THE INNOCENT WIFE by Amy Lloyd

HOW DO YOU CONFRONT YOUR HUSBAND WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH?

Twenty years ago, Dennis Danson was arrested and imprisoned for the brutal murder of a young girl in Florida's Red River County. Now he's the subject of a true-crime documentary that's whipping up a frenzy online to uncover the truth and free a man who has been wrongly convicted.

A thousand miles away in England, Samantha is obsessed with Dennis's case. She exchanges letters with him, and is quickly won over by his apparent charm and kindness to her. Soon she has left her old life behind to marry him and campaign for his release.

But when the campaign is successful and Dennis is freed, Sam begins to discover new details that suggest he may not be quite so innocent after all ...

I was disappointed with this book, weak character, weak plot and a very unsatisfactory ending at least for me. 
 
Bibliomaniac M.S's quote:  I have always found it difficult to comprehend the concept of women falling for and marrying a convicted killer. I was therefore intrigued as I read the blurb for this one, hoping it would give me a little more insight as to what would motivate a woman to become infatuated in that way. 

To be honest, I still cannot grasp such infatuation, with the book leaving me even more baffled than I originally started out. I just cannot wrap my head around it! I found Samantha to be deluded, weak and pathetic. Needless to say, I wasn't a fan of the direction in which this book went, particularly the epilogue, although I can understand why the author decided to go that way given the personality types in the story.

I also found that the story started off strong, but became long winded and drawn out until around the 90% mark, at which point it built a nail biting amount of tension. Only to find I was let down by the plot holes and the unbelievable and sketchy explanation of the original crimes. How disappointing.

Sad to say, but this wasn't my cup of tea.  "This was exactly how I felt about this book. It started off so good but slowly the story went down and I wondered where was it going? 



But how do you confront your husband when you don't want to know the truth?