The Other Widow
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.
'We have to stop seeing each other . . . It isn't safe. For us.' He turns toward her, and even in the darkened car she sees his fear.
The affair is over. Moments later, Joe's car skids off an icy road. Desperate to keep her life intact, Dorrie runs from the wreckage - but now someone is calling her from his phone.
Joe's wife knew he was cheating. On her own in the wake of his death, Karen can't shake the feeling that someone is watching her.
Investigator Maggie Brennan is immediately suspicious of the life insurance claim following the crash. The policy was a recent purchase, and she doesn't believe in coincidences.
As the fates of these three women become more tightly entwined, they're brought closer to a terrifying truth.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of this overly contrived thriller from Crawford (The Pocket Wife), actress Dorrie Keating, who's been sleeping with Joe Lindsay, her married boss at Home Runs Renovations, agrees to meet him late one snowy night in Boston. As they drive through the icy streets of the city's Back Bay neighborhood in Joe's old Audi, Joe announces that their relationship must end. When Joe speeds up, the Audi goes into a skid, flies sideways off Newbury Street, and hits a tree. Joe's airbag doesn't open, and he's killed. Not wanting to be found at the scene of the accident, Dorrie extricates herself from the car, though she's unable to avoid leaving evidence behind of a passenger. The circumstances of Joe's death arouse the suspicions of Maggie Brennan, an insurance claims investigator, who believes that Joe may have committed suicide. The story alternates among the perspectives of Dorrie, Maggie, and Joe's widow, Karen, none of whom emerges as a particularly well-developed character. The action builds to a pat and disappointing resolution.
