The Perfect Marriage
Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire of his and Sarah's relationship as she is constantly working. Out in the secluded woods, at Adam and Sarah's second home, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. Then, one morning everything changes. Adam is arrested for Kelly's murder. She had been found stabbed to death in Adam and Sarah's second home. Sarah soon finds herself playing the defender for her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress.
- Sarah - Criminal defense attorney
- Adam - Sarah's husband
- Kelly Summer - Adam's mistress
- Greg - Kelly's first husband
- Bob Motz - Sarah's boss
- At age 16 Sarah found her drug-addicted mother dead with 4 drug needles sticking out of her arm.
- Kelly is found murdered in Adam and Sarah's cabin.
- Adam becomes the prime suspect after a threatening note revealed his affair with Kelly.
- Adam is arrested and Sarah defends him in court, secretly manipulating the case to make sure he's convicted.
- Several years earlier Kelly was suspected of killing Greg, who was Bob's brother.
- Sarah was the one who killed Kelly and set Adam up to take the fall.
- Bob helped Sarah because he believes Kelly did kill Greg.
- Sarah and Bob have a baby and name her Summer.
- 10 years later Adam is executed by lethal injection.
- Final twist: Sarah tells us she's the one who killed her mother because she found her mother weak and pathetic.
- Sarah - Alive - Married to Bob
- Adam - Dead - Executed after 10 years in prison for Kelly's murder
- Kelly (real name Jenna) - Dead - Killed by Sarah
- Greg - Dead - Killed by a hitman hired by Bob who was supposed to kill Kelly
- Bob - Alive - Married to Sarah
- Murder
- Infidelity
- Sexual content
- Death of parent
- Alcohol
- Drug abuse
- Addiction
- Stalking
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
ISBN: 9798874866358
Publication Date: July 13, 2020
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.Contribute Your Spoils
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