The Last Wife – Book Review

Synopsis – The Last Wife

The perfect husband. The perfect house. The perfect lie.

When waitress Olivia meets charming, wealthy Lachlan Gibson, it seems too good to be true. A fairytale wedding. A magnificent house in the beautiful town of Rosford. Freedom to pursue her passion for painting.

Everything she ever wanted.

But beneath the surface, something isn’t right. Lachlan has some strange rules for his new wife. There are unsettling accidents which don’t seem random. And disquieting whispers about what happened to Lachlan’s previous wife, now deceased.

Olivia begins to suspect that her dream man may have a sinister agenda, that her perfect new life might actually be a carefully designed cage.

But it’s so much worse than that. As Olivia digs deeper into her husband’s past and discovers the terrible secret he has been hiding, she finally understands she may lose everything – her freedom, her sanity, even her life.

Author Bio

Matt McGregor is a writer of psychological thrillers from New Zealand. Before becoming a writer, Matt taught English (briefly), ran a nonprofit, worked with maps, and led a marketing team for a tech startup. Now, he mostly spends his time inventing surprising ways to murder his characters, which is totally fine and nothing for you to worry about. When he’s not writing in the third person he likes to explore the local wilderness, swim in the sea, and play with his exhaustingly energetic young children.

My Review

The Last Wife by Matt McGregor

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This book was a very quick, engaging read. Once I started, I read it through in one sitting.

The MMC was a total red flag from the outset, so you have to suspend some belief like is typical of this genre.

The book is not filled with twists necessarily in that you kinda know what is happening but still enjoy reading to see exactly how it will come about.

This is my first book by this author, but I would happily read others.

3.5 stars.



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