The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



When you read this book, you will make many assumptions.

It’s about a jealous wife, obsessed with her replacement.

It’s about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves.

The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman.

You will assume you know the motives, the history, the anatomy of the relationships.

You will be wrong.


It was a little slow to start with, lots of character building and although it was a bit tedious it was essential to the story. Having been unceremoniously dumped for a younger model, Vanessa Richards first wife is forced to live with her aunt and take a sales job in a department store to earn a living. Having had all the trappings of a wealthy lifestyle with Richard, Vanessa struggles to get her life back together.

Trying to cope with being passed over for a younger woman and desperately struggling with her new circumstances Vanessa tries to cope with her grief and turns to the bottle then becomes obsessed with Richards new love Nellie. She finds out Richard is about to marry Nellie and things spiral out of control, she is hell bent on stopping the wedding and confronting Nellie face on.

Nellie is not what she seems; young and fragile she also has a few secrets in her past that she wouldn't want anyone finding out about least of all Richard. Richard is obsessive and manipulative and frankly a little bit psychotic to my mind.

There are a few surprises and although not immediately obvious what was going on I did guess the outcome but not until over half way through the book. The ending was a good twist and not entirely expected.

It was a good entertaining thriller, not the best I've read but certainly not the worst and I give this one 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4 stars for Amazon and Goodreads.