The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham

Michael Robotham is as good as it gets when it comes to the psychological thriller and The Secrets She Keeps is latest example of a chilling thriller. Here we meet pregnant Agatha, who works part-time as a stocker at a little grocery store in London. She envies Meghan, the pretty, well-off mother of two with a handsome husband, a nice house, and a mommy blog. Agatha learns that Meghan is pregnant and due at about the same time as she is when a chance encounter in the store leads to an unlikely friendship.


As with most Robotham novels, surface appearances hide deeper secrets and truths. Like peeling an onion, layer after layer is exposed with new details revealed each time. Is Meghan’s life as perfect as it seems? Is cheerful Agatha as good as she appears? What does it mean to have a perfect life and a perfect family? And what would you be willing to do to get and keep it?


Robotham skillfully pulls you in deeper and deeper, revealing darker truths and stakes that keep escalating until they have so much momentum it’s unclear if they can be stopped. The pages fly by as you move towards a conclusion that is impossible to predict. The uncertainty of outcomes lends tension to an already high stakes situation.


The audiobook is read by Lucy Price-Lewis who does a great job. Her character voices reflect both the difference in social status of the two principle characters as well as their different and changing states of mind. She adds urgency to the words on the page as situations become both more tense and more tragic. One of Michael Robotham’s greatest skills is in investing your emotions in the characters and making it absolutely gut-wrenching as you see tragedy approaching. Lucy Price-Lewis captures this dimension and perfectly complements the story.


This is a great story and an author who never fails to entertain. Highly recommended.


I was fortunate to receive a copy of the audiobook from the publisher.

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