Published September 19th 2017 by Graydon House
342 pages | Goodreads Description: ❝I glance at my wife as she climbs into the passenger seat, and I am bursting with confidence. Today will be everything I’ve promised her…and more…
Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys and a big house in a wealthy suburb. And he’s the perfect husband: breadwinner, protector, provider. That’s why he’s planned a romantic weekend for his wife, Mia, at their lake house, just the two of them. And he’s promised today will be the best day ever.
But as Paul and Mia drive out of the city and toward the countryside, a spike of tension begins to wedge itself between them and doubts start to arise. How much do they trust each other? And how perfect is their marriage, or any marriage, really? Forcing us to ask ourselves just how well we know those who are closest to us, Best Day Ever crackles with dark energy, spinning ever tighter toward its shocking conclusion.
In the bestselling, page-turning vein of The Couple Next Door and The Dinner, Kaira Rouda weaves a gripping, tautly suspenseful tale of deception and betrayal dark enough to destroy a marriage…or a life.❞ (end of description)
REVIEW
Paul Strom is a successful, handsome man married to Mia, a stay-at-home mom. The books narrates a day in the life of this couple, but is not just any day, it is the day Paul takes Mia away to their lakehouse home for a relaxing weekend.
On the journey there we hear Paul’s thoughts about their life and how it has evolved to this day. The story is told from the point of view of Paul and it alternates between the present day and past events.
It is brilliantly told and Paul is an excellent character. I was completely captivated by the novel and finished it fast.
Overall, I loved the novel and highly recommend it to readers of thrillers and contemporary fiction. I look forward to the author’s next book.
