The Assassin’s Wife: A Thriller was an interesting listen. Meg and Eric Cole are spending a week in their cabin when Meg sees her husband carrying a coffin-shaped box to the shed and acting suspicious. She didn’t like being lied to and felt that he was hiding something from her. About that time the phone rang and it was for Eric. He said it was Len Ackerman and that there was a problem with one of their properties in Seattle but she knew it wasn’t his voice.
While sleeping that night Meg hears the floor creaking ever so quietly and notices that Eric isn’t in bed with her. A strange man is looming over her and bullets begin to fly. Eric is killed but has time to give her instructions on what to do before he passes. He tells her he isn’t who she thinks he is. He tells her to go to their nearest neighbor and friend, Bill Hagerman and have him take her to Lomax. Upon arriving at Hagerman’s with the box in tow, Bill isn’t there but rather a man named Neil, claiming to be Bill’s brother. Meg learns that now she’s in a fight for the truth and for her life but she has to follow the instructions that Eric has left on a DVD or she’ll be killed. She has to become an assassin.
I felt the story was a good thriller but could have been an edge of your seat thriller. Where it fell short for me was the believable factor. There were several scenes that would be impossible such as Meg lugging around a large box filled with $7 million in cash. Another instance was when Meg went to see the man her husband instructed her to see and in order to prove who she was, she had to tell him the name of her favorite play. Lastly, it began to feel redundant when the author kept reiterating the fact that Meg was a drama professor. The story was good, however I felt that the author rushed it by leaving out key details that would have made the story more cohesive.
About the narrator: Kitty Hendrix did a wonderful job as always with her performance. She has good character differentiation. Her voice inflections were very good and it was paced perfectly. Her tone was just right for Meg and I feel that she was the saving grace of this story. Overall I would recommend listening to this audiobook for a good thriller.
I received this audiobook foc inx for an unbiased review.