Pretty Little Wife: A Novel
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Darby Kane. (2020). Pretty Little Wife: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Darby Kane. 2020. Pretty Little Wife: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2020.

Darby Kane. Pretty Little Wife: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2020.

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     Darby Kane is the pseudonym for a former divorce lawyer and #1 international bestselling author of domestic suspense. Her books have been optioned for television and featured in numerous venues, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Cosmopolitan.

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Darby Kane thrills with this twisty domestic suspense novel that asks one central question: shouldn't a dead husband stay dead?

Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn't what she seems.

A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila's husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it's discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth....

With the small town in an uproar, everyone is worried about the whereabouts of their beloved high school teacher. Everyone except Lila, his wife. She's definitely confused about her missing husband but only because she was the last person to see his body, and now it's gone.

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     "I love it when I find a thriller so fun I can't put it down, like this one from Darby Kane." — Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author

     Pretty Little Wife is domestic suspense at its best, with a chilling premise that keeps you guessing to the last page. Add Darby Kane to your must-read list! — New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Corsi Staub

     "I devoured it in two days. This is the type of thriller I love the most: A taut domestic suspense with just a shade of police procedural woven in." — Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author

     "Debut mystery author Kane blends tense domestic suspense with procedural details and legal thriller–like verbal sparring. A page-turner built on skillfully layered plotting and an intriguing protagonist." — Booklist (starred review)

     "Intriguing...Kane is off to a promising start." — Publishers Weekly

     "This twisted thriller's got serious 'Gone Girl' vibes. As in, the main character is deeply flawed, you won't always know what's real, and you won't be able to put it down." — The Skimm

     "...in this stylish and provocative first novel by Darby Kane, set in Upper New York state the complications, adds in well-drawn new characters, and develops subtle twists that nudge the plot in unexpected directions, inviting both characters and readers to make adjustments in their suspicions about motives and intentions. Ambitious for a first novel, "Pretty Little Wife" delivers on its promise." — Toronto Star

     "This is a crazy ride of a book that will leave readers speechless as they wonder if Lila will get away with it and just where Aaron went. Bravo to Kane!" — The Parkerburg News and Sentinel

     "Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane delights in subverting the expectations of readers" — Popsugar

     "Good writing and a plot that drives the action and builds the suspense make Pretty Little Wife an excellent choice for fans of murder mysteries." — Book Reporter

     "Pretty Little Wife explores the consequences of unacknowledged trauma and dares to ask whether murder is ever justified. It's an exciting departure for HelenKay Dimon, the bestselling romance author for whom Darby Kane is a pseudonym. There's certainly no guarantee of a happily ever after, though there is hope for hard-won redemption." — BookPage

     "If you're looking for one of the best and tightly-plotted thrillers you'll read this year, let me introduce you to Pretty Little Wife." — Mystery and Suspense Magazine

     "Even after we've read the last page, Kane leaves us with some lingering questions about how much Lila knew and when she knew it. Good writing and a plot that drives the action and builds the suspense make Pretty Little Wife an excellent choice for fans of murder mysteries." — Book Reporter

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     Starred review from October 15, 2020
     When her husband, Aaron, doesn't turn up to teach his classes at the local high school, Lila is expecting his boss to call, but her stomach drops when she learns that his car isn't in the school's lot. It should be: that's where Lila parked it, with Aaron's body inside, after she murdered him. Weeks ago, Lila discovered videos documenting Aaron's sexual abuse of his students and resolved to put an end to it. While struggling to corral her fear that Aaron has somehow survived and is coming for her, Lila draws from her past life as a criminal-defense attorney and plays the concerned wife, planting hints that Aaron has likely left her. Lila knows she's met her match, however, when she encounters Ithaca, New York's lead CID detective, Ginny Davis, who senses something dark behind Lila's cool demeanor and risks her job by hunting for the truth behind Aaron's disappearance. In the meantime, someone is leaving menacing notes for Lila that promise her ruin, and a podcast reporting on the disappearances of several local women has placed Aaron and Lila in the spotlight. Debut mystery author Kane blends tense domestic suspense with procedural details and legal thriller-like verbal sparring. A page-turner built on skilfully layered plotting and an intriguing protagonist.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)

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     October 26, 2020
     Early in Kane’s intriguing if uneven debut, Lila Ridgefield murders her abusive husband, popular teacher Aaron Payne, and leaves him overnight in his car at the Ithaca, N.Y., high school where he teaches, staging the scene to look like a suicide. The first hint that her plan may not unfold seamlessly is when his body disappears. Has Aaron survived, and is he returning for revenge? Or is someone else determined to take justice into their own hands? The answers are rooted in a shocking—and all-too-believable—evil hiding beneath the peaceful community. Despite the detailed scene-setting and gripping plot, some readers may find the constant cross-cutting across time frames and points of view feels forced. Those who prefer fair play may feel cheated by Kane’s withholding key characters and events only to introduce them deep in the book. Nonetheless, the detective on the case, Ginny Davis, is a nuanced character many will hope to meet again, and the plot twists reinforce the central moral ambiguity driving the story: How far will a woman go when she discovers she’s married to a monster? Kane is off to a promising start. Agent: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary.

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Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn't what she seems.

A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila's husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it's discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth....

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