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Such a Perfect Wife

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Such a Perfect Wife

In SUCH A PERFECT WIFE, author Kate White's main character, Bailey Weggins (not Wiggins), is on the scene of another complex murder. This one is in the Adirondack area of New York, on scenic Lake George, where beautiful Shannon Blaine takes off for her usual morning jog and disappears.

Bailey arrives as the search is ongoing. She talks with the family and the volunteers, and begins to investigate what might have happened. Soon she receives a creepy phone call from someone who gives her a tip that leads to her finding not only Shannon's body, but more grisly remains. Bailey had befriended a local reporter, and together they made the grim discovery.

"Lovely writing and solid characters with lots of arrows pointing in different directions make SUCH A PERFECT WIFE a fabulous and engrossing read."

After realizing that it must have been the killer who contacted her, Bailey is more determined than ever to find this monster. One clue leads to another, and she will let nothing stop her, including putting herself in danger to get to the truth.

There are a number of possible solutions in this story --- from the usual suspect, the husband, to many other fascinating figures. Could it be the strange motel manager, who seemed to be unnaturally obsessed with Shannon and watched her run by his motel every morning except Sundays when she was at church? Could it be the church deacon, who seemed vague about the reason Shannon began attending mass several months previously after years away from the church? What about a cheating husband who might have been protecting his marriage?

Kate White gives her audience many clues about what is going on, and it's our job to unravel the tangled web to figure out who really did it. The twist comes at the end, and while it's a surprise, White carefully has created a path to the truth that observant and perspicacious readers just might have seen.

Lovely writing and solid characters with lots of arrows pointing in different directions make SUCH A PERFECT WIFE a fabulous and engrossing read.

Reviewed by Pamela Kramer on May 10, 2019

Such a Perfect Wife
by Kate White

  • Publication Date: May 7, 2019
  • Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
  • ISBN-10: 0062886266
  • ISBN-13: 9780062886262