The Evidence by K.L. Slater - Book Review

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I’ve been reading K.L. Slater’s books for years and she still surprises me with plotlines! *The Evidence is one big surprise after another, it is “jaw-dropping” it is totally addictive and downright creepy! Read on for my full review.

Book Description

I can see her through the glass door. She’s smaller in real life than I expected. She looks the exact opposite of the type of woman that might murder her husband.

Everyone’s heard of Simone Fischer. The young mother accused of killing her husband in cold blood, one sunny afternoon, while their son played in the room next door.

So when journalist Esme secures an exclusive interview with her it feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. Simone has remained silent since her husband’s death but after a decade in prison, she is willing to talk to Esme. And Esme, recently freed from her own toxic marriage, is confident she can get Simone to open up.

At their first meeting, when Esme sees Simone sitting across the table from her in jeans and a lemon tunic top, she is stuck by her ordinariness. Then Simone begins to tell her story of an abusive relationship where she was a prisoner in her own home, and Esme decides that the truth needs to come out.

But not everyone is pleased that Esme is telling Simone’s story. And when Esme’s beloved sister is left for dead in a nearby wood, Esme’s life begins to unravel. Forced to question what Simone has told her, she can’t help but wonder if murder was the only way out of Simone’s marriage. Why has it taken Simone so long to tell the world the truth? And will the consequences be devastating for Esme?

What I Thought

What I really love about The Evidence is that it’s current. The main character Esme runs her own media company with a very successful podcast. Podcasts are a very popular thing right now and social media is of course huge. When Esme records her podcast I felt her talking straight at me, as if I was listening to the book instead of reading it! If you get me!

Esme is recording a podcast talking to Simone Fischer from inside prison where she is serving a sentence for killing her husband. She hopes that this podcast will put her media company on the map and secure a safe and financial future for her and her son. Who has an old leg injury from being knocked down by a car. But it seems that Esme’s podcast is bringing the wrong kind of attention to her and her family. I can’t say any more but you will not believe what you are reading!!!!

Esme’s world really does turn upside down in this addictive thriller. I found it hard to put down, unexpected twists and turns all over the place. Domestic abuse is a big plotline in this one, and you truly never know what goes on behind closed doors.

Thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for the read.

Author Bio

For many years, Kim sent her work out to literary agents but never made it off the slush pile. At the age of 40 she went back to Nottingham Trent University and now has an MA in Creative Writing.

Before graduating, she received five offers of representation from London literary agents which was, as Kim says, ‘a fairytale … at the end of a very long road!’

Kim is a full-time writer and lives in Nottingham with her husband, Mac.

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