The Pastor’s Wife

By: LynDee Walker

Many thanks to Bookouture for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour!

About the Book

“Welcome to Church!” Pastor Tim flashes his brilliant white teeth around the congregation. He doesn’t notice me, but I can see that every woman is hypnotized. Except one. His wife. I watch as worry clouds her violet eyes. She’s hiding something. And I’m going to find out what…

Whitney Falls was supposed to be the perfect place for me to disappear, with its quiet leafy streets and tulip-lined gardens. I didn’t intend to make any new friends. But when the pastor’s wife saves me from an accident, I can’t help but fall into her orbit.

Soon enough, I become a regular at church, and the pastor and his wife welcome me into their home with open arms. But the more time I spend with them, the more I begin to feel something isn’t right. It’s not just that Mary looks uncomfortable when Tim kisses her and that he controls what she eats. It’s more than that. It’s the strange black car that I’ve seen watching me each time I visit. The fact that Mary and Tim won’t talk about where they came from before they moved to this small town.

And when I creep through their house in the small hours of a late October morning to see what I can find, I discover something that sends a shiver down my spine… something that makes me wonder whether our first meeting was an accident at all.

Everyone thinks the pastor and his wife are saints. Now, I’m sure that they’re the worst kind of sinners. But they don’t know who I really am. Or what I could do with the terrible secret they want to keep safe…

My Review

Wow! The twists in this one were simply shocking! It took a little while to get there, but once the first twist hits, they keep rolling out. Then you just keep turning the pages so quickly that you just devour the book! I mean… I need to talk to someone about this book because WOW!!!!!

I enjoyed the chapters being told in the two different POVs – Martha’s and Mary’s. It was so interesting to see the buildup of the two meeting and then how things played out from there. The secrets and lies that were revealed!

I never imagined that this book would end the way that it did, but it was a fantastic ending. It did leave me with question that I would love to ask the author, but otherwise, I think it was the perfect ending. That’s all I’m going to say about that because I will not spoil the book for anyone.

This book is written really well and it’s really well developed. I think thriller readers will really enjoy this one. It’s out now, so get your hands on it!

Publish Date: June 16, 2025
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About the Author

LynDee Walker writes about strong women who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Her books have appeared on finalist lists for the Agatha and International Thriller awards—and once, on the weekly Amazon Charts national bestsellers list smack in between two of her writing heroes.

LynDee is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. Before she started writing fiction, LynDee was an award-winning journalist who
covered everything from ribbon cuttings and high school football to capital murder trials and high level police corruption. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the United States, and she has written more than 20 novels.

LynDee’s favorite things are family, hydrangeas, porches, beaches, and books. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she is working on her next novel when she’s not juggling laundry, children’s sports schedules, and two very happily spoiled rescue dogs.