Downing, Samantha. My Lovely Wife. New York :
Berkley, 2019.
They’re the couple next door – average, inconspicuous, and
unassuming in every way. Quentin and his wife Millicent are as close as any
married couple could hope to be. Having moved to the suburbs to start a family
some years ago, they settled quickly into normal life – and just as quickly got
bored of it.
Using their shared darkest fantasies, Quentin and Millicent
devised a plan; one that satisfied both of what they were craving. Quentin
would go to a bar and pick up a woman, and bring her back to the family home.
Once there, Millicent would have her turn – to torture and murder the woman.
Married bliss has never looked so good.
But when one of the girls that Quentin thought they’d
killed a year ago turns up freshly murdered, he realises that Millicent is
keeping secrets of her own. Quentin is caught between a rock and a hard place:
unable to seek help for his deranged wife without implicating himself, he must
try to outwit and outplay her himself.
Not for the faint of heart, this debut novel by Downing is
the perfect mix of unreliable narrator with a grotesque yet addictive plot. Drenched
in secrets and intrigue, My Lovely Wife packs a punch that’ll be sure to
leave a mark on all who dare to read within.
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