The Younger Wife

 

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Title: The Younger Wife
Author: Sally Hepworth
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 4.5.22


Publisher’s Summary

THE HUSBAND
A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself.

THE DAUGHTERS
Tully and Rachel Aston look upon their father’s fiancée, Heather, as nothing but an interloper. Heather is younger than both of them. Clearly, she’s after their father’s money.

THE FORMER WIFE
With their mother in a precarious position, Tully and Rachel are determined to get to the truth about their family’s secrets, the new wife closing in, and who their father really is.

THE YOUNGER WIFE
Heather has secrets of her own. Will getting to the truth unleash the most dangerous impulses in all of them?


My Review

I read Sally Hepworth's previous novel, The Good Sister, last March and thought it was "good, but not great." I really like that in that novel she included a character with a sensory perception disorder and in her newest novel she has two main characters with disorders (kleptomania and binge eating as a result of trauma.) She has written these characters (and all of her other characters) extremely well. Both novels were definite page-turners, but where The Good Sister was too light of a mystery for me, The Younger Wife let me down with its ending. So close...so much potential...just didn't stick the landing.