5 stars

The last line in the book description is very apt, “assume nothing.” The book got me good with its twists.

Vanessa Thompson is the divorced wife of Richard. She becomes obsessed with him following their divorce. She can’t let go of the relationship, in spite of the lies she has told him. When she learns of Richard’s engagement, she begins to stalk the woman and calls her and then hangs up. Vanessa drinks to excess – something Richard made her do was to quit drinking altogether. She is sometimes too hungover to go to work the next day and says she has the flu. She just can’t stop thinking about Richard and his new bride-to-be. Her aunt Charlotte is very right to be concerned. Vanessa now shares an apartment with her aunt.

She was a naïve and relatively simple woman who is easy for Richard to manipulate. Unsure of what she wants out of life; in fact, she likes her life the way it is now and seems embarrassed to tell her friends the truth about Richard, or even to display her ostentatious engagement ring or to talk about the fancy house Richard bought for them. She doesn’t want to leave either of her two jobs, a pre-school teacher at a very expensive preschool and waitress at a lively restaurant/bar.

Richard is a first class manipulator, but very subtle at it. He doesn’t listen, is selfish and throws semi-tantrums when he doesn’t get his way. He even came up with a nickname for Vanessa when her real name “didn’t fit” her. He told his new fiancé that his ex-wife “Wasn’t who I thought she was.”

So who is the nefarious person in this story: Richard, or Vanessa, or Emma? What is the truth?

This book is very well written and the plotting is odd, but it works very well in this story. The suspense starts out early in the story and continues throughout. The book takes dramatic twists and turns that the reader does not anticipate or expect. It is absolutely brilliant! While the background information given for the characters is differently presented, it also comes through in a dramatic and convincing manner. I truly enjoyed the novel and will certainly look into more of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s works.

I want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for forwarding to me a copy of this most unusual and entertaining book to read and enjoy.

magine you have the perfect life, the perfect husband, the perfect marriage and then it all ends with a new perfect girl who has stolen your husband away. Now imagine that everything is not as it appears and you have the basis for this novel.

What we have here in these pages is the ultimate triangle, with the jealous ex wife Vanessa, the new fiancé , Nellie, and the wonderfully perfect Richard. But, as in life, we can assume nothing. The book is presented in two perspectives allowing the reader to get to know Vanessa in the present and Nellie in the past. Nellie is naive but Vanessa knows and she is determined to see that Nellie does not become Richard's wife. Is it jealousy that drives Vanessa or is it something else that makes her tick? Is it her drinking or her unbalanced nature that has made the wonderful Richard take up with another?

From memories and things said we learn that Richard was married before he was married to Vanessa. Why does this perfect, successful, handsome man seem to be having problems with the women he selects and loves? "We all layer them over our remembrances; the filters through which we want to see our lives." As the lives involved in this novel unfurl we find that all is not what appears on the surface.

The authors did a fine job in letting the reader become totally involved in the book. Nobody is totally who we think they are. Your feelings about these characters shift and change as each chapter builds to a very surprising conclusion. As Vanessa says "The full story is far too tangled and complex to unravel." Certainly the reader will enjoy doing so.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for an ARC of this novel for a unbiased review.

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I likex the plot and twisted story. All was great but I was so disappointed in the end. I am still not sure!!

Like Girl on The Train and similar books? Then this is a book for you! I can definitely see this being made into a film. Page turning and at one point I literally gasped out loud. That's how you know a book is good!
I think this is one of those books you need to go into blindly because spoilers good ruin it.

Oh my goodness!!! This book was absolutely fantastic. Now this is a psychological suspense read. Way better than "Girl on the Train" or Gone Girl. The author was very clever. Kept you turning page after page, and what I really liked was the capability of tying up loose ends. The ending was not rushed, and I highly recommend this book if you enjoy suspense. I received an advanced readers copy for my honest opinion.

This book had so many great twists and turns. I didn't see the end of Part I coming at all. I look forward to more by this author.

Thank you to NetGalley for sending me this book. I was skeptical at first because it seemed like a typical jealous wife/stalker book. But a few chapters in everything changed. I was unable to put it down because of all of the twists that kept coming. This is definitely a must read if you like unexpected. Nothing is as it seems to be...

