My Wife Is Missing

A Novel

By: D.J. Palmer

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

When a woman disappears with her two children, one husband will do anything to find them—even confront the secrets of his own past—in D. J. Palmer's My Wife Is Missing, a twisty thriller from the author of The New Husband...

A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Horrified, he fears they’ve been kidnapped. Michael’s frantic search to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that his wife, Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why Natalie ran, something Michael can’t tell the police—the truth about his past.

While untangling his deceptions might be the key to locating Natalie, Michael knows it could also be his undoing. To find his wife, he must now turn to the one person capable of exposing all that he’s been hiding. Natalie thinks she has Michael all figured out and has hatched a plan to escape from him permanently. One detail, though, threatens to derail her efforts: sleep—or more accurately, the lack of it. Since the moment the shocking revelations about her husband came to light, Natalie’s insomnia has worsened to the point that she now suffers from delusions.

Are her fears about Michael valid—or a symptom of her condition? With her children’s lives at risk, the stakes for Natalie could not be higher. On her own, running low on energy and resources, avoiding increasingly close calls with Michael—who is on the hunt and closing in fast—Natalie needs someone to turn to for help. But who can she trust when she can’t even trust herself?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

©2022 D.J. Palmer (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

OMG the best DJ Palmer yet

I love DJ Palmer atories, but this one was I think the best yet!

It had me guessing all along the way. the ending, a HUGE surprise.

Read for yourself!

Drags

Could have been 2 hours long. The plot was obvious and it was tedious and over dramatic. Give this one a miss.

Great narration, twisty story

On a vacation to New York City, Michael’s wife Natalie and their two children go missing. Video footage suggests she left voluntarily, perhaps due to an affair she believes he’s having with her coworker. Why leave rather than filing for divorce? Natalie has reason to be afraid of secrets from Michael’s past. Very afraid. But how rational is she, suffering from chronic insomnia which can lead to psychosis. Is either a reliable narrator?

Oh what a tangled web DJ Palmer has woven with MY WIFE IS MISSING. Palmer always writes compelling characters and plots that keep me turning pages well past my bedtime.

Slow to start, I didn’t care about the minutia of his steps when he first found out, I wanted to get into the hows and whys. I think I was *supposed* to be on Natalie’s side, but I was on his. Having an affair wasn’t an excuse to run off with kids and lie to them; her behavior seemed more vengeful than fearful. Soon the secrets and twists emerged, my loyalties and theories shifted as the pace quickened and my interest deepened.

I love endings I can’t predict and DJ Palmer gave me just that. Don’t even try to guess. Just enjoy the ride.

Mystery and domestic thriller lovers, add Palmer to your must read list, no matter which book.

Terrible narrator

Stop! Do not listen, only read this book, yourself! The narrator ruins it but the story is good. It could have been so much better. I will make sure to not listen to another book with this narrator. Ugh!

My Wife is Missing

Great story. Enjoyed it. Will recommend to others. Held my attention throughout. Kept me guessing as to who did it.

Missing or Hiding

Well use a credit for this book.
It’s starts out slow and then picks up and the ending is well I’ll let you figure it out.

Interesting

Not a boring book. Keeps you interested and wanting to know what happens next. Recommend.

A Page-Turner

This one is definitely fast-paced and keeps you guessing. I actually liked the ending. I enjoyed it and definitely recommend for a suspenseful thriller.

Not for me

The only good part was the last one hour of the book. Other than that it was painful ☹️

Twist After Twist!

Great story! Complex and well developed characters! Guessing some of it still didn’t lead me to the right conclusion which makes a book even better!!

Narration was excellent!