Shannon's Reviews > The Wife

I BLEW through The Wife by Alafair Burke. I loved every second of it. I don’t know how many times I can say it but shortish chapters are the best! Also, multiple POVs always gets me excited. I was hoooooked!

So what’s it about? Jason has many jobs, one of being a professor and the other a consulting business. Oh, he’s also a best selling Author. Jason seems to have it all. Money, jobs, an actual house in NYC. He is married to Angela and has a step son named Spencer. Angela has had a horrible and tragic past but has moved forward in life by marrying Jason. Because Jason is well known, Angela often times feels worried that her past life will come back to haunt her.

An intern from Jason’s business goes to the police after an incident in his office. SVU Detective, Corrine Duncan leads the investigation. (I really enjoyed Corrine and her ADA, Brian King.) Corrine decides there’s not much proof, more of a he said she said type of deal. “Somehow” the incident gets leaked in the paper. After the post another woman, Kerry Lynch, has come forward accusing Jason of something terrible. Eventually, Kerry ends up missing.

Angela sticks by Jason’s side through out it all. She believes he’s innocent. But is he really? Did Jason hurt these women? Betrayal, lies, secrets oooooOOo so juicy! So many twist and turns! And the last chapter: OMG!! I was GRINNING to myself after reading the final chapter. The HYPE is real

Well played, Alafair. Well played! Highly recommended. 5 Stars!

Thank you to Harper for the advanced copy via Edelweiss!