The Starter Wife

From the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen comes a spine tingler Booklist of a psychological suspense, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Jessica Knoll Local police have announced that they re closing the investigation of the suspected drowning of 37 year old painter Colleen Westcott She disappeared on April 11, 2010, and her car was found parked near the waterfront in Cleveland two days later, but her body has never been found The chief of police has stated that no concrete evidence of foul play has been discovered in the probe. I close the online search window, annoyed These articles never have enough detail They think my husband s first wife disappeared or they think she is dead There s a big difference My phone rings, jarring me away from my thoughts, and when I pick it up, it s an unknown number The only answer to my slightly breathless hello is empty static When the voice does finally come, it s female, low, muffled somehow Where is it, Claire What did you do with it Tell me where it is A woman A real flesh and blood woman on the other end of the phone She s not just in my head.A wave of panic spreads under my skin like ice water It s Colleen Laurin knows how to ratchet up the suspense Publishers Weekly New Read [ The Starter Wife ] by [ Nina Laurin ] – kino-fada.fr I am happy to say that I liked this book a lotthan I was expecting to This book is full on crazy If you are burnt out on the drunk unreliable narrator then steer clear but if you fancy a narrator that puts the cuckoo in cocoa puffs then you ve come to the right place Claire is married to English professor Byron and while she is still head over heels in love with him it appears that his interest in her is beginning to wane She can t have this She will do anything to keep her man Unfor I am happy to say that I liked this book a lotthan I was expecting to This book is full on crazy If you are burnt out on the drunk unreliable narrator then steer clear but if you fancy a narrator that puts the cuckoo in cocoa puffs then you ve come to the right place Claire is married to English professor Byron and while she is still head over heels in love with him it appears that his interest in her is beginning to wane She can t have this She will do anything to keep her man Unfortunately the woman she is most jealous of is his first wife, his starter wife, his dead wife, Colleen She tragically committed suicide and yet Claire is reminded of her every single day Mostly because they live in her house surrounded by her paintings It seems as if they will never be able to escape Colleens...Well that was a crazy and wild ride It was entertaining for sure but there were a few problems I had with it while reading It was still enjoyable though and would make a darn good summer beach read.Claire is married to Byron, a college professor Byron s first wife aka the starter wife, Colleen, committed suicide while they were married, and Claire has always felt like she was in Colleen s shadow It is probably hard to shake that feeling when they live in Colleen s nice home, spend money from Well that was a crazy and wild ride It was entertaining for sure but there were a few problems I had with it while reading It was still enjoyable though and would make a darn good summer beach read.Claire is married to Byron, a college professor Byron s first wife aka the starter wife, Colleen, committed suicide while they were married, and Claire has always felt like she was in Colleen s shadow It is probably hard to shake that feeling when they live in Colleen s nice home, spend money from her estate, and are surrounded with her artwork Claire s relationship with her husband appears to be on the rocks as Byron has been acting cold and distant towards her lately Claire m...The Starter Wife has two unreliable narrators There is the mysterious student who is stalking college professor Byron and his wife and there is Claire, Byron s second wife The student feels that Byron s wife if not worthy of him and that she must protect him from her devious ways She actually considers herself his Guardian Angel , determined that at some point she will be married to Byron and he will know she is the perfect wife for him.Claire is dealing with feelings of jealousy and resentm The Starter Wife has two unreliable narrators There is the mysterious student who is stalking college professor Byron and his wife and there is Claire, Byron s second wife The student feels that Byron s wife if not worthy of him and that she must protect him from her devious ways She actually considers herself his Guardian Angel , determined that at some point she will be married to Byron and he will know she is the perfect wife for him.Claire is dealing with feelings of jealousy and resentment towards Byron s first wife, Coleen, whose wealth was responsible for the house they live in and the money they can spend on luxuries She resents Coleen s former college professor career and also her second career as a painter and she hates that they are still living in the house that Byron and Coleen lived in before Coleen