Of all the books
in the dysfunctional couple thriller genre, The Wife Between
Us is the best that I have read and I am a huge fan of
these types of books. The plot is so complex and the storyline
threads so interwoven that it is hard to review this book
without giving away spoilers but it would be an injustice
to not share just how good this book is.
The story revolves around the love triangle.
Vanessa is the ex-wife and she is clearly grieving over the
end of her marriage. While reading this book I went back and
forth between thinking that Vanessa was expressing the normal
stages of grief or was she going insane. Richard is the ex-husband
who is described, by the authors, as the “perfect husband.”
As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that Richard is not
“perfect” but is this due to Vanessa’s mental
illness or is he a master of hiding the truth from the outside
world. The last member of the love triangle is Emma, she used
to be Richard’s administrative assistant, now she is
engaged to be his second wife. Emma believes that she has
found “her knight in shining armor.” As the wedding
day approaches, Emma starts to see some “chinks”
in her knight’s armor, which she tries to explain away
but Vanessa’s interference is not helping. The only
things that are clear throughout this book is that everyone
wears a mask and reality is mired in the complexity of the
love triangle.
The Wife Between Us is written by
two authors who have perfected the art of writing in one voice.
The writing is so crisp, clean and wickedly twisted that I
have a hard time putting the book down because it is chocked
full of unexpected moments. I don’t remember the last
time that I have read a book in which all of my assumptions
about the plot were wrong. The Wife Between Us is one of the
best psychological thrillers that I have ever read and I can’t
stop raving about this book. It is heading to the silver screen
and I am keeping my fingers crossed in hopes that the cast
and crew can capture the magic of this awesome book.
Thanks so much to the publisher and Netgalley
for the ARC and the opportunity to review this blockbuster
book.
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