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    The Third Mrs. Durst
    The Third Mrs. Durst
    The Third Mrs. Durst
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    The Third Mrs. Durst

    Written by Ann Aguirre

    Narrated by Courtney Patterson

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    Some people just need killing.

    Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband's shadow. He controls her every move-what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she's allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are . . . consequences. And he has all the power.

    To outsiders, it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. But nobody ever wonders if Cinderella was happy after she married the prince. Marlena has traded freedom and safety for luxurious imprisonment, and most days, that seems like a bad bargain. Death may be the only exit she's allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 15, 2019
    ISBN9781541434103
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    Ann Aguirre

    Ann Aguirre is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author and RITA winner, best known for her teen dystopian series Razorland (Enclave; Outpost; and Horde) and Sirantha Jax, her adult science fiction series. She writes all kinds of genre fiction and has forty-two contracted novels and novellas with Penguin, Macmillan, Harlequin, among others.

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    • 3/5
      Ok. Nothing special. The story was laid out mid-way through and there were no twists or turns, it was just more about how it would go down. Some parts were a stretch and some were a bit boring. But not horrible.
    • 5/5
      Interesting plot. The narrator did a fantastic job as well
    • 5/5
      Awesome thriller. The end is worth it, so don’t be fooled by (what looks like) a typical beginning.
    • 5/5
      Didn’t want to put it down! Kept me guessing till the end!
    • 4/5
      Many thanks to NetGalley, Midnight Ink and Ann Aguirre for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of The Third Mrs. Durst. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.Marlena grew up in the hills, with a drug-addicted mother, many siblings, and nothing to eat. She knew she had to get out and she did. It was hard to leave the little ones behind, but if she didn’t save herself, no one would. Living on the streets was dangerous but she found a best friend, Jenny. Discovered by a talent agent she begins modeling. A man, Michael Durst, notices her in the office one day and soon she is booking jobs in Europe. Before long Marlena becomes Mrs. Michael Durst. The third Mrs. Michael Durst. Everyone keeps telling her how lucky she is now that she has married prince charming. However, having all the money in the world doesn’t mean you’re happy. Marlena knows she has a long way to go until she is perfect, a word her husband keeps using. Marlena just doesn’t know if she’ll live that long. Michael is grooming her to fit into his society, lying about who she is and where she came from. Marlena tries because if she makes one slight perceived error she is violently punished. The last two wives didn’t survive. Death might be the only way out. Finally!!! A thriller that thrills. A mystery that unfolds. Wow, imagine that. If you can’t tell, I am excited about this book. This was my kind of story. I like when you are led down a path. A path that is true, yet there is so much going on. Where you try to predict the end with one outcome, then another, then another. All possibilities hold true until, boom, there it is. The ending you didn’t expect. You didn’t expect it but it was there the whole time. You haven’t been lied to for ninety percent of the book, then the last ten percent turns everything upside down, and this left-field ending happens that you are supposed to accept. You should be forewarned that there is a lot of violence in this story. It is a little hard to take. I wasn’t expecting it and it made me uncomfortable. But it fit the story. I really liked the characters. Marlena is smart and her story is interesting. Everyone’s part fits into the story. Things move quickly, it is fast-paced, and there is never a dull moment. It’s an easy read, captivating, well written psychological thriller. If you have been following my reviews, you’ll know that I’ve been waiting for something to hold my attention. I’m so happy I finally found it!
    • 5/5
      Stories often surprise me, but The Third Mrs. Durst really surprised me. I love an excellent twist here and there. This is a dark menacing thriller about a young backwoods girl who escapes that life of extreme poverty. Instead, she becomes a model and attracts the attention of an older man, Mr. Durst. She wants the life that will come from being this rich man's wife. At least, that's what she thinks at first. He's not the same behind closed doors. He's every married woman's nightmare, the controlling abusive husband/stellar public citizen and man about town. How will she untie herself from this man? Well, I'm certainly not going to tell you that. This is an excellent read that will steal hours of your life before you realize it. So tense and taught and chilling! Read it! Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
    • 2/5
      This was not the type of book that I expected from this author, but it was an interesting change of pace from her. (I haven't read her in years though, so she may have ventured into this genre before and I just didn't know it)Had I bought this book, I think I would have sent it back based on the fact that the synopsis doesn't quite do it justice. As an ARC I get the same synopsis that Amazon and Goodread publishes, and I got the impression that it was going to pretty much, be the typical southern 'damsel in distress with rotten husband' book with a bit of a twist. Little did I know that it was going to be the twisted blood fest that it was.It took me about half of the book to finally realize what was going on (yes, I guess I'm slow!) and even though I know from the title page that "some people just need killing" the hate and violence and subterfuge just made my stomach roil. It didn't stop me from finishing the book though!!!*ARC supplied by the publisher.
    • 4/5
      I loved it. From beginning to end. I loved the characters, as they were true. Did I love the characters? Not most of them, for sure. But they were true. The ones I did love were also true.The story line is not what it first seems and I have to leave it at that so as not to spoil it. I could easily have read this from beginning to end if I had that sort of uncluttered time, and as it was, I still finished it in two days even fulfilling my duties I had to attend to. I couldn't wait to see what was next. Some surprises along the way, some no one could have seen coming, and the book is just so readable. This is not for those expecting weak and timid. Parts of it are raw. As I said previously, true. A true thriller fan will enjoy this one as much as I did for sure. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and I thank them.