The Family Holiday

By: Shalini Boland

Narrated by: Katie Villa

Two families. One house swap. A vacation to die for.

The white-washed Italian villa is perfect. I thought it might feel odd, living in a stranger’s house for the summer, but as my husband and children swim in the infinity pool, I start to relax. And then, in the back of a wardrobe, I find something that shatters everything....

Sparkling green eyes, square jaw, lopsided smile. A young man with his arm around a beautiful woman. The picture is old and faded, but I’d recognize him anywhere. The man is my husband.

But we’ve never met the family we’ve swapped homes with, and my husband swears it isn’t him in the photo. He’s lying. We argue on the balcony with the sun setting behind us, and I storm out.

When I finally calm down enough to go back to the villa to confront him, I find his dead body sprawled across the veranda.

Who killed my husband? Was our marriage a lie? And are my children now in terrible danger?

©2022 Shalini Boland (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Great!

Excellent example of living with a narcissist.
Really highlights the way they manipulate and gaslight even after being confronted with verifiable facts.

a Good Story

It wasnt a bad book at all , and I did listen to the whole thing. There were lots of surprise twists , which I loved.
maybe for me personally it would have been better with a stronger narrator.

Worst Ending

They story was slow, and unremarkable. Then ending was worse. I’d say, take a pass on this one.

Lots of Twists and Turns

I loved this book and even listened to it when I was not in the car or exercising! I found myself yelling at the woman in the story who is not seeing what is right in front of her. I really enjoyed this book.

Pretty interesting

Took awhile to build but, it was decent story. Ending was a bit surprising.