The One Day You Were My Husband

The One Day You Were My Husband ~ Rosie Walsh

Carrie is a surgeon in London, and Johan is a good samaritan who assists an injured person when he witnesses an accident, and accompanies them to the hospital. From this meet cute, they quickly fall in love, and Carrie travels to Thailand to spend a quick vacation with Johan when he travels there for work. Johan proposes, and the next day they impulsively marry on the beach. At their small reception, Johan is arrested and taken to prison. Carrie has no idea what is going on, but it soon comes out that Johan was smuggling drugs into the country, and oops, he has a serious girlfriend. Carrie returns to London, broken hearted, while Johan is given a life sentence in prison.

12 years later, Carrie is living in the English countryside with her husband, Robin, and their twin children. She gave up her medical career after the premature birth and subsequent medical issues of her kids. She is working toward getting back into medicine when she books a trip to a conference in Stockholm. While booking a rental on an AirBnB type site, she finds that Johan is not in prison in Thailand at all. He is living in Stockholm and owns a vacation rental. She is shocked,

This was a twisty turny type mystery thriller type book. Some of the reveals near the end felt like they came out of nowhere, but maybe if I listened to it again there would have been a bit of foreshadowing. I liked it, it was suspenseful and kept me engaged, but now that a few weeks have passed, I had to look it up to remember what the heck it was about. Recommended.