Book: The Doctor’s Mistress

Author: Daniel Hurst

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for an advanced audio copy.

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The Doctor’s Mistress is the third book in The Doctor’s Wife series. This is not a stand-alone and you will have to read the first two books before this one. 

When I saw this book was coming out I was excited for two reasons. First, I liked the first two and with the way the second one ended, I was anticipating a third book. Second, in my review of book two “The Doctors Widow,” I said that the third book will be called The Doctors Mistress. Knowing I got the title right was oddly satisfying for me. 

This book is the weakest of the three but it’s still a great story. This was round three of Fern vs Alice so I was expecting a big clash between the two. We do get the two of them coming together but it wasn’t what I was expecting. I guess with the amount of books I have read by Hurst I should know to expect nothing. 

Alice is free from prison and is now dating the detective who wrongfully arrested her, Detective Tomlin. Both Alice and Tomlin fell a little flat in this story. Out of prison I just expected so much more out of Alice but she was less unhinged than I expected. Meanwhile, Tomlin became a laughing stock at the prescient for his role in the doctor’s murder in book one. I don’t remember him being the way he was described in book one and I didn’t like this path for Tomlin. 

I really like that we get closure with both characters and the ending is a fitting conclusion. Again, it was far from what I expected but that is par for the course with books by Daniel Hurst. 

I hope this is the final book in The Doctor’s Wife series and it goes out on a high note. If you are unfamiliar with this series this is definitely a series to check out.  

Final score: 4/5