The End of Her
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4.0 • 126 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * AN INDIGO BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The End of Her is a gripping domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Someone We Know.
In upstate New York, Stephanie and Patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin babies. The girls are a handful, but Stephanie doesn't mind being a stay-at-home mom while Patrick does the 9-5 to pay the bills.
And when a woman from Patrick's past drops in on them unexpectedly, raising questions about his late first wife, Stephanie supports her husband wholeheartedly. She knows the car accident all those many years ago was just that—an accident.
But when the police start digging, Stephanie's trust in her husband begins to falter, and Patrick is primed to lose everything. As their marriage crumbles, Stephanie feels herself coming unglued, and soon she isn't sure what—or who—to believe. Now, the most important thing is to protect her girls, but at what cost?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The woman who’s threatening to ruin a new mom’s life might also be the one who saves it. Up all night every night with colicky twin babies, Stephanie can barely see straight. It’s the worst possible moment for someone like Erica to show up. See, Erica had a torrid affair with Stephanie’s husband, Patrick, when he was married to his first wife, Lindsey, who then died in a tragic accident. But what if Lindsey’s death was no accident and Erica can help prove it? Each shocking twist in this taut domestic thriller had us changing our theory about what really happened. Is Erica a simple blackmailer or did Stephanie marry a killer? Author Shari Lapena expertly turns up the heat as the new mom searches for answers while dealing with the maddening effects of sleep deprivation. After all, just because someone is a ruthless extortionist doesn’t mean they’re lying.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dysfunctional marriages provide the backdrop for this workmanlike domestic thriller from Lapena (Someone We Know). Erica Voss blows into Aylesford, N.Y., from Creemore, Colo., intent on disrupting the lives of wealthy Stephanie Kilgour and her husband, Patrick, a partner in a successful business. A blackmailer and seducer, Erica also targets Patrick's business associate Nick Foote and Nick's wife, plus another couple. However, Erica saves her most devastating threats for Patrick, whom she knew intimately nine years earlier in Creemore. As the mother of colicky baby twins, Stephanie, in her fragile, sleep-deprived state, is easy prey for Erica's manipulations. But is the woman lying when she suggests that the death of Patrick's first wife was no accident? Even with tangled backstories, some characters come across as one-dimensional, while others make illogical choices. (Why, for example, doesn't Stephanie hire a nanny?) Despite these flaws, the fast pace will keep those fond of mischief and murder in suburbia turning the pages.