committed suicide I can t say that any of the characters in the book are likable although it s hard to know the truth of the ...The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin is my favorite type of mystery a thriller that you want to re read so you can pick up on some of the clues you might have missed the first time Byron Westcott is a college professor whose wife Colleen disappeared years ago The police suspect she committed suicide but have never recovered her body Several years later, Byron marries Claire, a budding novelist, who idolizes her husband Cracks begin to appear in this happy marriage and where this is going you wil The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin is my favorite type of mystery a thriller that you want to re read so you can pick up on some of the clues you might have missed the first time Byron Westcott is a college professor whose wife Colleen disappeared years ago The police suspect she committed suicide but have n...Update Thank you to the wonderful Nina Laurin, who sent me a signed copy of her book all the way from Canada , where my husband is also from after I won it in her drawing This is the best book mail I ve received so far I have your other books and will be reading them when I get a chance Thank you again Ms Laurin I can t express how excited I was to receive ityou made my day You are truly a thoughtful and generous author This one started a little slow, then picked up an Update Thank you to the wonderful Nina Laurin, who sent me a signed copy of her book all the way from Canada , where my husband is also from after I won it in her drawing This is the best book mail I ve received so far I have your other books and will be reading them when I get a chance Thank you again Ms Laurin I can t express how excited I was to receive ityou made my day You are truly a thoughtful and generous author This one started a little slow, then picked up and I was really enjoying it The author did a great job of creating totally detestable main characters Byron is a college professor His first wife, Colleen, was an artist with mental health issues who ended her own lifebut her body was never found After a few short relationships, Byron met and married his second wife, Claire Byron and Claire...The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin was absolute roller coaster of a domestic suspense book In the beginning it was a tad confusing but as I got into itI couldn t put it down That ending was just crazy and I loved it When a book goes off on so many tangents and keeps you guessing I know it is a good book Claire is Byron s second wife They seems relatively happy but the shadow of Colleen Bryon s first wife who committed suicide hangs over their relationship Byron is still in love with The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin was absolute roller coaster of a domestic suspense book In the beginning it was a tad confusing but as I got into itI couldn t put it down That ending was just crazy and I loved it When a book goes off on so many tangents and keeps you guessing I know it is a good book Claire is Byron s second wife They seems relatively happy but the shadow of Colleen Bryon s first wife who committed suicide hangs over th...Claire Wescott is married to Byron, a professor at a liberal arts college in Ohio She s his second wife and is starting to question if his change in behavior towards her means somethingis it a sign that he s seeing someone else Claire thinks a baby will be the answer though she s got fertility issues As she pursues that direction, she s also trying to figure out if there s a who responsible for his distraction From the start, I knew I was dealing with an unreliable narrator because Clai Claire Wescott is married to Byron, a professor at a liberal arts college in Ohio She s his second wife and is starting to question if his change in behavior towards her means somethingis it a sign that he s seeing someone else Claire thinks a baby will be the answer though she s got fertility issues As she pursues that direction, she s also trying to figure out if there s a who responsible for his distraction From the start, I knew I was dealing with an unreliable narrator because Claire has some serious issues And, the prologue introduces someone, anonymous, who s always in the background and I was never quite sure where to place herpast or present, good or evil, real or imagined Then there s Colleen, Byron s first wife, who has a l...The Starter Wife is Nina Laurin s third thriller, but I have to say that I found it 8 parts women s fiction and only 2 parts resembling a thriller It also has a premise that has been done to death and doesn t have anything new to add or offer over and above those books I didn t find myself gripped at any stage and the characters certainly didn t help as they were bitchy, quite juvenile and infuriating Most of the twists were quite obvious and the middle section dragged so much that I debated The Starter Wife is Nina Laurin s third thriller, but I have to say that I found it 8 parts women s fiction and only 2 parts resembling a thriller It