The Replacement Wife is suspense fiction at its absolute best. The characterisations are scarily real: Elisa, her husband, Harris, and his brother, Josh, have always had a harmonious relationship, with Elisa and Harris being protective and comforting of Josh through his troubled life. Something happens which has Elisa questioning their situation and thus begins a nail biting, suspenseful, utterly compelling story.
Darby Kane is a brilliant writer. I am not always a fan of this genre; sometimes a book or, especially, a movie like this can have me yelling things at the characters like: ‘Can’t you see what is happening? Just listen to her!’ and so on, but this story is told smoothly and perfectly and had me turning the pages at a furious pace, eager to see where it was going, but at the same time not wanting to come to the end of such a very enjoyable read.
I am going to look for more Darby Kane books now. I found this one by chance at Libby, the on line library.
Very highly recommended!
Published by William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins.
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