{"id":35327,"date":"2019-08-23T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=35327"},"modified":"2019-08-14T10:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:32:27","slug":"the-first-mistake-by-sandie-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-first-mistake-by-sandie-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Mistake by Sandie Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1303761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-First-Mistake-Jones.jpg?resize=329%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>My genre of choice over the last couple of years has been of the psychological and suspense thriller variety.\u00a0 Each are memorable in their own way with the expected twists and turns.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1303761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The First Mistake<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Sandie Jones is a standout in this genre for the usual reasons, but the twists and turns at the end had me exclaiming out loud with shock and disbelief by asking myself how this twist could be possible!<\/p>\n<p>The story begins with successful businesswoman Alice who seems to have it all &#8211; a great interior design firm that she founded, a gorgeous home outside London, a dedicated husband and two typical teenage daughters.\u00a0 But Alice&#8217;s life had not always been so perfect.\u00a0 Her first husband&#8217;s tragic accident weighs heavily on every aspect of their lives, from the business that Alice and her first husband started, to their teenage daughter that they shared (who was a toddler when her father was taken away).\u00a0 In her free time, Alice makes time for her best friend, Beth, whose children attend the same school.<\/p>\n<p>Alice is juggling a potential career changing interior design commission along with her home life, when she starts to notice a change in her husband, Nathan.\u00a0 Distant and secretive, Alice is convinced that he is having an affair.\u00a0 With evidence that she cannot ignore, Alice confides her suspicions to Beth that something is not right with Nathan.\u00a0 Alice soon learns that Beth&#8217;s background is just a tumultuous.\u00a0 As secrets are shared, Alice wonders if Beth is all that she seems and if she is hiding something.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a fan of this genre, add <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1303761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The First Mistake<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Sandie Jones to your list.\u00a0 You may think that you have the plot figured out but I am confident that when the final twist arrives you will be exclaiming out loud as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My genre of choice over the last couple of years has been of the psychological and suspense thriller variety.\u00a0 Each are memorable in their own way with the expected twists and turns.\u00a0 The First Mistake by Sandie Jones is a standout in this genre for the usual reasons, but the<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-first-mistake-by-sandie-jones\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[758,3697,2528,1696,1250],"class_list":["post-35327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-best-friend","tag-career","tag-family-secrets","tag-interior-design","tag-single-mothers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-9bN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35327"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35361,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35327\/revisions\/35361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}