The author of The Pocket Wife explores the dark side of love, marriage, and infidelity in this sizzling novel of psychological suspense.
Everybodyās luck runs out. This time it could be theirs . . .
It isnāt safe. Thatās what Joe tells her when he ends their affairāmoments before their car skids off an icy road in a blinding snowstorm and hits a tree. Desperate to keep her life intactāher job, her husband, and her precious daughter, LilyāDorrie will do everything she can to protect herself, even if it means walking away from the wreckage. Dorrie has always been a good actress, pretending to be someone else: the dutiful daughter, the satisfied wife, the woman who can handle anything. Now sheās going to put on the most challenging performance of her life. But details about the accident leave her feeling uneasy and afraid. Why didnāt Joeās airbag work? Why was his car door open before the EMTs arrived? And now suddenly someone is calling her from her dead loverās burner phone. . . .
Joeās death has left his wife in free fall as well. Karen knew Joe was cheatingāshe found some suspicious e-mails. Trying to cope with grief is devastating enough without the constant fear that has overtaken herāthis feeling she canāt shake that someone is watching her. And with Joe gone and the kids grown, sheās vulnerable . . . and on her own.
Insurance investigator Maggie Brennan is suspicious of the latest claim thatās landed on her deskāa man dying on an icy road shortly after buying a lucrative life insurance policy. Maggie doesnāt believe in coincidences. The former cop knows that thingsāand peopleāare never what they seem to be.
As the fates of these three women become more tightly entwined, layers of lies and deception begin to peel away, pushing them dangerously to the edge . . . closer to each other . . . to a terrifying truth . . . to a shocking end.