Título: The Wife: A Novel
Autor: Alafair Burke
Sinopse: “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.” — Entertainment Weekly
From New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Woman in Cabin 10—in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself.
His Scandal - Her Secret
When 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.
Six 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.
This much-anticipated follow-up to Burke’s Edgar-nominated The Ex asks how far a wife will go to protect the man she loves.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Wife: A Novel”, de Alafair Burke, publicado pela editora Harper Paperbacks, em 2018 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Harper Paperbacks
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2018-11-06
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 006239052X
ISBN13: 9780062390523
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Harper Paperbacks apresentam uma variedade marcante entre thrillers psicológicos de ritmo intenso e narrativas de fantasia medieval com elementos mágicos e políticos. A experiência de leitura frequentemente envolve tramas densas, onde personagens enfrentam dilemas morais e conflitos internos, como jovens heróis descobrindo seu poder ou investigadores lidando com mistérios complexos e sombrios. O catálogo sugere um equilíbrio entre histórias mais narrativas, focadas em personagens e ambientações detalhadas, e obras que oferecem tensão crescente e reviravoltas, especialmente em contextos contemporâneos. Essa diversidade permite ao leitor navegar entre universos que vão do suspense urbano até aventuras épicas, sempre com uma escrita que valoriza o desenvolvimento psicológico e o clima de mistério.
