I originally wanted to read this book because I had seen so many people posting about it so it must be great. Well... I wasn’t amazed. The storyline was good, and it had a decent amount of twists. But it wasn’t the best.

Thank you netgalley for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

In true form,the weather was cold the tourists long gone and wife with a mystery to solve. Her husband a physician in palliative care misses his flight home,his wife learns he has not worked in his facility for several months. Following the clues brings her to a place she didn’t know he cared about for years. Soon the elements begin to unfold and his story involves an incident from his youth that the locals had hoped would never be revealed. A page turner that will hold you till the end. Happy reading

4.5 stars! Christian White is now one of my favorite authors. I was absolutely blown away by his debut novel, The Nowhere Child and The Wife and the Widow did not disappoint. This was a tightly woven story with a clever twist. I loved all the bits of foreshadowing which made you read just one more chapter and then another. Fantastic! I highly recommend this book and will be reading anything White writes!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this incredible eARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Wife and the Widow by Christian White is an intricately plotted, mind bending mystery. Suspenseful, fast paced with well developed, realistic, and relatable characters. A stunning surprise twisty ending that staggers the mind. Highly recommended.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

Kate goes to pick up her husband from his two week business trip, only he never gets off the plane. Soon Kate discovers that her husband, John, has been hiding things from her. Like he quit work months ago for example. When she travels to their summer home on Belport Island, the secrets begin to unravel and Kate’s worst fears come true. Then there’s Abby, an island local, who’s husband, Ray, also has some skeletons in his closet. The guilt of what she knows and what he did. But nothing is what it seems on the island. When they come together, the truth of their husband’s lives come out.

Wow. This book was incredible. Right from the beginning you’re hooked and want to know what happened to John. You want to know what Ray did. What Abby knows. The chapters were in the point of view between Kate and Abby and always ended in a cliff hanger, so you’re compelled to keep reading. I thought I had an idea of what was going on throughout the book, but nope. The author had the perfect way to keep the twist coming. And then, there was THE twist. I had to put my bookmark in and go back a few chapters and read a few things again. That was absolutely perfect and I haven’t seen something like that, and that’s hard for me to come by.

The Wife and the Widow by Christian White was a good, solid read, I had a few different ideas about how the book would play out and I really thought I knew what was going to happen.

I was wrong.

Being wrong is what you want when you are reading suspense because you really don’t want to have it all figured out!

The book switches point of view between The Wife and The Widow..hence the title. I liked the way the author told the story this way. I thought maybe the women were married to the same man which we’ve all seen before but can be effective in a suspense story.

I don’t want to give anything away, no spoilers here!

Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she’s forced to confront the evidence of her husband’s guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the whole story about the men in their lives. Brilliant and beguiling, The Wife and The Widow takes you to a cliff edge and asks the question: how well do we really know the people we love?

I enjoyed the atmospheric writing and the storyline, this is a book you should put on your TBR 2020 list. I have a feeling it’s going to be a very popular book! Coming out on January 21st, 2020.

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Wow! This is my first book by this author and I was very impressed!

So, who is the Wife and who is the Widow and how do the two women relate ?! Go in blind people, trust me! I was mind blown at the end! Nothing is as it seems and White pulled it off effortlessly. Bravo Mr. White, bravo!

This was a very suspenseful page turner that I could not put down. A must read if you like psychological thrillers. 5 stars! I can't wait to see what he comes out with next. Now excuse me while I run off to search for his debut book "The Nowhere Child".

A big thank you to Minotaur Books and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book!

This was a gripping read. It was a mystery with twists and turns. The writing style really draws you in,

There are multiple POV, which is my favorite way to read a story.
This was a mystery, yet it was also a story about relationships.

So why not 5 stars? I was really confused at the end. It turns out that it took a huge jump back in time with a third POV, but it took me a bit to understand that.

I want to thank the publisher and net galley for the ARC which did not impact my review.

Halfway thru I would have said 5 stars, by the time I'm done it's only 2. It got so confusing. I had to go back and re-read pages. Very fast paced, but this book certainly didn't deliver in the end.

Thanks to author,publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for ,it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

Could not put this wild ride of a read down.Characters that came alive so well written so involving highly recommend.#netgalley#st.martinspress

Loved this book full of twists, turns and a shocking plot line. The multiple POVs really added to the story, especially considering the surprise that eventually hits you like a ton of bricks! You won’t regret picking up this thriller!

This was a good psychological thriller right up my alley! Kate discovers her husband has been lying to her and has been "missing" for two weeks. Determined to find him, she drives to their summer vacation home when the security team informs her there has been a breach in the system. But what she discovers is so much worse than what she expected. On a similar note, Abby who resides in the beach town Kate's visiting, suspects her own husband of lying and sets out to investigate as well. What these two women have in common is shocking and twisted right up until the end! Did not see that coming!

The wife, Abby, live on a small island town with her husband, Ray and their kids Eddie and Lori. The town was in an uproar over a recent murder of a local summer resident, John. John's widow, Kate, doesn't understands why her husband would go back to an island he never liked. As she traveled with John's father to the island to find out what happened to her husband, she's set to learn more than just about his murder. The island is full of secrets.

