Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, First Chapter/Intros, originally hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea and now hosted by I’d Rather Be at the Beach; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.
Today’s feature is a recent download: The Wife, by 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.
Intro: (Prologue)
In an instant, I became the woman they had assumed I’d been all along: the wife who lied to protect her husband.
I almost didn’t hear the knock on the front door. I had removed the brass knocker twelve days earlier, as if that would stop another reporter from showing up unannounced. Once I realized the source of the sound, I sat up straight in bed, hitting mute on the TV remote. Fighting the instinct to freeze, I forced myself to take a look. I parted the drawn bedroom curtains, squinting against the afternoon sun.
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Teaser: The few times I’d seen Olivia in person, she seemed so normal. Better than normal, really. Sexy, confident, a little bit mean. (63%).
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Synopsis: 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 perfect 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.
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I enjoy any kind of domestic thriller, so this book went on my wish list from the moment I heard about it. What do you think? Would you keep reading?
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It looks very good, Laurel.
I saw it on your other post.
Will be looking forward to what you think.
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Thanks for stopping by, Elizabeth, and I’m eager to read it, too. I haven’t started it yet, as I’m still reading (and almost finished with) The Almost Sisters. It’s good!
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I really, really do need to read this one, I love those quotes and the synopsis! Thanks for sharing Laurel.
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Thanks, Cleo, I am very eager to start reading this one. Soon! Enjoy your pick.
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The first paragraph was a good tease. Now I have to find out what the husband did.
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Yes, I can’t wait to read more, too, Margot…enjoy your pick. Thanks for visiting.
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This sounds like a must-read to me.
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Thanks, Catherine, I agree. Enjoy your reading today.
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Looking forward to this one myself; enjoy Laurel.
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Thanks for stopping by, Diane, and enjoy!
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This one sounds excellent! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks, Kristyn, I hope to dive into it soon.
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This does sound like a good one. I would read on. This week I have Look for Me by Lisa Gardner – a thriller from my review stack. Happy reading!
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Thanks for stopping by, Kathy, and your pick is on my list. Enjoy!
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Oh I’d definitely keep going. In fact, I have a copy — and I really need to get to it.
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Thanks for visiting, Candace, let’s hope we both love it.
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He’s guilty. 😉
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Thanks for visiting, Alice Audrey, and I’ll bet he is, too.
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This sounds like the kind of story I adore! I’m adding it to my TBR list.
My Tuesday post features Faultlines.
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Oh, me, too, Sandra…and I also loved your pick, Faultlines. Thanks for visiting.
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This looks like a seriously compelling read! I liked the beginning especially.
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Thanks for visiting, Katherine; I’m really looking forward to it.
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I’d definitely keep reading!
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Thanks for visiting…and for hosting, Vicki. I am definitely eager to read this one. Enjoy yours!
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I really want to read this one. It sounds so good.
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I think so, too, Yvonne…enjoy yours, too.
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Is this a sequel/follow-up book? I thought I read that somewhere and if so, want to read that one first.
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I read that it’s a follow-up to The Ex, which I also loved. Thanks for visiting, Nise.
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Wow! That is a really intriguing premise – and the protagonist seems to be a reasonably strong-minded, capable woman. I really hate it when the female in the middle of some of these thrillers turns out to have the spine of a jellyfish… Thank you for sharing this one – and popping in and visiting my site:). Have a great week, Laurel.
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Thanks, Sarah, I love strong women as characters, too. They give us all hope and strength! Thanks for visiting!
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Sounds good. I’d definitely keep reading.
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Thanks, Carol, I am so happy with all the lovely books coming my way! Enjoy yours.
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