By using The StoryGraph, you agree to our use of cookies.We use a small number of cookies to provide you with a great experience. Maggie is the new piece, the blended member trying her best to fit the picture and the empty seat left by the deceased first wife of her beloved husband. If you need a refresher of The Last Widow, check out my summary here. I would say that this novel leans more towards the side of mystery and suspense (even if some of the events are horrific). I really shouldn't read blurbs, because they raise expectations too high. Their 20-year relationship is crumbling, however, and it will take only a few months for Jodi to turn into a killer. WebThe Silent Wife is a psychological thriller by A. S. A. Harrison. This novel explores the psychological issues of second marriages, and the hardships and darker sides of a marriage. When Maggie Parker marries Nico Farinelli, her life in Brighton, England, is forever changed. In The Silent Wife, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Will Trent and Faith Mitchell and forensic examiner Sara Linton are called into investigate the murder of an inmate during a prison riot. Its an MO Daryl Nesbitt has intimate familiarity with, given that hes long been suspected of having committed a string of eerily similar attacks in Grant County. So we get that one shred of comfort that at least he put another disgusting man behind bars? Chase has always been driven to succeed, in large part due to her fathers own long standing unhappiness at never having been able to afford to go to Stanford University as a teenager. Copyright 2020 by Bookends. This causes problems within the family. 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It is supposed to have some deep meaning for Jodi that tells us something vital about her personality but the passages were so dull and so removed from the essence of the story--her relationship with Todd--that they could not hold my attention. He is happy on his way to the lunch but is suddenly startled to find that he has been shot while he sits in his car at a stoplight. Even if you knew he'd done something terrible?Laras life looks perfect on Each is trying to overcome their earlier traumas to salvage a companionable future, but their individual triggers coupled with current circumstances (which include both parties reckoning with Tollivers ghost) only exacerbate the divide. Then I started to focus on Jodis behavior, and how she basically allowed this to happen. The Silent Wife is her debut novel and she was at work on a new psychological thriller when she died in 2013. A woman runs alone in the woods. You could have guessed all of this from a family picture hanged on the wall. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. Alison's ex-husband can make problems disappear for the right amount of money so Jodi begins to sell valuables for cash, so as not to leave a paper trail. As the story begins Nico is just about to marry Maggie. when she decided to rebrand herself as Ren for her transition to the adult, Whether its crime fiction in the style of Michael Connelly or a legal thriller like John Grisham writes, Robert Dugoni is the grandmaster of them both. How did that book end? Book spoilers to jog your memory. Kudos to the author for continuing to evolve as a risk-taker whose creative vision only deepens with the passage of time. THE SILENT WIFE by Kerry Fisher was previously titled The Secrets of Second Wives. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a72aac424c76c562b7482c49ad9cb439" );document.getElementById("b5ad4eba3d").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Their 20-year relationship is crumbling, however, and it will take only a few months for Jodi to turn into a killer. One of the prisoners says Jodi becomes reclusive and hallucinatory and ends up in the hospital for dehydration. But this portray is simplistic. A chilling psychological thriller portraying the disintegration of a relationship down to the deadliest point when murdering your husband suddenly makes perfect sense. Nicole Kidman is set to star in Adrian Lynes suspense thriller The Silent Wife, based on the bestselling book by A.S.A. Im putting my thoughts in a separate post here. Maggie is married to Massimos brother Nico and lives with him and her troubled stepdaughter. Check out our sample guides: A SuperSummary Plot Summary provides a quick, full synopsis of a text. Highly recommend, Women's Psychological Fiction / Contemporary. There is more here than meets the eye. You will soon begin to see the problems each family faces. I'm not making this up. The whole time I read this I kept thinking, "the grass is only greener on the other side because it's fertilized by bullshit". Then he asked her out on a date. She felt real and warm and really trying, even if painfully aware her ways are the opposite of what is done on the Italian side. He kills himself in front of Sara. To solve this, I started jotting down synopses to jog my memory. This was something Massimo encouraged. The Farinellis, a seemingly nice and happy big Italian family, know all about what a family is about. The Silent Wife is another unequivocal triumph for Karin Slaughter. In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. KS drops this bombshell on us and then goes on to let Sara and Jeffrey DISCUSS THEIR RELATIONSHIP FOR THREE PAGES. He says the killer is still at large, and points the GBI towards a case that is similar to the one he was charged for. At the same time Maggie is trying to deal with a step-daughter who resents her. The Silent Wife reached number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into more than twenty languages. The first murder eight years ago was the brutal attack of a college student. Nico