What Have I Done?

I read this horror story What Have I Done by Amanda Prowse.  There is no question of "whodunnit" in this book.  The reader learns immediately who the killer is but the full story unfolds gradually.    Kathryn Brooker has a seemingly content upper middle class life with her charming school headmaster husband and her teenage son and daughter.  Her children are her whole life and her reason for enduring the horrific abuse meted out by her husband.  The story is told in retrospect, looking back over different time periods, the first and earliest being "Ten years ago" as the story unfolds until "Today".  The author has dedicated her book to women in controlling and abusive relationships.  Kathryn is a well-drawn character and there will be discussion about her actions, or non-actions both before and after the crime is committed, or whether the crime needed to be committed at all.  This is our first Crime Club book for 2014 and I look forward to talking about it. 41/2/5