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What the Wife Knew ⎼ Darby Kane
Looking for a book with female rage, dual timelines, and a dead husband with a sordid past? What the Wife Knew by Darby Kane has all of the above! Kane is a master of writing female rage, as previously shown with Pretty Little Wife. What the Wife Knew had a similarly addicting pace and plot…
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The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern ⎼ Lynda Cohen Loigman
If you like to start your fall with some cozy, witchy reads, this is a perfect addition! We follow Augusta in two different parts of her life, in the 1920s as a teenager, and in the 1980s as a new retiree. As a teenager, Augusta’s life revolves around helping her father at his pharmacy, spending…
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The Sequel ⎼ Jean Hanff Korelitz
To retell a book you’ve already written, you need to have the most compelling character as your narrator. Using Anna, Jake’s wife, Hanff Korelitz is able to turn The Plot on its head and give us an even more fascinating chain of events. I will admit, I am severely biased towards women doing highly illegal…
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