What the Wife Knew
Books | Fiction / Psychological
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Darby Kane
Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding... because that was supposed to be her job. Dr. Richmond Dougherty is a renowned pediatric surgeon, an infamous tragedy survivor, and a national hero. He's also very dead--thanks to a fall down the stairs. His neighbors angrily point a finger at the newest Ms. Dougherty, Addison. The sudden marriage to the mysterious young woman only lasted ninety-seven days, and he'd had two suspicious "accidents" during that time. Now Addison is a very rich widow. As law enforcement starts to circle in on Addison and people in town become increasingly hostile, sides are chosen with Kathryn, Richmond's high school sweetheart, wife number one, and the mother of his children, leading the fray. Despite rising tensions, Addison is even more driven to forge ahead on the path she charted years ago... Determined at all costs to unravel Richmond's legacy, she soon becomes a target--with a shocking note left on her bedroom wall: You will pay. But it will take a lot more than faceless threats to stop Addison. Her plan to marry Richmond then ruin him may have been derailed by his unexpected death, but she's not done with him yet.
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Author
Darby Kane
Pages
368
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Date
2025
ISBN
006335196X 9780063351967
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"Incredibly slow moving, at halfway, and even 3/4 of the way through I still did not care about any of the characters, and could’ve been quite content to put the book down and never finish. It turns into a relay of things that happened from different perspectives, not the art of storytelling or helping us to get to know The personalities. In the last quarter of the book, it feels like the author is trying out a variety of twists, and then thinking against them moves on to another. It felt like the author themselves did not know which way it was gonna turn out… But not in an artful suspenseful way."
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