Anatomy of an Alibi

A Novel

By: Ashley Elston

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Saskia Maarleveld, Amanda Stribling, Dan Bittner

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Two women. One dead husband. And only one alibi.

“Elston expertly unravels a web of secrets and lies. You won’t be able to put this excellent thriller down until the final shocking page.” —Megan Miranda

Everyone at Chantilly’s Bar noticed out-of-towner Camille Bayliss. Red lips, designer heels, sipping a Negroni. But that woman wasn’t Camille Bayliss. It was Aubrey Price.

Camille Bayliss appears to have the picture-perfect life; she’s married to hotshot lawyer Ben and is the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana family. Only nothing is as it seems: Camille believes Ben has been hiding dirty secrets for years, but she can’t find proof because he tracks her every move.

Aubrey Price has been haunted by the terrible night that changed her life a decade ago, and she’s convinced Benjamin Bayliss knows something about it. Living in a house full of criminals, Aubrey understands there’s more than one way to get to the truth—and she may have found the best way in.

Aubrey and Camille hatch a plan. It sounds simple: For twelve hours, Aubrey will take Camille’s place. Camille will spy on Ben, and the two women will get the answers they desperately seek.

Except the next morning, Ben is found murdered. Both women need an airtight alibi, but only one of them has it. And one false step is all it takes for everything to come undone.

It is what it claims to be

It was good, I liked the narrations. Fun dual ended plot lines. Loved the concept. Twists seem a little “handed to you” not much suspense before a big reveal.

Queen of twisty thrillers is back!

There are different kinds of thrillers and she is the Queen of twisty thrillers! This was a fun, easy read. It gets right into the plot with Aubrey pretending to be Camille and then we find out why. I love how it switched between Camille & Aubrey so we got both sides of the story and then Hank’s side as well. It was an interesting plot with twists and turns. When you think you know who did it, you don’t and something else happens to throw you a different way. Great read!

What a damn good story

The story was very well crafted. There were a number of characters that ordinarily would be difficult to keep track of, but the author was able to link the characters and identify them throughout the story. Narration was fantastic.
I suppose you can guess that I really like this book.

I really wanted to like it

I thought the premise sounded intriguing. But there was just too much back-and-forth— past and present, too many characters I couldn’t keep anybody straight.

Twisty, domestic thriller!

I was shocked at who killed Aubrey’s parents! And who killed Ben! So so good!