I wanted to like the book very much, but I really didn't. And I'm about to have a good moan about it, with spoilers as well.
The only thing that kept me reading was the fact that it jumped about in time, ten years ago, now, three years ago, now, five years go, now, ten years ago, seven years ago, now.
I wanted really, the story of how she came to stab him, and some clever editing made sure you didn't get that until almost the end.
But at the beginning I found the dialog to be quite weak and unbelievable and I have no idea what the point of having the policeman who was also a family friend speak to Kathryn when he then vanished for the rest of the book.
Kathryn/Kate seemed entirely unscathed by the murder, by prison, by anything and seemed to recover from a 20 year old abusive relationship in mere moments.
Although at the end some of what she said and did while Mark was dying was clearly shock, everything afterwards seemed to be all fine again.
And that bit in the prison where she read to the inmate was ridiculous.
It was all dealt with in quite a light and fluffy way, with a lovely little flirtation thrown into the middle to make things nice. And even the bad people were lovely really, once Kate had spoken to them and made them see how pink and glittery the world could be. And it was, because like all women leaving prison, she came out as a millionaire.
She seemed to come out of the marriage, the murder and prison totally unscathed, apart from one bit that was totally out of character and out of the blue when she flung herself in the sea for no reason but nobody noticed and thought she was just having a nice paddle.
Nuts is the only word for it.