I found myself enjoying this story quite a bit. It wasn’t perfect, but it kept me glued to the story till the very end. Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston is about two completely different women having to team up to spy on one of their husbands for different reasons. Both are near strangers, and yet they will find themselves linked to one another when a murder occurs in which either of them could have benefitted from the outcome. It’s a classic take on a whodunit crime thriller in which it’s supposed to have the readers guessing until the very end.

Some readers, I feel, will likely not like the back and forth between timelines as well as between the three or four different characters’s POVs in each. I found myself being able to follow along quite well after a few chapters. Luckily, it’s basically split between two timelines, kind of like a before and after. It also helps that it’s only two months. Still, novels like Anatomy of an Alibi are meant to be read fairly quickly just so every detail is fresh in your mind, and there’s definitely quite a bit of stuff that gets packed in the story. I actually had expected for the story to include more investigative and detective work to break away both women’s “alibi”, you know, the kind that catches them in either lies, contradictions or just difficult to explain situations but sadly, not much of that was found here.

I don’t really have any major issues with the characters in the story. While they don’t feel exactly like cookie-cutter types, they’re also not exactly memorable nor fun. I did, however, find Aubrey’s roommate angle to be a bit weird. They go through so much trouble and put themselves at risk for her. It just felt so odd to me. Lastly, while I think the ending was okay, I wasn’t exactly too satisfied with the big reveal. I think a personal problem I usually have with these types of criminal whodunit novels is that I always expect for the reveal to completely blow my mind away. They mostly don’t, but that’s likely due to my high standards. Nonetheless, Anatomy of an Alibi is still a good read to get yourself lost in.