To read a book from the point of view of the women involved was fascinating and well done. Both women were relatable, despite being of their time. I will be recommending this book.

A story of Murder, deceit, obsession, and betrayal, Other Women, this book gives a voice to the women, the murder victim, and the wife of the accused. Inspired by the true story of a murder that took place over 100 years ago and looks at the lengths we will go to to protect the ones we love.

Mesmerising and haunting, Emma Flint's Other Women is a devastating story of fantasy, obsession inspired by a murder that took place almost a hundred years ago.

Other women is a haunting love story that evolves into something horrifying, it is a crime thriller that mixes historical fiction with overflowing and unsettling tension (think Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl level of terror). From the Afterword it seems that the author is under the impression she discovered an amazing murder case which kept London in its grip, triggered innovative breakthroughs in investigation techniques and is very telling about the position of women in that era...But really it's nothing special (or maybe I have read too much true crime...). And then, of course, into this rather puzzling scenario the inevitable happens Bea gets pregnant... and ends up murdered and dismembered - though Tom also gets his comeuppance through the actions of his wife.The tension grows throughout the book until it's almost unbearable. This is a book that will stay with you. It was far too simple for my taste. I didn't get bored exactly - it is a murder mystery after all - and it reads very fast (also because of many unnecessary repetitions), but the story and the themes are conventional and without surprises. Tune in to the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show to hear the live feature on Tuesday 7 March. You will also be able to listen to the full-length interview on BBC Sounds. This case may have been sensational in 1924. But these days this type of crime raises an equal amount sensational coverage, so this novel does not depict anything new in that respect. Where it did well was the portrait of the moral values of that time. A 37-year-old single woman working was not common at that time. But since it is just 5 years after the war there was a surplus of women. Eligible men for a making a good husband were in short supply it seems. So, as in this case, there was a yearning for male companionship that would hopefully end in marriage. That was the situation in which Beatrice Cade found herself when she met Tom Ryan. Ms. Flint wanted to give the female protagonists a voice, which unfortunately just became too long-winded. Initially, there was some suspense of what might happen to either woman, but halfway through the book, she goes right to the heart of it by starting with the court case against Tom who was accused of killing poor Beatrice. The court proceedings turn out a little wooden even allowing for the rather stiff British way of speaking at that time.