{"product_id":"the-wife-9780062390523","title":"The Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This might be the most gripping, insightful work from the best-selling author Alafair Burke yet. She poses a seemingly impossible, if undeniably compelling, challenge: a woman must either save her life or defend her husband, but not both.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of \u003cem\u003eBehind Closed Doors\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Woman in Cabin 10\u003c\/em\u003e--in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis Scandal - Her Secret\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. For Angela, the marriage turned out to be a chance to reboot her life. She and her son were finally able to move out of her mother's home to Manhattan, where no one knew about her tragic past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix years later, thanks to a bestselling book and a growing media career, Jason has become a cultural lightning rod, placing Angela near the spotlight she worked so carefully to avoid. When a college intern makes an accusation against Jason, and another woman, Kerry Lynch, comes forward with an even more troubling allegation, their life begins to unravel. Jason insists he is innocent, and Angela believes him. But when Kerry disappears, Angela is forced to take a closer look--at both the man she married and the women she chose not to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis much-anticipated follow-up to Burke's Edgar-nominated \u003cem\u003eThe Ex\u003c\/em\u003e asks how far a wife will go to protect the man she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurke, Alafair:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlafair Burke is a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author whose most recent novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ex\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel. She also co-authors the bestselling Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in Manhattan and East Hampton.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652080800018,"sku":"9780062390523","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_354e9be5-ba2a-4e23-84e0-9ea51220c014.jpg?v=1733317079","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wife-9780062390523","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}