My Husband: A Novel

Written by Maud Ventura

Narrated by Kiiri Sandy

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband—but can their marriage survive her passionate love?

A Belletrist Book Club Pick • An Amazon UK Best Book of the Year • Winner of France’s First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Vogue • theSkimm • Oprah Daily • The Millions

At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband, whose wealthy background allows her to transcend her own social class. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she’s never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.

Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, testing him to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.

Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .

“Fans of Caroline Kepnes’ You or Gillian Flynn will find My Husband to be a new, satisfying, and unnerving take on the relationship-suspense genre.” —Booklist (starred review)

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Jul 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9780063274853

Maud Ventura

Maud Ventura lives in Paris. She leads the podcast division of one of France’s major radio stations and speaks fluent English. My Husband is her first novel.

Reviews for My Husband

[Laurie Buchsbaum · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

3.5 because it was fun and I looked forward to the ending
Repetitive, could have been even shorter

[Linda Patin · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The audiobook narrator was great! As far as the story...while I appreciate an unreliable character, this one was crazy over the top.

[Kim Ourada · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Holy cow! Don't give up on this one...and the narration was perfection given the plot.

[Deja Green · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a bonkers story. But really creative storytelling. I had to find out how this would end.

[kennylef_495849271 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book was well written, and hilarious. The Maine character is a hot mess! I can't wait to listen to more books from this author!

[Tara Gordon · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I do not understand the hype surrounding this novel. I thought it was terrible. No good story line at all.

[wg9cm6jg79 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I couldn’t even finish. The main character just blathered on about herself and her self absorbed life.

[Brogan Boone · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It was pretty boring and by the description you think there’s going to be some crazy twist but there really isn’t. She’s obsessed with her husband, the end. Nothing happens.