Review: His Truth Her Truth by Noelle Holten — A domestic thriller filled with secrets
A couple are found stabbed on their own kitchen floor: just what has happened between them?
His Truth Her Truth by Noelle Holten — The key details
- Publish date: 1st March 2025
- Genre: Domestic thriller
- Publisher: One More Chapter
- Series/standalone: Standalone
- No. of pages: 415
Blurb: An anonymous call raises the alarm. Two bodies found as a result of a home invasion. Then the police see the knives.
One in his hand.
One in hers.
Joe and Beth appeared to have the perfect relationship. But there are two sides to every story.
His truth. Her truth. And the actual truth.
In this web of lies, only one person can be telling the truth, can’t they?
His Truth, Her Truth by Noelle Holten — The review
His Truth Her Truth by Noelle Holten tells the story of Beth and her fiance Joe. After her father dies, Beth struggles to cope, and after turning to drink to drown her sorrows, she finds herself drifting apart from Joe. Joe has his own problems too: running a company is stressful, and that’s the very least of his problems. But when the police find them both stabbed, hanging on for dear life in their own home, it’s clear something very dark has gone on between them. But what? Will we ever get to the truth?
His Truth Her Truth is not without faults, some more glaring than others. Some are minor, but really grated at me for some reason: the book can’t decide if the receptionist of Beth’s workplace is called Glyn or Gwyn for instance, and there are plenty of loose ends that never really go anywhere. The former is likely a proofing error still to be picked up, and as for the latter, perhaps some of those are purposeful — after all, when people die, their secrets go with them.
Even with its issues though, I still lapped up His Truth Her Truth. Its chapters are short which makes them easy to get through, and every one of the book’s mysteries will make you eager to keep reading to try and find out the truth. This is the first book by Noelle Holten I’ve read, and I can tell she’s a great storyteller who knows just how to make you turn to the next page.
Neither main character in His Truth Her Truth is particularly likeable: Beth is something of an unreliable narrator which adds an extra layer of tension and suspense to the proceedings, while Joe is just downright self-involved and rather unlikeable. Their relationship and the way they act is frustrating to the say the least: I found myself wanting to reach into the pages and give them both a good shake.
Even so, I couldn’t help myself rooting for them both and wanting everything to work out. Telling you whether or not it does would be spoiling things, though, so I’ll leave it for you to find that out when you read it.
Despite its issues, I still very much enjoyed His Truth Her Truth. It’s worth picking up if you want an easy-to-digest domestic thriller with plenty of mystery and numerous twists and turns along the way.
⭐️⭐️⭐️½
This review is based on an advanced digital copy of His Truth Her Truth provided by Netgalley.
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