Grabbed me from page one. Loved the characters in this book and gave me a reason to pull for the main character. Although I guessed some of the plot twists I was still highly entertained. Great job with this twisty thrill ride!

The wife between us has a really good premise. However, there is need of much proofreading, because there is much confusion between Emma and Vanessa. I think the descriptions are mixed up at times. I really liked the story.

This was an amazingly deceptive book. Its like looking at something magnified by 1000 and slowly backing up. Vanessa is a woman struggling with a separation from her husband. Or is she? Nellie is a sweet, innocent woman falling in love. What do they have in common? You’ll be surprised when you find out. One of the best novels I’ve read . And I’ve read many.

I'd say this was more of a domestic mystery rather than a thriller. The story had me guessing all the way through. The epilogue was interesting but I didn't think was important to the story, the book would have been complete without it. It was just a little twist at the end that didn't change the story one way or the other.

The Wife Between us is one of those books in which, about a quarter of the way through, you’ll be absolutely certain you know exactly what’s going on, who’s who, and how it’s all going to end.

And then you don’t.

It’s not full of those in your face twists. These twists are more subtle – simply a shifting of perspective that makes you realize that you simply have no idea what’s really happening.

I had to keep reading. I simply had to finally understand what was going on. There were all these devious layers of deception that completely that completely shocked me.

An excellent thriller!

This is a fast paced book that has you guessing until the very end. Just when you think you know what is going on, it takes another twist. A great read that stays with you. Praise for both authors!

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I am a big fan of Sarah Pekkanen's work and have read at least seven of her books, so it was interesting to see her pair up with another author and change her genre a bit.

I found that the book had a bit of a slow start, and I was a bit confused at one point. But, once I got past that, the story of the woman with the perfect life that falls apart kept me intrigued. The blurb was very good about not giving anything away, and I don't want to either. What I can say is that every time I thought I knew what was going on, I found out that I was wrong.

I am not sure that I would call this book a thriller, but it certainly had psychological twists throughout. Overall, I enjoyed this book and would certainly recommend it!

THE WIFE BETWEEN US was positively addictive, and one of the few novels of suspense in recent years that has actually lived up to comparisons to GONE GIRL, BIG LITTLE LIES, and then LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE and ALL THE MISSING GIRLS. As a veteran editor of thrillers (including those last two), I would have absolutely tried to snap it up for myself if I was still working in publishing! I definitely didn't see the multiple twists coming and I felt like this book was perfectly paced with just the right amount of tease and reveal to keep me turning pages even when I really should have been doing other things (like sleeping). If you love domestic suspense, and voicey, plot-driven fiction you'll gobble this up.

This is one psychological thriller that proves that you don't know what you think you know, so keep reading and be prepared to change your mind about every characters - except Sam and Aunt Charlotte.

A jilted wife is stalking her ex-husband's soon to be wife. Why? How many ex-wives are there and what's the deal with Richard and his older sister Martha?

Keep reading and be prepared to re-evaluate every detail you've made a judgement about.

I'm obsessed with domestic thrillers - let's be real, everyone wants to pick up a guilty pleasure book once in awhile and devour it in 48 hours or less. The Wife Between Us was no exception - I finished it in 24 hours and couldn't put it down. Every time I thought I had the plot figured out, there was a new twist - all the way up to the Epilogue! Sure, it was a bit unbelievable/stretched the limits of credulity at times, but I easily suspended disbelief and went for the rollercoaster ride. Definitely recommended for lovers of domestic suspense!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy for review.

Imagine the tallest, fastest, curviest and scariest roller coaster ride you've ever been on. As the coaster slowly climbs to the top of the highest peak you hold on tight thinking you're prepared for the wild decent that is surely to come, when suddenly the ride reverses course and speeds back in the direction you started from. That's what reading The Wife Between Us is like. You may think you've got the story figured out and know the direction it's heading when the plot takes a turn you never saw coming. The use of alternating narrators is a fairly common tactic, but The Wife Between Us wins the prize for the cleverest "she said/she said" in history (along with its tantalizingly twisty title). You will re-read the first third of the book trying to figure out how you missed it. The plot drags in a little in the middle-it would be almost impossible not to after the shock it delivers-but then ends with several even bigger surprises. The Wife Betweens Us puts the "psyche" in "psychological thriller" in a way that few can top and should be one of the most buzzed about books of 2018.