What's so interesting about this story are the lives of these characters. They intertwined with each other in a very delicate and intricate ways. One of the question is the book threw out there is "do you every truly knows a love one?" However, in my opinion, Kate just doesn't know her husband until it's too late because her character was set up that way. She was aloof to his life. This was not a spectacular mystery by any means. The characters were normal. The one amazing thing about this story is the setting of the timeline. This was pure genius. Read the story and you'll see what I mean.


Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this fabulous ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The book as an entire unit was exceptional. I guess it probably had to start slowly, almost plodding, to build suspense leading to an excellent conclusion. Told from two viewpoints makes the story work.

Disturbing! This thriller was a bit too much for me?! While I love something in the genre of The Last Mrs Parrish, this book was just a hair too far? Slightly more disturbing than I had anticipated, it wasn’t my favorite read this year. Almost had to put it in the freezer (aka Friends) several times?! Thank you for the advance copy!

WOW! What a GREAT suspense/thriller!

Kate Keddie and her 10 year old daughter, Mia, want to surprise John, Kate's husband, on his return from London. John is a palliative care doctor who had just attended a seminar and was due to arrive in Melbourne. They wait. And wait. John does not show up from the flight. Kate makes phone calls later and it seems that John wasn't working at the care center any longer. Also, he had not booked a hotel room or purchased a flight ticket...John's parents find this out from Kate. Kate and Fisher, John's dad, go to the summer house on Belport Island to see if John may be there. John didn't like that place but it was worth a try since "missing person's" hadn't come up with anything a day or two later...

Meanwhile, another family, who live in a Belport Island cottage, year round, are brought to the reader's attention. Two teenage children, their father, Ray, (a caretaker) and mother, Abby, (works at the Buy and Bye store) are brought into play. Abby is afraid that Ray may be having an affair. However, in the garage (where Abby does taxidermy as a hobby) Abby finds some magazines that give her great concern about her husband...

The families meld in ways that the reader does not suspect. No one in this story is who they seem to be...

Great character development, plotline and a very fast read. I really enjoyed this book and found it difficult to put down!

Many Thanks to St. Martin's Press / Minotaur Books and NetGalley for a truly wonderful read.

OMG!OMG!OMG! I’m not a religious person but any example masterpiece writing is a quite definition of finding the real miracle in the earth for me. And this book is impeccable, detailed, surprising, mind-blowing, so smartly written.

I wish I had a chance to clone this author’s special gift and brain cells and have them transplanted into my miserable head!

This mean genius author literally plays an unfair game with your mind. It’s impossible to win against him because he is too intelligent. I fooled too many times during my reading and the spider senses I am proud of were totally useless. The structure and the way of telling story is so unique. Nothing as it seems so prepare to be an April’s fools’woman like me because till the end of the book, twists will keep coming, slap you across the face, tickle you from your stomach and make you lose the rest of your full functioning grey cells. At the end, you’re asking yourself, “who am I, what I am doing here, which year we are in?” and checking yourself several times to make sure you’re okay!

And of course the characterization is excellent. The story is narrated by two different women. One of them is THE WIDOW a.k.a Kate, stay-at-home mother, taking her daughter to the airport to surprise her husband. But lately she finds out her husband was never in that plane and he wasn’t also in London for business trip. He is missing right now. And you may guess what happened to him from Kate’s nickname, right?

And other POV comes from Abby, a.k.a “THE WIFE”,working in the market as cashier, has one daughter and son, having a happy marriage, till one day she learns from her bestie police officer tells her somebody is brutally killed at the docks (that’s normally gay people’s secret meeting spot so this could be a brutal hate crime) but Abby’s obsession about true crime stories pushes her to conduct her own investigation because she feels like her husband is lying to her from the beginning.

You got the picture but now my mouth is zipped. And you shouldn’t think you got the whole story from my short summary. In the beginning you think those poor women married with the same man (Actually I did!) But... Nope, with my hand I close my mouth and I continue my clicking with only five fingers (So challenging job but at least I’m not blurting out the secret details of the book! So you gotta thank me!)

Mark my words friends, there is nothing as it seems! Give your full concentration not to get fooled! But this book deserves your full attention but it truly worth it! Because it is one of the best thrillers I’ve read!

And of course ending is epic, twisty, surprising! The author is so detailed oriented and every piece of puzzle he created are so crucial. You gotta gather the pieces together carefully and gently.

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/ Minotaur Books to share this amazing ARC COPY with me in exchange my honest review. And so much special thanks to Christian White to create this fantastic, witty, unique, original work.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review

I really didn’t expect where this book was going. I had worried the second novel would not live up to the author’s first but in fact I would say it exceeded expectations. A slow burn at first but you have to stick with it to get to the goods. Can’t recommend it enough

Thank you to Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for an e-ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. I love a good thriller, but sometimes the "formula" can get old. This book sets a new bar for an interesting plot and the manner in which it was written. I literally had to go back through, rethink things I'd read and realized I could've seen the trail to the answers, but because I was lulled into expectations, I'd missed them. Highly recommend this one.

I found this book hard to relate to. I think the context of the setting and the unsympathetic characters just didn’t grab me. There were many twists but on the whole I was not engaged.

Thank you Netgalley.