The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.Everybody’s luck runs out. This time it could be theirs . . .It isn’t safe. That’s what Joe tells her when he ends their affair—moments before their car skids off an icy road in a blinding snowstorm and hits a tree. Desperate to keep her life intact—her job, her … keep her life intact—her job, her husband, and her precious daughter, Lily—Dorrie will do everything she can to protect herself, even if it means walking away from the wreckage. Dorrie has always been a good actress, pretending to be someone else: the dutiful daughter, the satisfied wife, the woman who can handle anything. Now she’s going to put on the most challenging performance of her life. But details about the accident leave her feeling uneasy and afraid. Why didn’t Joe’s airbag work? Why was his car door open before the EMTs arrived? And now suddenly someone is calling her from her dead lover’s burner phone. . . .
Joe’s death has left his wife in free fall as well. Karen knew Joe was cheating—she found some suspicious e-mails. Trying to cope with grief is devastating enough without the constant fear that has overtaken her—this feeling she can’t shake that someone is watching her. And with Joe gone and the kids grown, she’s vulnerable . . . and on her own.
Insurance investigator Maggie Brennan is suspicious of the latest claim that’s landed on her desk—a man dying on an icy road shortly after buying a lucrative life insurance policy. Maggie doesn’t believe in coincidences. The former cop knows that things—and people—are never what they seem to be.
As the fates of these three women become more tightly entwined, layers of lies and deception begin to peel away, pushing them dangerously to the edge . . . closer to each other . . . to a terrifying truth . . . to a shocking end.
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I like it it was well written, dark, scary and while I didn’t check the realistic box it seems as though it fits that category in our world right now.
it had a weak story line
Not a very good ending. A slow read. Kept thinking something was going to happen and it never did.
I really enjoyed this book. It was written from a different perspective. The characters were well developed. The end was a bit abrupt.
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It was a good read, kept you guessing until the end. Definitely worth time spent especially if you are familiar with Boston.
Good read. Kept me guessing.
Somewhere between a psycho-drama and a page turner. There is agonizing and introspecting but enough action to keep things moving along. And a real mystery, who is the killer?
With all this infidelity and characters who are not telling each other the truth, you’d think there would be some hot sex somewhere, but we don’t get to see it. What we do see is an engaging mystery with real and imperfect characters. All the main characters are women, if that matters to you. The men are there but we don’t hear their thoughts, we just see their actions.
Great suspense book. Really kept my interest.
I was all in – until the last few chapters… The story took a twist, and that was fun but the details didn’t mesh to make it a credible ending for me. Felt more like the writer got tired and just wanted the story to end. Good character development of the two main female characters, interesting premise, never with a bit of a let down at the end – in my, never-to-be-humble, opinion.
This was part suspense novel, part women’s fiction. The plot was clever, there are lots of twists and turns, but the ending was too quick, it felt like i was missing an important part of the story. If your looking for a easy, quick read, then The Other Widow is that book.
Excellent read; character development was awesome.
It was pretty good.
Great Reading!!
I was confused half the time on what was going on. The author went into a lot of detail but when you got toward the end you had to assume a lot. Kind of like the author ran out of story.
This was an interesting book. Didn’t see the ending coming out the way it did. Caught me by surprise.
I enjoyed the book. It kept me guessing until the very end. I definitely recommend if you are looking for a good book to curl up with!
Kept me guessing til the end ! Good beach read !
Slow. I felt the ending was then rushed. Left me with several unanswered questions and I personally like mysteries solved after I’ve invested time reading them. No spoiler – part was solved but left a dangling issue. Would not have read had I known.
I felt it was a page turner for most of the book. However, it came to a conclusion very abruptly and I felt it was a disappointing end.