Julie’s parents were murdered when she was eighteen years old. As the only heir to the family estate, she inherited a fortune, but the money came with a lot of guilt. Survivor’s guilt, her husband Tom assumed.He thought she’d get over it, she just needed time, but it’s been fifteen years and it’s only getting worse, especially around the anniversary of the murder. She’s seen a number of therapists, but nothing seems to help until Tom runs into Hunter at a high school reunion.Hunter, an old boyfriend of Julie’s, is a psychiatrist now. He offers to provide a new kind of treatment to help Julie retrieve memories she repressed long ago, memories that could pinpoint the source of her guilt.Julie agrees to give it a try, but soon after beginning her sessions with Hunter, she starts to become suspicious of Tom. Did he have something to do with the murder of her parents? Is that why she’s been so full of guilt?Tom can sense her distrust and blames the new treatment. Ever since she started those sessions with Hunter, Julie’s been acting afraid of Tom. Maybe she should be afraid of Hunter instead!Guilty Thoughts is a tantalizing page-turner filled with twists and turns and Hitchcockian suspense.Read it tonight and be one of the first to leave a review!
This book was quite poorly written, as in the writing was just objectively quite poor. There was constant use of tell not show, the two POV voices weren't very distinct, and the whole book lacked an emotion if that makes sense. Also the plot twists were underwhelming and I'm still not sure about what is real and what is not.
Spoiler: When I finished this book, I genuinely thought for a moment the twist was that Tom and Julie the married couple were siblings. Luckily it was not this, but it wasn't much better.