Urban Fiction/Psychological Thriller: An Entangling Web of Deceit
My 5-Star review in entirety published at Amazon for ‘Husband for Rent’ by Kristina Gallo:
Due to the author’s no-nonsense approach to storytelling, she deftly weaves a fast-paced thriller with a cast of psychologically/psychotically marred characters who become entangled in deceit. While each must try to clear themselves of being charged with a murder or two, the unraveling of this whodunit takes the reader by surprise.
More than one of these characters has sufficient murder to motive—and, if necessary—frame to divert blame.
I commend the author for her crafty plotting, sequencing of events, and character entanglement. She has the knack for profiling the physical, psychological, and emotional components of each character well enough for the reader to pick them out in a lineup.
Also noteworthy in affecting each character’s choices, the impact cultural cadences and socioeconomic fears migrants from the Mideast to Croatia face on a daily basis.
I highly recommend this short where innocence is hard to come by and the main characters spin webs of deceit from start to finish.
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