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The Younger Wife

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The Younger Wife

By: Sally Hepworth
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Caroline Lee, Jessica Douglas-Henry, Zoe Carides
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"Mysteries drive this satisfyingly twisty tale by Hepworth, whose work may remind you of Liane Moriarty's...the effect is amplified by the talented cast, which includes Caroline Lee, who narrates Moriarty's audiobooks."—The Providence Journal

Sally Hepworth, the newest breakout star of domestic suspense, delivers her next twisty novel about family secrets and lies in The Younger Wife.

Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even though she is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her—even if his adult daughters protest.

Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper. Heather is the same age as Rachel and even younger than Tully. Clearly she's a gold digger and after their father's money. Heather has secrets that she's keeping close, and reasons of her own for wanting to marry Stephen.

With their mother unable to speak for herself, Tully and Rachel are determined to get to the truth about their family's secrets, the new wife closing in, and who their father really is. But will getting to the truth unleash the most dangerous impulses...in all of them?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

©2022 Sally Hepworth (P)2022 Macmillan Audio Domestic Thrillers Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Marriage Suspense
Compelling Storyline • Engaging Characters • Outstanding Performances • Unexpected Twists • Complex Relationships
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I could not stop listening! The character development was fantastic and the ending was something I did not expect at all!

WOW

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i am so glad my friend recommended this book both the story and reader were great!

great new author

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LOVE this book. I highly recommend Sally Hepworth’s novels. The characters are amazing and the storyline was great.

Sally Hepworth is the best!

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The storylines of both daughters are half baked. A dubious “bad investment” ruining Tully’s life (which goes completely unexplained) could have been more compelling with her wrestling with relationship concerns around the money/control of Sonny. Rachel’s storyline of being BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL but celibate due to sexual assault, until of course a perfect, extremely handsome man comes into the picture and cures her, is quite tone deaf. The Darcy character as a whole is extremely shallow, and lacks any real value to the story. Similarly to the “bad investment”, we do got get any resolution to the assault. Other than being the supposed reason for her later eating disorder, it served zero purpose, and was told with a very shallow/cliched lens. Stevens gaslighting was also poorly written, for it to be believable, us as the readers should be mystified and questioning the truth. Simply making the women “confused” about wether or not they were strangled is just ridiculous.

All in all it’s a decent storyline, I just wish more effort had gone into revisions. Building out the characters more fully would have helped a lot. Heather and Rachel specifically lacked depth.

Loses steam

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Loved the multiple narrators and was hooked from the beginning. Sally Hepworth is starting to become one of my favorites.

Excellent narration

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When it comes to disfunction in this family, no one gets left out! It was an interesting and original story , although some parts really felt like a stretch. But it definitely held my attention, especially because the narration was outstanding.

The MOST disfunction

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so engaging! each character was developed and all with surprises. I Truly enjoyed it.

surprises each chapter

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Good read, interesting and keeps you engaged. I am pleased. I purchased this book. Great for Audible when you are walking or exercising or cleaning house!

Engaging

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I really enjoyed this book. Most of the characters were people I really liked and became fully invested in their lives. The narrators were excellent and the storyline is binge worthy! It’s worth the credit!

Entertaining

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This book is not weighty, even though it addresses some serious issues, but is exactly the kind of book that I prefer to listen to as opposed to read. Since I am usually driving while using Audible, I have learned that lighter entertainment, an uncomplicated plot, and a “page turner” is best in the Audible format. I’ll save more literary stories for actual reading. I’m recommending this book to all fans of Liane Moriarty.

Great book for listening

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