The Wife in the Photo

By: Emily Shiner

Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the ARC of this book and allowing me to be on the book tour!

Blurb

I pick up the photograph from their mantlepiece and carefully wipe away the dust. The beautiful wife. Supposedly happily married and enjoying a family vacation. I know her husband killed her. And I’m going to make him pay…

This is my first job as a housekeeper, but Evan Warner doesn’t need to know that. It’s the first of many lies I’ll tell him. He just lost his wife, Lola, and now he and his young daughter Jessica are adrift. But no amount of cleaning will rid this house of the secrets that have seeped into the cracks. I never forgave Lola for what she did to me. But I can’t let Evan get away with her murder.

In their impressive home, I busy myself preparing meals and peeking at carelessly discarded mail, looking for proof of his crimes. Evan hovers and I’m sure he is watching me… even as I bond with Jessica. But whenever he catches us alone together, his face darkens. I realize I have to get her out of this house before it’s too late for her, too.

Then I find Lola’s diary, tucked away in a closet out of sight. Her words, hastily scrawled on these pages, change everything I thought I knew about this family. As I hear footsteps on the stairs, I know I’m trapped. And I’m in more danger now than ever before…

My Review

This is a wonderful, twisty book. Told in the point of views of Miriam and Evan, with some of Jessica’s diary entries, this book will keep you on your toes and keep you up late at night just so you can finish the book. When you think that you know what’s going on, I guarantee that you don’t! Shiner definitely tricked me a time or two in this one!

The ending is equally as shocking and it leaves it so that there could be a sequel but there doesn’t have to be. Though, if I had it my way, I want the sequel! I want to know how things play out (that’s all I can say without giving anything away).

The writing is easy to read and not bogged down. This is fast paced so you can easily read it in one sitting (or at least in under a day like I did!) I really enjoyed this author’s writing style so I will continue to read her books!

This was published on September 7, 2023, so you can get your copy here (and it’s on KU!)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emily Shiner always dreamed of becoming an author. After spending years devouring stacks of thrillers, she decided to try her hand at writing them herself. Now she gets to live out her dream of writing novels and sharing her stories with people around the world. She lives in the Appalachian Mountains and loves hiking with her husband, daughter, and their two dogs.