also has a premise that has been done to death and doesn t have anything new to add or offer over and above those books I didn t find myself gripped at any stage and the characters certainly didn t help as they were bitchy, quite juvenile and infuriating Most of the twists were quite...Interesting idea and fairly well doneFirst though got to say that the lead lady Claire gets nausea, about everything and anything, and barely a page goes past without her for one reason or another telling us That aside oh and her love of drink, somewhat a pre requisite of many books now, a lead lady who drinks 24 7 this is a domestic thriller thatsdomestic than thriller but when it is thrilling it really is Its a story, confusing at times, about ultimate class A stalking and the lengt Interesting idea and fairly well doneFirst though got to say that the lead lady Claire gets nausea, about everything and anything, and barely a page goes past without her for one reason or another telling us That aside oh and her love of drink, somewhat a pre requisite of many books now, a lead lady who drinks 24 7 this is a domestic thriller thatsdomestic than thriller but when it is thrilling it really is Its a story, confusing at times, about ult...Well that was fun Other than what s already in the blurb, there s very little I can say about the plot there s a huge, game changing twist in this one, so I don t want to spoil anything I stayed up far too late to finish reading because I was determined to see how this unfolded Laurin knew how to keep me turning pages There was one not so teeny thing I had to overlook in order to keep enjoying this story Google Byron, the former husband of the starter wife, becomes involved with a series Well that was fun Other than what s already in the blurb, there s very little I can say about the plot there s a huge, game changing twist in this one, so I don t want to spoil anything I stayed up far too late to finish reading because I was determined to see how this unfolded Laurin knew how to keep me turning pages There was one not so teeny thing I had to overlook in order to keep enjoying this story Google Byron, the former husband of the starter wife, becomes involved with a series of women after his wife s disappearance in 2010 Apparently, we re to believe that not a single one of these women Googled him before they dated him Move things back ten years from when they happened here,...They will all think I m crazy, insane, psychotic, but what else is love but madness Isn t that what all the great novels are aboutBuy This BookSeries No Genre Mystery Thriller POV Dual first person Cliffhanger No Content Warnings Unreliable narrators Death And other things I would rather not say Read if you are a fan of domestic thrillers a la Gillian Flynn or Lisa Jewell.The Starter Wife is the first book I have read from author Nina Laurin andThey will all think I m crazy, insane, psychotic, but what else is love but madness Isn t that what all the great novels are aboutBuy This BookSeries No Genre Mystery Thriller POV Dual first person Cliffhanger No Content Warnings Unreliable narrators Death And other things I would rather not say Read if you are a fan of domestic thrillers a la Gillian Flynn or Lisa Jewell.The Starter Wife is the first book I have read from author Nina Laurin and I would have to say, I found a new fave thriller writer.This book is about the journey of a second wife, Claire, dealing with the shadow of his husband s first wife, Colleen, whose case was still undeclared whether as a murder, a suicide, or a missing person s case Aside from Claire, the story is also told through an unknown nar...Out of all the books I ve read by Nina Laurin is this the one I had the hardest time reading Both What My Sister Knew and Girl Last Seen are great thrillers, while this took forever for me to get into Now, I think it s because I right from the start felt very, very annoyed with Claire, the main character And, theI read the less I liked her What kept me going was the fact that I wanted to know what the heck is going one and if Colleen really committed suicide The best part was the last Out of all the books I ve read by Nina Laurin is this the one I had the hardest time reading Both What My Sister Knew and Girl Last Seen are great thrillers, while this took forever for me to get into Now, I think it s because I right from the start felt very, very annoyed with Claire, the main character And, theI read the less I liked her What kept me going was the fact that I wanted to know what the heck is going one and if Colleen really committed suicide The best part was the last 1 3 of the book when you got Claire s husband Byron s POV as well Now the story starts to makesense, and I started to understandabout those weird chapters when someone is stalking Byron s wife that were interwoven with Claire s chapters.The Starter Wife is not my favorite Nina Laurin book, the last part of the book did make the reading worthwhile, although I found the ending very abrupt I foun...

• English
• 13 April 2018
Nina Laurin
• Paperback
• 352 pages
• 1538715716
• Nina Laurin
• The Starter Wife