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Title details for The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane - Available

The Replacement Wife

A Novel

by Darby Kane
Karissa Vacker
Audiobook
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The #1 International bestselling author of Pretty Little Wife returns with another thrilling domestic suspense novel that asks, how many wives and girlfriends need to disappear before your family notices?

Elisa Wright is a mom and wife, living a nice, quiet life in a nice, quiet town. She's also convinced her brother-in-law is a murderer. Josh has one dead wife and one missing fiancée, and though he grieved for them he starts dating someone new. Elisa fears for that woman's safety, and she desperately wants to know what happened to her friend, Josh's missing fiancée.

Searching for clues means investigating her own family. And she doesn't like what she finds. A laptop filled with incriminating information. Other women.

But when Elisa becomes friends with Josh's new girlfriend and starts to question things she thinks are true, Elisa wonders if the memories of a horrible incident a year ago have finally pushed her over the edge and Josh is really innocent. With so much at stake, Elisa fights off panic attacks and a strange illness. Is it a breakdown or something more? The race is on to get to the truth before another disappearance because there's a killer in the family...or is there?

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  • Release date

    December 28, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780063117839
      • File size: 294475 KB
      • Duration: 10:13:29

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 25, 2021
      Elisa Wright, the protagonist of this convoluted domestic suspense novel from Kane (Pretty Little Wife), is in a fragile mental state following a traumatic occurrence at her former job in administration at a Philadelphia hospital. Now, 11 months after the incident, she’s working from home part-time as an accountant and not venturing far from her neighborhood. Elisa becomes even more stressed after she learns that her brother-in-law, Josh Wright, just seven months after the mysterious disappearance of his fiancée, her friend Abby, is serious about a new woman. She’s shocked by Josh’s cavalier disregard for Abby’s fate and begins to believe that Josh knows more about Abby’s whereabouts than he’s admitting. When she voices this opinion, Josh and her husband urge her to see a therapist or get additional medication. Are these remedies what she needs, or are they merely a means of distracting her from discovering the truth? Kane does gaslighting scenes well, but they get repetitive after a while, and Eliza takes too long to take even tentative steps toward regaining her sense of self. Kane has enough talent to suggest she can do better next time. Agent: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary.

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2022

      In Kane's (Pretty Little Wife) latest novel, Elisa Wright has a loving husband, a precocious son, and a big house in the suburbs. Her problem is her brother-in-law, Josh. Elisa is convinced that Josh murdered his two wives, both of whom allegedly died in freak accidents. She is also sure that he murdered his most recent fianc�e, who has mysteriously disappeared. Harris, Elisa's husband, believes that Josh is innocent and that Elisa has become unbalanced after a recent horrible traumatic experience. Karissa Vacker does an excellent job narrating this work of domestic suspense, capturing the unique voice of each character. Listeners will experience Elisa's fear and doubts through Vacker's modulated tone and pacing. VERDICT Patrons who like unraveling mysteries with multiple red herrings will enjoy this exciting audiobook.--Ilka Gordon

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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