has a daughter Francesca, and Maggie has a son, Sam. This was an interesting read for me. I was expecting a completely different story than the one I felt was described in the blurb. WebPlot Summary Part 1. Let me know in the comments! This resource offers secondary classroom discussion questions for this novel. Brock knew she was coming; he had gotten all of his affairs in order, written a detailed report of all of his attacks, and prepared a hotshot of heroin and formaldehyde to kill himself with. Kerry Fisher masters the magic of capturing life through all angles and delivering it to you raw and real. As Will digs into both crimes it becomes clear that he must solve the original case in order to reach the truth. I think what made me feel so connected to Lara and Maggie from the start was the mixture of emotions coming from their different narrations. Harrison about a cheating man and his vengeful partner. WebThe Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 345 pages first pub 2017 ( editions) fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced Description Would you risk everything for the man you loved? Shortly after its publication in 2013, she died of cancer at the age of sixty-five. Well done, Karin. A woman runs alone in the woods. Getting to know everyone else through Maggie and Laras eyes was an excellent way of witnessing the difference faces we put on depending on who is around! Emotional ? I do love a twisty family drama, one full of secrets and lies that you read with just the slightest tinge of smugness as you can see what is about to happen miles before our poor characters do. Nicole Kidman is set to star in Adrian Lynes suspense thriller The Silent Wife, based on the bestselling book by A.S.A. Todd cannot maintain two residences so Jodi is notified by Todd's attorney that she is to vacate the condo. Would you risk everything for the man you loved? She lived with her husband, visual artist John Massey, in Toronto, Canada. I would not have finished this if it weren't a book club read. The Silent Wife reached number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Will and Faith track down a woman posing as a private investigator and investigating the connections between the murders, which leads them to more surviving victims of the killer. Lara cannot let her husband and his perfect life down by revealing what is eating her soul every day and Maggie wont destroy the newly found happiness and solace of her new husband and his reluctant daughter. What happens when the photographer says its a wrap!? Will and Sara are still stuck in miscommunication about whether they want to move in together, get married, or both. The pace really didn't pick up until the last quarter. Sara went to Brock to get a confession, and he admits it all on camera. Anyway, their cars crashed into each other and Todd called Jodi a bitch. I love books set in Chicago, one of my favorite cities. Meh. The books have only the slightest similarity. Sandy Van Dusen isLibrary Superintendent at Sterling Public Library. Kerry Fishers writing always draws me in from the first page and grips me until the last. WebThe Silent Wife Kerry Fisher 345 pages first pub 2017 ( editions) fiction contemporary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced Description Would you risk everything for the man you loved? If the writer had wanted to do that, she should have made more of a direct connection with Todd; as it was written, it looks like a totally unrelated vignette having nothing to do with the main part of the story. In the past, she doesnt have much useful information pertaining to the case due to extreme trauma. The Farinelli family appear to be one big happy family as they travel together and show concern for each other. Way too many metaphors. Present day. Right here, I said, Oh no out loud. Nope, sorry, it was a decent family saga type book , nothing more in my view. (read more from the PART ONE: HER AND HIM, 1: Her, 2: Him, 3: Her, 4: Him Summary). The one day she discovers a letter in the attic which reveals a shocking secret about Nicos first wife Caitlin. WebA chilling psychological thriller portraying the disintegration of a relationship down to the deadliest point when murdering your husband suddenly makes perfect sense. For once in my life, I wanted to surrender to romance, to believe love was sparkly and special and not something that made you look in the mirror and shake your head at your own stupidity. Sorry, but this is not a chilling psychological thriller. I got this novel as a present from my sister-in-law, she read it during a Boeing flight. Had I picked it up in a bookstore and flipped to the first page, it's highly unlikely I would have bought it. The murderer was Dan fucking Brock, the sweet, goofy, odd funeral home director that has been in these books for nearly 20 years. WebTHE SILENT WIFE is the story of two women, both second wives, married to two brothers from the same Italian family. For the full review, please visit paytonsbookthoughts.wordpress.com. The one day she discovers a letter in the attic which reveals a shocking secret about Nicos first wife Caitlin. Jodi liked Todd because of the way he wiped his knife on his bread. Jodi recalls the rainy day she met Todd when she was moving household items in a van which collided with Todd's car. As Maggie, Francesca, and Nico try to work things out Maggie discovers a secret about Francescas mother. This entry further enmeshes her two series, offering the type of suspense story that is equal parts pulse-pounding and thought-provokingbut with moments of biting humor and underlying hope that ease the tension just enough to make it tolerable. Maggie grew up without a father in the picture and has always wanted to be part of a close-knit family. Parts of it were actually quite good. Maybe this skewed my enjoyment a little, as I'd built it up to be something more interesting than the rather slow and predictable family drama it actually was. Maggie was the stepmother I wish I had had growing up! It's not a long book, so it was a 2 day read for me. I loved this book until the end, but the end did not settle right with me. