The Wife - Alafair Burke

The Wife

By Alafair Burke

  • Release Date: 2018-01-23
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
4 Score: 4 (From 1,443 Ratings)

Description

“This might be the most gripping, insightful work from the best-selling author Alafair Burke yet. She poses a seemingly impossible, if undeniably compelling, challenge: a woman must either save her life or defend her husband, but not both.” — Entertainment Weekly

From New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Woman in Cabin 10—in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself.

His Scandal - Her Secret

When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mother’s home to Manhattan, where no one knew about her tragic past.

Six years later, thanks to a bestselling book and a growing media career, Jason has become a cultural lightning rod, placing Angela near the spotlight she worked so carefully to avoid. When a college intern makes an accusation against Jason, and another woman, Kerry Lynch, comes forward with an even more troubling allegation, their life begins to unravel. Jason insists he is innocent, and Angela believes him. But when Kerry disappears, Angela is forced to take a closer look—at both the man she married and the women she chose not to believe.

This much-anticipated follow-up to Burke’s Edgar-nominated The Ex asks how far a wife will go to protect the man she loves.

Reviews

  • Ending was incomplete

    3
    By concernedcalvinjames
    Great book but is there a second???
  • The Wife

    1
    By Siobhan N
    Books should be an escape, but the author couldn’t help but insert woke politics into this boring drivel.
  • Great! Lots of twists

    5
    By ReaderGal1996
    This is my first book by the author, and I LOVED IT! It had a lot of great twists and turns, and kept me hooked. I enjoyed the way it gave different perspectives and really made you question who good/bad. Would highly recommend!
  • The wife

    2
    By vdbad
    Book was great but the ending was horrible!!!
  • Great read

    5
    By bolow567
    Such a great book. Keeps you guessing until the end!
  • Good, entertaining but lazy ending

    3
    By Reporting players
    It was good but the cut off was lacking
  • The Wife

    4
    By B. Kwiecien
    Good book, easy read..... very unsatisfying, predictable ending. Everything was set up throughout the novel so you weren’t left guessing. Would definitely try another of his novels though, the writing was still quality and an interesting story, just not suspenseful.
  • Propaganda

    1
    By Wxteacher
    This book is full of liberal innuendos with no factual basis. It lumps Trump with Cosby, when Trump has never once been accused of sexual assault, unlike Bill Clinton and countless other Democrats. The writing is as weak as the main character, along with other weak female characters. Save your money.
  • Excellent

    5
    By Longhorn5555
    Superb writing.
  • Love it!

    5
    By Lu e Rich washington,dc usa
    I couldn’t put the book away ! I couldn’t figure it out until the end .

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