The Perfect Divorce
Eleven years after the events of the perfect marriage, Sarah has remarried Bob and they have a daughter, Summer. Their seemingly stable life is upended when Bob has an affair and the woman goes missing, triggering a new investigation that threatens to reveal secrets from the past. As old crimes are reexamined and alliances tested, Sarah must navigate a web of deceit, manipulation, and revenge, where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide.
- Sarah - Bob's wife
- Bob - Sarah's husband
- Stacy - Bob's mistress
- Adam - Sarah's deceased first husband
- Kelly - Woman Adam was accused of murdering
- Scott - Kelly's husband
- Sheriff Stevens - Investigated Kelly's case
- Marcus Hudson - New Sheriff
- Alejandro - Acquaintance of Bob
- Carissa - Bob's hairdresser
- Sarah and Bob's marriage unravels after Bob cheats with Stacy.
- Adam, Sarah's first husband, was executed for Kelly's murder, but new DNA reveals Sheriff Stevens was involved.
- When Scott learns the truth, he kills Stevens in a hospital confrontation.
- Sarah establishes the Morgan Foundation, a nonprofit to help ex-cons, which doubles as a vehicle for her image management. Through it, Bob hires Alejandro to kill Sarah because he's afraid she will expose their murderous past and get him locked up.
- Sarah kidnaps Stacy and locks her up.
- Stacy communicates with a woman while she is locked up that we believe to be Carissa but later find out is Sarah pretending to be Carissa.
- Sarah convinces Carissa to fake her own death so Carissa can escape from an abusive partner.
- Sarah pins both women's disappearances on Bob.
- Bob tracks Sarah to the farmhouse where Stacy is held, but Sarah has planted a gun for Stacy to find. Believing Bob is her captor Stacy shoots him dead.
- A federal jury awards Sarah $32 million for Adam's wrongful execution, cementing her status as a victim.
- Sheriff Hudson and Deputy Olson are suspicious of Sarah who now has two dead husbands who were cheaters, but her careful setup leaves them powerless to prove anything.
- Sarah - Alive - Continuing to profit from playing the victim
- Bob - Dead - Shot by Stacy
- Stacy - Alive - No further details
- Adam - Dead - Executed in prison
- Kelly (real name Jenna) - Dead - Killed by Sarah
- Scott - Alive - Disappears after killing Sheriff Stevens
- Sheriff Stevens - Dead - Killed by Scott
- Marcus Hudson - Alive - No further details
- Alejandro - Alive - Disappears after betraying Bob
- Carissa - Alive - No further details
- Murder
- Kidnapping
- Infidelity
- Sexual content
- Confinement
- Gun violence
- Domestic abuse
- Gaslighting
Tragic
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 9798874620936
Publication Date: April 15, 2025
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