24/04/2020

Guilty Wives

Sitting in a dark, dank prison cell in
ISBN 0099550180
(ISBN13: 9780099550181)
Paris, serving a life sentence for murder, Abbie Elliot tries to piece together the story of how she came to be here.

It all happened in Monte Carlo, where she was having the holiday of a lifetime with her three best friends away from their stifling lives, and husbands.
Abbie remembers casinos, nightclubs, champagne and private yachts. The next thing she can remember is a swarm of police storming the yacht and arresting her and her friends.
Abbie has been set up, she knows it. But now she must find out who would do this to her, and why. Or she will spend the rest of her life rotting in that cell.

544 pages
Published July 4th 2013
(Arrow)

Just a Side Warning: there are some mentions of domestic violence and gambling. If you or anyone you know have any problems with these please seek help from a professional as soon as possible.

First Impression
Based on the prologue we find that Abbie is determined to not give up even though she and her 3 friends are imprisoned in Paris for a double murder.

My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A very sad story, with twists turns and rewards. 
I had to continue reading and before long I had finished, with some tears. 
Abbie and her friend were wrongly accused of murder and had to deal with horrid treatment especially Abbie. 
I was quite surprised that a prison, even a French prison would get away with such abhorrent behaviour towards their inmates especially in 2010 which is the time frame it happened. 
Guilty Wives is a book that you should read I would recommend it to anyone

Quotes
“Your integrity, your dignity, your honor - they aren't for sale. Not ever. Not to anyone.”
 “Something like this changes you,
it breaks you into pieces and puts you back together, but the sum total is different.”



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