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. I only read this because my reception at work brought it in for me so i felt i had to. Lara tries to protect Sandro from his father and helps him pursue his own interests. This story is full of love, hope, secrets, lies, the complexities of families, keeping up appearances, and it shows how messy the relationships can become. Until a chance assignment takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner who says he recognizes the MO. He blames unreachable landlords who refused to approve a new lease, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. You can find my list of Karins books in order here. They get permission to exhume the body of another potential victim. Check out this sample Study Guide. Please do not copy or reproduce without explicit permission. Ultimately, one of Jodi's friends, Alison, tells Jodi that she needs to take care of the situation before Todd marries Natasha and the assets in his will will revert to Natasha and the baby. Jodi knows he doesn't go fishing, that he is going to bone some other woman, but as long as Todd doesn't confront her with the ugly truth, she is ok with it. From page 1 we know she ends up killing his cheating ass, but we don't know how or when. PART ONE: HER AND HIM, 1: Her, 2: Him, 3: Her, 4: Him. The Silent Wife was formerly called The Secrets of Second Wife's . He had also killed his mother so that she wouldnt find out about his crimes. The Silent Wife ("Jodi's great gift is her silence, and he has always loved this about her but silence is also her weapon. This is problematic for more reasons than the obvious. I dreaded the secret wouldnt let any room for character development but I must have forgotten how every single day shape us, no matter what hovers over our heads, and this is depicted so clearly in The Silent Wife that you might start looking around you with more open eyes. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); East Texass dark pine trees swayed, carving lines in the dusty slivers of moonlight as Joe squeezed the varnished wood handle. This unbiased review is my thanks to them. She lived with her husband, visual artist John Massey, in Toronto, Canada. Todd was far more fleshed out than Jodi. This Study Guide consists of approximately 42pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - Jodi then makes a trip to Florida to attend a psychology conference so that she will have an alibi when Todd is murdered. Present day. She lies topless to show off her little breasts. Its not much! After she hangs up, Sara tells Will that the latex was a condom. Trents lover and hopeful wife, medical examiner Dr. Sara Linton, is also Tollivers widow; the two are already at odds after a marriage proposal gone wrong, and Trent believes investigating her former husbands possible misdeeds may be the thing that drives them apart for good. By the way, repeatedly in this story there are sessions between Jodi and her own psychologist (yes, Jodi, a psychologist, sees another psychologist--I told you that psychologists were crazy!) This is a fast, enjoyable read if you don't mind getting irritated a lot. This resource offers secondary classroom discussion questions for this novel. Present day. Will and Sara are still stuck in miscommunication about whether they want to move in together, get married, or both. Anna Farinelli doesnt believe either of the women are good enough for her sons so you can imagine some of the difficulties they face. Their struggles, their daily lives, their voices sounded spot-on, I imagined them as my aunts, my cousins, and I felt for and with them. Read more Product details Publisher : Penguin Books; 5/26/13 edition (June 25, 2013) Language : English Paperback : 326 pages And, according to Nesbitt, it was a corrupt investigation led by (now deceased) Chief Jeffrey Tolliver that resulted in a miscarriage of justicemeaning there may still be a serial predator on the loose. Jodi recalls the first time she met her sort-of husband Todd. Needless to say, the relationship was screwed up, but it somehow worked out for them. The ending left tears in my eyes. The Silent Wife,He watches. Do you think shes dragged it out too far, or are you hoping for more of Will and Sara? Will, Sara, and Faith are called to the state prison to investigate a riot. The family also has many secrets. Until a chance assignment takes GBI investigator Will Trent to the state penitentiary, and to a prisoner who says he recognizes the MO. Finally, I was understanding what it meant to be a grown-up. There is not much action or dialogue, just a very suspenseful and methodical revealing of their individual personalities and psyches. WebThe Silent Wife - WILL TRENT #10 Atlanta, Georgia. Fishers resonant novel (following The Lost Child) about one womans blended family is full of emotional drama and dark secrets. She and her 10-year-old son, Sam, have left behind Maggies mother, Beryl, with whom they used to share a flat. His Tracy Crosswhite police series has been breaking sales records, and Dugonis latest, Her Deadly Game, launches a new legal series that will surely be another bestseller. If something had made me angry during Laras narration, Maggies light on the same character, event or day would have my feelings completely changed. 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