Ok so I guess it’s time to put to rest the idea that abbook like The Wife Stalker is not the type of book I typically read. I guess it’s more appropriate to say it’s one of the various types of books I read. In fact I’ve read more of these types of books than science fiction so far the year.
The Wife Stalker is a fine Psychological Thriller. There are no serial killers lurking in its pages just two women fighting over one family. One a young woman Piper Reynard has experienced tragedies in her life. And she is trying to create a new life with a husband who comes with two children. The other Joanna is trying to save her marriage and protect her husband and those same two children.
The Wife Stalker is composed of alternating chapters written from the point of view both Piper and Joanna. Throughout the book Piper struggles trying to get her new step-children to accept her. While Joanna tries to dig into Piper‘s past to prove she is not who she says she is and is actually a threat to the children.
Throughout the book I found myself rooting for both women. I felt sorry for Piper as she struggle with her new stepchildren. While her actions left me wondering if she was a threat to them. And what Joana was discovering lex. To to wonder if Piper really wasn’t who she said she was.
The results of both Joanna‘s search and Piper‘s actions led me to believe the book was not going to end well for anyone. Boy was I wrong. Wait for it! You won’t be disappointed.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line is The Wife Stalker is a very good psychological thriller. I am starting to learn there is a difference between action thrillers, which I am a big fan of, and psychological thrillers, a genre of which I am learning to become a fan.
The Wife Stalker a 2020 release is the third book by Liv Constantine. Liv Constantine, I learned from reading the cover of this book, is the pen name sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine. Anyway I will be checking out their other two books The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You.
Book 41 of 2021