Your Husband's Fault
Sarah thought moving to her husband's childhood village would give her family a fresh start-a cozy cottage, a good school, and the promise of peace. But on her son's first day, a stranger's chilling question-"Don't you know what your husband did?"-throws everything into doubt.
James's best friend Lucy disappeared twenty years ago, and now Sarah is trapped between her love for her husband and the whispers in this close-knit community. He never mentioned any of it. But why?
- Sarah - James' wife
- James - Sarah's husband
- Lucy - The missing girl and James' childhood best friend
- Martin - Lucy's dad
- Eric - Lucy's high school boyfriend
- After Sarah and James move to town, Martin is murdered.
- Sarah questions townspeople, trying to learn if James killed Lucy years ago.
- Sarah discovers Martin had been taking suggestive photos of local children, but no one stopped him because he owned much of the town and people were indebted to him.
- It's revealed that Lucy isn't dead - James helped her fake her disappearance to escape her father (Martin), because she was his first victim. She fled to New York.
- Eric shows Sarah a video placing James near the scene of Martin's murder and offers to handle it however she wants.
- The story ends unclear about Sarah's choice regarding the video.
- Sarah - Alive - No further details
- James - Alive - No further details
- Lucy - Alive - Able to live freely now that Martin is dead
- Martin - Dead - Killed by James
- Eric - Alive - No further details
- Child abuse
- Murder
- Emotional abuse
- Pedophilia
Ambiguous
Publisher: Bookouture
ISBN: 9781836187219
Publish Date: May 12, 2025
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.