Becca Day
Language: English
ISBN
Financial Thriller Vigilante Justice
Publisher: Embla Books
Published: Aug 19, 2024
The brand-new thriller from the bestselling author of
The Girl Beyond the Gate!Deep in the woods, you can hide more than secrets...Every day, in a remote cabin hidden deep in the woods in the Scottish
Highlands, Mary wakes up before dawn to make breakfast from scratch.
She tends the garden and feeds the animals. Every night, Mary makes
sure she has dinner on the table for when her husband Cal gets home
from work.She puts on his favourite lipstick and greets him with a smile. 'I've missed
you.' It's not true and he knows it. But he likes to hear it all the same.Mary is the perfect wife and like any good wife she knows her job is to keep
her husband happy.But lately as she notices her first wrinkles appear, she can sense Cal change.
A scowl at dinner not being ready on time, a too tight grip as he leads her to
the bedroom tells her he's noticed too. And old memories are coming back too,
of her life before the cabin...Then she finds a stack of letters hidden under the floorboards detailing a life
eerily similar to her own. They're addressed to her: 'To the next woman.'If she's not the first to play the role of Cal's perfect wife, what happened
to the woman in the cabin before her? And how long does she have
until she is next?
Description:
The brand-new thriller from the bestselling author of
The Girl Beyond the Gate!
Deep in the woods, you can hide more than secrets...
Every day, in a remote cabin hidden deep in the woods in the Scottish
Highlands, Mary wakes up before dawn to make breakfast from scratch.
She tends the garden and feeds the animals. Every night, Mary makes
sure she has dinner on the table for when her husband Cal gets home
from work.
She puts on his favourite lipstick and greets him with a smile. 'I've missed
you.' It's not true and he knows it. But he likes to hear it all the same.
Mary is the perfect wife and like any good wife she knows her job is to keep
her husband happy.
But lately as she notices her first wrinkles appear, she can sense Cal change.
A scowl at dinner not being ready on time, a too tight grip as he leads her to
the bedroom tells her he's noticed too. And old memories are coming back too,
of her life before the cabin...
Then she finds a stack of letters hidden under the floorboards detailing a life
eerily similar to her own. They're addressed to her: 'To the next woman.'
If she's not the first to play the role of Cal's perfect wife, what happened
to the woman in the cabin before her? And how long does she have
until she is next?