Rachel's Reviews > The Wife

4.5 Stars!

This police procedural / thriller is such a timely story, it almost felt Law and Order-ish, as in "ripped from the headlines!"

SUMMARY
Angela Powell's life looked pretty amazing to outside observers. She had Jason, her successful, handsome husband; Spencer, her beloved thirteen year old son and an incredible multi-million dollar home in Manhattan. She appeared to be living the dream life of an over-privileged NYC housewife. But what most people didn't know was that she had a painful secret from her past which continued to haunt her.

Things seemed to be going well enough for the Powell family until an intern with Jason's company came forward and accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior. Jason brushed it off as a misunderstanding and Angela believed him. The media got a hold of the story pretty quickly since Jason was an author and a minor celebrity, creating a whirlwind of bad press. The Powell's hired a very tough lawyer and the intern was quickly discredited. Just as the story began to die and public favor seemed to sway back toward Jason, another woman came forward accusing him of raping her.

The Powell family was once again in the center of a media frenzy. Both women threatened to sue Jason and take all the family's assets. The negative attention was destroying Jason's career and the attorney was costing a fortune. Their son Spencer was suffering at school and Angela was learning disappointing things about Jason. But worst of all, Angela was worried about keeping her secret. No matter what, that secret needed to stay buried.

To add fuel to the fire, one of the women goes missing and guess who the police start questioning immediately??? Jason, of course.

Does Angela even know the man she married? Is he capable of rape? Murder?

WHAT I LOVED
This story was jam packed with non-stop action!

So many times when I thought I had things figured out - who did what to whom, who was lying, who was trustworthy, who was the "bad guy" and what the motives were - I was proven wrong in the very next chapter!

I had to go back and re-read the last couple of chapters because I was stunned by some of the revelations and wanted to be sure I hadn't read it wrong. I hadn't. The ending was full of surprises. I feel like I should have changed my opinion of some of the characters after reading the ending, but I don't think I did. I'm still not 100% sure what I think of a couple of them now that I'm done.

WHAT I DIDN'T LOVE
I liked pretty much everything about the story. I was back and forth on my rating, trying to decide info wanted to give it my very rare 5 star rating but in the end, I decided it was not quite unique enough to hit my perfect 5, but only 1/2 a star off.