The Wife exceeded all my expectations part psychological thriller, part domestic drama with a splash of legal thriller, this made for highly addictive listening (I purchased the paperback and then ended up listening to the audiobook). Categories: Book Club . The Wife is well written and easy to follow with how its structured. All original content on this site belongs to the author. Burke does her best to stave it off. The same goes for the no-nonsense Attorney Randall. I really enjoyed the way the story unfolded. My theories and sympathies constantly changed. She leads a privileged . Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her departments earlier practice (The Bone Collection, 2016, etc. Categories: So was the first accuser, Rachel, telling the truth? . 2,493 Following. The drawing will end this coming Wednesday, April 19. ", Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2018. Author is a good writer and knows how to present a story in a manner that keeps you engaged. Share. , Screen Reader Some are love at first sight, like instant sisterhood, falling into easy rhythms. Alafair is also the co-author of the Under Suspicion series with Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark. This is one of the best ending in a book I have read recently. ), she has no intention of calling in Tempe as a consultant and promptly identifies the faceless body herself as that of a young Asian man. -- Publishers Weekly "Mother doesn't always know best in this thrill ride of a novel . To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. Open Letters Review Site Policies |Web Designer/Webmaster: SceneScape Media | Powered by Squarespace. I enjoyed The Wife and loved how it all came together at the end. Alafair is a New York Times bestselling author of 14 crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two seriesone featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. Categories: She lives in New York City and spends too much time on Facebook and Twitter, but has no plans to quit. Shows as new in description, but is obviously not. Motherhood drains her - "soon all of Eve's time was spent waiting, waiting, waiting for the day to pass" - until the new classics teacher, Gabriel Easton, and his wife, Fen, arrive. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if its been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. 12. & I'm still in a hundred percent with you if you are) isn't ever as interesting as the hasty banter between Detective Duncan and ADA Brian King, which would be fine if they were the book's stars but is a bit of a problem when they're not. The Wife by Alafair BurkePublished January 23rd 2018 by HarperDate read: October 7, 2021. Smart, suspenseful, and absolutely riveting. -- Megan Miranda, author of. Even when Burke is using her to deliver the book's (mercifully minimal) exposition, it's more interesting than the narcissistic whining of the Powells: You know how it is. Some of them almost apologize for the bad guys as they're reporting the facts, because they're full of guilt, blaming themselves. As the story explodes in the media and on the internet, Angelas reaction is a bit different than one might expect: How long could Jasons 'scandal' make the rounds before someone started to wonder why his wife kept such a low profile? Why, indeed. Pin. I have been deeply disappointed in the last several murder/ psychological novels I have read. Fraud. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. A suspenseful, professional-grade north country procedural whose heroine, a deft mix of compassion and attitude, would be by And when she is asked to defend Jason in court, she realizes that her loyalty to her husband could unearth old secrets. A graduate of Stanford Law School and a former Deputy District Attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair is now a Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School, where she teaches criminal law and procedure. How does attempted murder sound?, Categories: Required fields are marked *. Plot Pre-publication book reviews and features keeping readers and industry But even worse is the way the solution to the mystery is revealed. I flew through this audio, I love the realism of the story told, and the characters responses to the situations they found themselves in. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Black Cherry Blues spans from the mystical streets of New Orleans to the endless mountains of Montana, and ranks among James Lee Burke's finest work an enduring classic, darkly beautiful and thrilling. The ending wasnt what I was expecting, and you know I love to be stumped! I found the main character Angela interesting but I couldnt relate to her. Alafair Burke's assured new book, The Wife, is billed as a novel of psychological suspense. When a college intern makes an accusation against Jason, and another woman, Kerry Lynch, comes forward with an even more troubling allegation, their life begins to unravel. When you mess with the bull you get the horns. Readers who were kept eagerly turning pages by Burke's thriller-writing expertise will likewise be pleased to know that their author hasn't lost a single step: apart from a slightly querulous opening couple of pages, The Wife is a perfectly-choreographed sequence of plot twists designed to make it virtually impossible to stop reading. Angela had survived a horrific trauma when she was younger, and when we meet her she'd spent the last twelve years putting one foot in front of another to prove that what happened in the past didn't matter. Now she's a big fan of boring, reassuring stability so her trouble-sensing antennae are instantly alerted when her husband offhandedly mentions having received a sexual harassment complain from one of the interns at the consulting service the runs when he's not teaching at NYU. 0. "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark partners with best-selling author Alafair Burke to deliver a brand new suspense series about a television program featuring cold case murders. