As I wrote the novel, I came to relate to Bea even more strongly – like me, she moved to London from the north of England seeking a different kind of life from the one she had grown up expecting to lead. She was ambitious and independent. She was unmarried and childless (and given the shortage of men in the years after the First World War, she seemed likely to remain that way) – but she set out to make a different kind of life for herself. I admired that, and I admired her courage in moving hundreds of miles from her home town at a time when that was fairly unusual.

The murdered lover's POV was very, very, very S-L-O-W and repetitive. How many times did readers have to listen to a woman lusting for a married man????? On the south coast of England, an anguished moment between lovers becomes a horrific murder. And two women who should never have met are connected forever.I was working all weekend, but every chance I got, I had my nose in this outstanding book, and finished it in 2 days. I found it fascinating. This is a purposely short review because I don’t want to give anything away. Overall, I think this is a terrific book, a five star winner with an ever changing plot that keeps you absorbed. Highly recommended. I loved this book, I couldn’t put it down. I found it extremely engaging and I really liked the fact that it was inspired by a true crime story. I found it very interesting how the author describes what life was like for women in the early 1920s. I enjoyed the narrative and the way the story was told by the two different women; the wife’s narrative especially gripped me and I thought it was very clever the way the author told the story from her point of view in the second half of the book. The writing flowed perfectly between the two characters giving a sense of intrigue with each chapter. The connection between the two women was very heart felt and I loved the unlikely heroine aspect of the plot.” About the author I was over the moon to hear The Reading Agency and the Radio 2 Book Club had chosen Other Women for discussion. I’m deeply grateful to have this kind of support, and particularly delighted that it was librarians and readers who chose the book.

I really enjoyed this book. Based on a real-life murder that took place just after WWI, 'Other Women' tells the story of two women's lives and the fatal love triangle that consumed them. This is a meticuously well written historical crime thriller, that focuses on characterisation and gives a voice to ordinary and forgotten women from history.

A fast paced plot, told in a hugely readable and compelling writing style, I raced through this one. Six years after the end of the Great War, the country is still in mourning. Thousands of husbands, fathers, sons and sweethearts were lost forever, and the sea of women they left behind must carry on without them.

Heartbreaking. I wanted it to go on and on, even as I raced to the end. Excellent, absorbing and totally gripping. -- Melanie Golding, author of The Replacements Other Women is an immersive read and a book I could hardly bear to put down. This is an author with a talent for characterisation and scene setting, and her ear for authentic dialogue is sharp and true. This is historical crime fiction, but its message still rings loud and clear 100 years on, within the tandem narratives of two women wronged by a master manipulator. Dowdy, easily dismissed spinster Bea and dutiful wife and mother Kate are given equal billing here and neither of them should be taken for granted. They are women with surprising depths – in stark contrast to the conniving but shallow Tom Ryan.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). I have to admit to reading this with searing fury boiling in my stomach especially when I discovered Bea is just 37 (my age). Flint does a brilliant job of highlighting the societal expectations and pressures placed on unattached women at this time, despite the greater acceptance of women working. How their lives were vulnerable to judgement about their character and appearance. Which is then ramped up into incredulous victim shaming and misogyny during the trial.