The Liar's Wife
Palmer Lewis thought she had found her soulmate - until unsettling signs begin to surface: secretive phone calls, unexplained absences, and a growing sense that her husband is hiding something. When she catches him with another woman and soon after he and their son disappear, Palmer is forced into a harrowing search through a web of deception. Every revelation raises the question: who can she truly trust, and how far would someone go to protect their secrets? Full of twists and suspense, this story keeps readers on edge until the very last page.
- Palmer - Ben's wife, Grey's mom
- Ben - Palmer's husband, Grey's dad
- Grey - Ben and Palmer's newborn
- Katie - Woman Palmer sees with Ben
- Nate - Palmer's ex-boyfriend
- Palmer suspects Ben is cheating.
- Palmer pretends to go to work one day and sees Ben meet a woman for lunch but she doesn't want to confront him until she can be 100% sure what is going on between Ben and the mystery woman.
- Palmer discovers the woman is named Katie.
- After getting enough circumstantial evidence that Ben is cheating, Palmer goes home to confront him but Ben and Grey are nowhere to be found.
- Palmer calls the police and reports them missing
- Palmer goes to Katie's house; it's empty with a "for sale" sign.
- Palmer asks around and discovers that Katie moved to Red River.
- Palmer follows Katie to Red River and sees her in the house with Grey.
- Palmer breaks in and tries to take Grey, but Katie catches her.
- Palmer and Katie fight; Ben appears, covered in dirt and mud and stabs Katie.
- Jumping back in time: Ben narrates that he received a call saying Katie had a car accident, was in ICU, lost her baby, and required a hysterectomy due to abdominal trauma.
- Losing her baby and not being able to get pregnant again broke Katie.
- Ben tried to help Katie, but she refused assistance, so he eventually left her.
- Ben later met Palmer and she quickly got pregnant.
- Katie comes back and apologizes for how she fell apart after losing the baby.
- Ben had been meeting her in secret, believing it was helping her heal.
- Katie kidnaps Ben and Grey and takes them back to Red River where she hits Ben with a shovel and buries him alive.
- Ben wakes up and makes his way back to Katie's house where he stabs her.
- Nate comes to apologize to Palmer for his past mistakes.
- Ben sees Nate leaving Palmer's house.
- Final Twist: Nate was the drunk driver who hit Katie years ago, causing her miscarriage.
- Ben kills Nate with a tire iron and drives off to bury him where Katie had tried to bury Ben.
- Palmer - Alive - Running her own firm
- Ben - Alive - Trying to win Palmer back
- Grey - Alive - Healthy and oblivious of the ordeal he experienced
- Katie - Dead - Stabbed by Ben
- Danica and Howie - Alive - Running the new firm with Palmer and Howie
- Nate - Dead - Killed by Ben with a tire iron
- Kidnapping
- Grief
- Miscarriage
- Murder
- Child death
- Car accident
- Racism
- Stalking
Twist
Publisher: Bitter House Publishing
ISBN: 9781956538106
Publish Date: July 10, 2022
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.