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. A woman who suffered extreme trauma in her teen years learns that her celebrity husband may be a sexual predator. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Likes. The story jumps off when Burke with a not-particularly-suppressed authorial glee takes a storybook marriage and proceeds to fritter it apart like a wilting and despised New Year's Christmas Tree. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mothers home to Manhattan, where no one knew about her tragic past. Alafair Burke. Alafair Burke is a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent novels include The Wife and The Ex, which was nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel. Digitale Medien wie E-Books, E-Paper, E-Music, E-Audios und E-Videos ausleihen und herunterladen. Highly recommended." in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself. The latest novel from lawyer-turned-best-selling novelist Burke is as freshly topical as a #MeToo hashtag, but it unfolds with the slow-burn thrill of pure fiction. Then comes the fly in the ointment, an intern named Rachel who files a complaint at the NYPD Special Victims Unit claiming that Jason made inappropriate sexual suggestions at the office. Classic domestic-thriller elementsthe too-perfect couple, the unreliable narrator, the troubled pastare given a good by The latest novel from lawyer-turned-best-selling novelist Burke is as freshly topical as a #MeToo hashtag, but it unfolds with the slow-burn thrill of pure fiction. For me its The Last Summer at the Golden HotelI was gifted a copy by the author that I cant wait to read, but ARCs and book tours keep getting in the way! That's trickier. An intriguing, twisty psychological thriller, had me tearing through the pages, never sure which characters to trust. : What would you do if your spouse was accused of the unthinkable? Alafair Burke is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including recent standalones such as the Edgar Award-nominated The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister as well as the Ellie Hatcher and Samantha Kincaid series. RELEASE DATE: Jan. 23, 2018. THE WIFE was selected as a best-of-the-month pick by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Entertainment Weekly, O (Oprah Magazine), and others. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram if you're prepared for a healthy dose of dog photos along with your book news. MYSTERY & DETECTIVE, by Buy The Wife by Burke, Alafair online on Amazon.ae at best prices. : Readers who enjoyed Alafair Burke's 2016 crime-thriller The Ex for its sharply-drawn main character, hard-fighting high-profile trial attorney Olivia Randall will be pleased to know that she makes a return appearance in Burke's new book, The Wife.Readers who were kept eagerly turning pages by Burke's thriller-writing expertise will likewise be pleased to know that their author hasn't lost a . I liked that we get inside Angelas head and also detective Corrines. The detective, Corinne Duncan, figured it out and started looking for her. I thought Corrine the investigator was a great character. The Railwayman's Wife Fever at Dawn The Court Dancer Rome's Lost Son The Darkest Secret Darkest of Nights Christmas at the Cat Cafe A Thousand Paper Birds Pushing Up Daisies . Box There was a problem loading your book clubs. In any case, The Wife is an even more effective potboiler than The Ex and every bit as stylishly produced by the folks at Harper. Once again the prime suspect, this time Nancy was able to confront the secrets buried in her past and rescue her kids from a dangerous predator. A graduate of Stanford Law School and a former prosecutor, Alafair is now a professor at Hofstra Law School, where she teaches criminal law and procedure. All Rights Reserved. New York alafairburke.com Joined May 2009. When a pistachio ripens the hard shell that encases the nut splits open. I have to admit, this one had me guessing up till the end. Thanks for stopping by. Jason insists he is innocent, and Angela believes him. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. The author does a great job in concealing her past and bringing it up when necessary to draw you in. Angela, his wife, believes him. She has written eighteen crime novels and she was nominated for the Edgar Award for her book, The Ex. She was thorough and was kick-ass at what she does. Harlan Coben has said she is "a major talent," and Dennis Lehane called her "one of the finest young crime writers working today" back when she was young. "Alafair Burke executes a plot twist at the end of The Wife that left this reviewer gasping in awe." Dayton Daily News. Copyright 2020 by Bookends. "Alafair Burke always delivers. If you have trouble logging in stop by the Information Desk or call 817-952-2350 for assistance. I figure I might as well share it with you! I liked reading the criminal procedures and learning how things are done. Because, you know, I dont have seventy four thousand other books to read and review, let me pick up a library book! The plot was well-thought out, and had an extremely satisfying ending. Burke is a gifted storyteller and creates tension in small ways. One of the strong point of this book is that it reads like a real crime case. 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