Nellie’s wedding to Richard is
quickly approaching when she begins to get strange phone calls. She is working
2 jobs, but that will all change once she is married, since Richard is a very
wealthy man. As the story progresses, we find that Nellie is a woman with a
mysterious past.
Vanessa is Richard’s ex-wife. She's
resentful that the marriage ended and Richard is marrying again, or so it would
seem. Vanessa’s life has outwardly become much harder since the divorce.
However, we quickly learn that Vanessa takes responsibility for the couple’s
split. She wasn’t a good wife and Richard through her out of their house.
Knowing this, I'm not sure if I should sympathize with her.
With all this in play, it’s
setting up to be quite a story. Will The Wife
Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen deliver on its
intriguing start? As I continue reading, little bits of these extremely flawed characters' lives are revealed. Should we assume that Vanessa is behind the crank calls
that Nellie has been receiving? That is what we are led to believe, but that’s too
obvious an explanation for me to consider.
I wonder where this storyline is
going. Crazy ideas fill my mind as I wait patiently for a major plot turn that
will bring it all together.
Suddenly, the narrative takes
a startling and a bit confusing twist. I have to stop reading to fully
understand it. I didn’t see it coming at all. I am now tempted to re-read some
parts of the book, just so I can fully get it.
As I continue to read after the
major revelation, I'm really not sure who is the hero and who is the villain in
this scenario. I guess that’s a mark of a good suspense novel – it keeps you
wondering.
The pieces of this story do
eventually come together to form an intricate pattern that is these individuals’
lives, but it’s a wild, enthralling, and sometimes disturbing ride getting
there. I have to pay close attention to get every detail, which there are many.
Nearing the end of The Wife
Between Us, there are still more surprises in store making it a very worthy
two thumbs-up suspense thriller.
This will be my last Maria's
Book Banter post for 2023. It’s been a good year and I look forward to continuing
this blog in 2024. I have a long list of book recommendations for this blog that
I would like to whittle down in the new year. Until then… Happy Holidays
from Maria's Book Banter!
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