![]() ![]() Agent: Barbara Poelle, Irene Goodman Literary. But now a serial killer is on the loose in your small town, preying on young women. Your wife isn't perfect - you know that - but then again nor are you. Readers will eagerly await Downing’s next thriller. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing Goodreads Synopsis Every marriage has secrets. The first-person, present-tense narration makes readers feel uncomfortably complicit in all that transpires, underscoring the plot’s grim and twisted nature. Downing’s tale unfolds slowly and sinuously, building tension about the couples’ fate while revealing the origins of their homicidal hobby. Millicent’s husband initially relishes the idea of a suspicion-free killing spree, but quickly learns that resurrecting the local bogeyman has consequences. to match that of Owen Oliver Riley, a notorious local serial killer who escaped conviction. Millicent was supposed to have immediately killed and dumped Lindsay in a swamp, but she now claims that in order to distract the authorities, she changed their m.o. ![]() This revelation shocks the book’s 39-year-old unnamed narrator, since he and his wife, Millicent, were the ones who abducted Lindsay as part of a ploy to spice up their marriage. Half the fun with thrillers is the discovery of new. I dont want to say too much about this book. ![]() Millicent, the wife is a realtor and the unnamed husband (who is our narrator) is a tennis instructor for a club. They are apart of the upper middle class. Police identify the victim as Lindsay, a young woman who went missing a year earlier and was apparently held captive for months before being strangled. This book is a contemporary thriller about a husband and wife who murder women together. The discovery of a corpse in an abandoned Woodview, Fla., motel kick-starts Downing’s taut debut. ![]()
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