What the Wife Knew
A Novel
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding… because that was supposed to be her job.
Dr. Richmond Dougherty is a renowned pediatric surgeon, an infamous tragedy survivor, and a national hero. He’s also very dead—thanks to a fall down the stairs. His neighbors angrily point a finger at the newest Ms. Dougherty, Addison. The sudden marriage to the mysterious young woman only lasted ninety-seven days, and he’d had two suspicious “accidents” during that time. Now Addison is a very rich widow.
As law enforcement starts to circle in on Addison and people in town become increasingly hostile, sides are chosen with Kathryn, Richmond’s high school sweetheart, wife number one, and the mother of his children, leading the fray. Despite rising tensions, Addison is even more driven to forge ahead on the path she charted years ago…
Determined at all costs to unravel Richmond’s legacy, she soon becomes a target—with a shocking note left on her bedroom wall: You will pay. But it will take a lot more than faceless threats to stop Addison. Her plan to marry Richmond then ruin him may have been derailed by his unexpected death, but she’s not done with him yet.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The new wife of a beloved paediatric surgeon stands accused of his murder in this pacey domestic thriller. Richmond Dougherty is a bit of a hero, but behind closed doors, everything is not what it seems. After he takes a fatal fall down the stairs, his wife, Addison, is accused of killing him. She didn’t do it…but she might have been thinking about it. So even with an airtight alibi and other suspects in the picture, nobody can help side-eyeing the frosty and direct Addison. We couldn’t help pulling for this complicated protagonist, especially when she starts receiving threatening notes that make her think she could be next. After all, author Darby Kane is a master when it comes to tense thrillers about complex characters—ones you’re not even necessarily supposed to like. Told from dual points of view, the story has twists that just keep coming. Tantalizing and super readable, What the Wife Knew will leave you questioning everything—and everyone.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The new bride of a well-known pediatric surgeon is accused of his murder in the spellbinding latest from Kane (The Engagement Party). Barely three months after Addison and Richmond Dougherty tie the knot, Richmond takes a fatal tumble down the stairs of their palatial home in Rye, N.Y. Though police immediately suspect Addison, her alibi—that she was with her mother at a diner when Richmond died—appears airtight. Instead, one of the late doctor's disgruntled business partners and the father of a young patient who died during surgery become the main persons of interest. In flashbacks, Kane details how Addison's mother blackmailed her into marrying Richmond, and explores his previous marriage to Kathryn, a beloved figure among Rye's upper crust. In the present, Addison's neighbors turn on her, and a series of anonymous notes left in her home make her fear that whoever killed Richmond might come after her next. Kane keeps readers brilliantly off-balance, obscuring everyone's motives until they become crystal-clear in the jaw-dropping finale. Readers won't be able to put this down.
