The Wife

The Wife

Alafair Burke

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His scandal. Her secret. When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mother’s home to Manhattan, where no one knew about her tragic past. Six years later, thanks to a bestselling book and a growing media career, Jason has become a cultural lightning rod, placing Angela near the spotlight she worked so carefully to avoid. When a college intern makes an accusation against Jason, and another woman, Kerry Lynch, comes forward with an even more troubling allegation, their perfect life begins to unravel. Jason insists he is innocent, and Angela believes him. But when Kerry disappears, Angela is forced to take a closer look at the man she married. And when she is asked to defend Jason in court, she realizes that her loyalty to her husband could unearth old secrets.


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  • kaitreadsitall
    Mar 09, 2025
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  • bookdarling
    Jan 04, 2025
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    The book that I stayed up into the night reading and FINISHED because I was in total suspense. This is Alafair Burke’s novel THE WIFE.

    Without revealing too much. Nice girl with a young son – meet cute nice guy with career about to skyrocket. This is her moment to move on. Just as his career is sky-high… Let’s just say the subject is current, you might change who you’re rooting for from chapter to chapter, and it is full of plenty of creepiness and intrigue to hold your attention. I love when a buddy read turns into a book that I need more of thanks girls! The Husband anyone???

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