gravitated toward the therapist Avery, I actually found Marissa (one half of the golden couple) to be a bit on the boring side and never really warmed up to her. Of course there are also several side characters who may or may not be important to the story, you as the reader will have to figure that out as twists and turns are revealed. I enjoyed the fact that there were secrets and intrigue involving both the couple and the therapist, and were they going to overlap or not? The short chapters and clues left along the way definitely propel the story forward and make for an addictive read. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I would start to question myself (I ultimately did figure out one part, but not all of them).
While my favorite book by this author duo remains An Anonymous Girl (an unpopular opinion by the way), I will continue to read their books because of their impeccable writing style and the addictive quality of the stories. This would be a perfect novel to tuck in your beach bag if you want something of a more thriller nature than the usual summer romances.
