The Husband's Secret

By: Liane Moriarty

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

"My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died...."

Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret - something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive....

Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all - she's an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her: Rachel and Tess barely know Cecilia - or each other - but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.

Acclaimed author Liane Moriarty has written a gripping, thought-provoking novel about how well it is really possible to know our spouses - and, ultimately, ourselves.

©2013 Liane Moriarty (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Spellbinding.... A knockout!” (Emily Giffin, New York Times best-selling author)

“The Husband’s Secret is so good, you won’t be able to keep it to yourself.” (USA Today)

“Lip-smacking and sharply intelligent.” (Entertainment Weekly)

wow!

sucks you in, wrings you out, leaves you with a true sense of satisfaction. it's been a while since I read a book this chewy and satisfying. the every day moments make your heart ache, while the twists are truly unexpected and startling.

Not Moriarty's Best

This is my second Liane Moriarty book and I found it to be just okay unfortunately. I read,"What Alice Forgot," and loved it! I couldn't stop talking about it. I was very much looking forward to another Moriarty read, however this one is nothing more than fine. The rating it has really shocks me because it's really more of a three start book.

Boring.

It took about half the book to find out what was going on. It was more about what ifs and maybe this's ... No real substance. The story was hard to follow in the beginning as well. Didn't like it. Wasted my time.

Husband's Secret

I liked how how all the lives were intertwined in the story. Great reveal at the end.

Never written a review before!

What made the experience of listening to The Husband's Secret the most enjoyable?

I loved it.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I do not think I had a favorite.

What about Caroline Lee’s performance did you like?

I loved her accent.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Many moments.

Any additional comments?

I was so shocked at the turns this book took. I really got caught up in the story.

Wonderful read

Excellent writing. Captured internal dialogues so you felt the emotions of the characters. Don't usually do reviews but this book absolutely worth the read.

ENGAGING AND DRAMATIC

4.5 Stars. I wasn't quite sure what to think when I began this book -- it was three disparate stories that I knew were going to connect but couldn't figure out how and, I wasn't sure I wanted to know as the characters seemed so ordinary and even somewhat superficial. And then, in a split-second, the book took off and I was hooked!

While some may look at this as a piece of women's fiction, I believe it runs deeper than that. To me, it is a treatise on guilt: how people live with this very strong emotion and how their feelings about guilt affect those around them. It begins with the perfectly ordered life of Cecilia and John-Paul and their perfect little family of three beautiful girls; it continues with Tess whose husband Will is leaving her for her close-as-a-sister cousin Felicity, causing Tess to engage in a wild affair of her own; it ends with Rachel whose daughter Janey was found murdered decades before yet she can't get over the pain, especially when she uncovers evidence that -- to her -- shows incontrovertible proof that someone she always suspected must be guilty of the crime.

The author moves between the three stories with ease until they all coalesce. And, despite the plethora of characters, they are all treated with care and seriousness.

This was a good read -- engaging, involving, dramatic and entertaining. I very much enjoyed Caroline Lee's narration. She hit all the right notes with her reading and captured the emotion of the characters extremely well.

Excellent! Well written and well read.

Another great story by Liane Moriarty. She describes events of life in such a way that gives texture to the experience if you are familiar and context if you are not.

Australian story read with English accent?

Not a bad story. Wish I had just read the book though. The story set in Australia read by a person with an English accent just didnt do it f or me.

could listen all day

I enjoyed the story although it didn't end as I eanted, but ended realistically, possibly as expected. loved the reader's voice and accent