He was a good doctor. Everyone said so.
Mara Ellison has spent ten months being strong. Strong for her husband, the family doctor everyone adores. Strong for his sister, his colleagues, the neighbors who still bring casseroles. Strong through the loss of their infant son in a backyard pool while Jax was supposed to be watching him.
She hasn't been strong for herself. Not once.
So she drives to the Blue Ridge mountains and rents a cabin at the end of a gravel road. A few days alone before the summer storm rolls in. The neighbors warn her the creek crossing will flood and the road will wash out. She could be stranded for a week. Maybe two.
She already knows.
The community is small — a sharp-eyed widow who brings casseroles and asks too many questions, a quiet caretaker who notices things he shouldn't, a mother and her teenage daughter hiding from something of their own. And a deputy who drives up for a routine welfare check the day before the storm hits.
Then the road washes out. The cell tower goes down. And Mara is trapped on a mountain with people who are paying far too much attention to a woman who came up here to be alone.
The Doctor's Wife is a dark, twist-filled psychological thriller about grief, secrets, and what happens when the most controlled woman in the room starts to crack.
Warning: This book contains the death of a child, depicted without graphic detail. Please read with care.
Genre: Mystery
Mara Ellison has spent ten months being strong. Strong for her husband, the family doctor everyone adores. Strong for his sister, his colleagues, the neighbors who still bring casseroles. Strong through the loss of their infant son in a backyard pool while Jax was supposed to be watching him.
She hasn't been strong for herself. Not once.
So she drives to the Blue Ridge mountains and rents a cabin at the end of a gravel road. A few days alone before the summer storm rolls in. The neighbors warn her the creek crossing will flood and the road will wash out. She could be stranded for a week. Maybe two.
She already knows.
The community is small — a sharp-eyed widow who brings casseroles and asks too many questions, a quiet caretaker who notices things he shouldn't, a mother and her teenage daughter hiding from something of their own. And a deputy who drives up for a routine welfare check the day before the storm hits.
Then the road washes out. The cell tower goes down. And Mara is trapped on a mountain with people who are paying far too much attention to a woman who came up here to be alone.
The Doctor's Wife is a dark, twist-filled psychological thriller about grief, secrets, and what happens when the most controlled woman in the room starts to crack.
Warning: This book contains the death of a child, depicted without graphic detail. Please read with care.
Genre: Mystery
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