The best-selling author of The Marriage Lie returns with another suspense-filled novel about the dark corners and traps of marriage. Kimberly Belle's Dear Wife is a deliciously good, electrifying book, which follows a woman on the run, not from the police, but from her own husband.
Beth is leaving Arkansas in her rear-view mirror ... along with her abusive husband. She's been planning on leaving her old life behind her for some time now, but the only trouble is, she knows her husband will find her if she isn't careful, which is why she is leaving a trail of gingerbread crumbs in the wrong direction as she sets out to build her new life somewhere far, far away from home.
Sabine has gone missing. A successful Arkansas realtor, Sabine didn't come home one night after a showing, and her husband Jeffrey is desperate to find her. However, it is difficult getting the police to take action when they consider you their main suspect.
Marcus is the police officer in Pine Bluff working Sabine's case. He has his ways of finding things out, and they aren't always upright and honest, but one thing is for sure - he will find Sabine and bring her home at all costs.
While Dear Wife is one of those spine-tingling stories where you can't say too much without giving away the jaw-dropping twists and turns, readers will delight in how the stories of Beth, Sabine, Jeffrey, and Marcus all come together in the end. Dear Wife is a novel that you will want to devour in one sitting, and we don't blame you if you do. As this storyline closes in at a breakneck pace, you won't be able to look away from this horrifying, yet compelling story about domestic abuse. Sometimes the monsters under the bed are the very men we live with.
Rating: **** Stars (I really liked it)
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GENRE: Multiple Perspectives; Psychological Suspense
STORYLINE: Intricately Plotted TONE: Suspenseful WRITING STYLE: Compelling
LOCATION: Arkansas; Oklahoma
SUBJECT: Abused Women; Abusive Men; Detectives; Missing Persons Investigation; Missing Women; New Identities; Partner Abuse
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