The Wife in the Photo

Emily Shiner

By: Emily Shiner

Narrated by: Kate Handford, Todd Kramer

I pick up the photograph from their mantlepiece and carefully wipe away the dust. The beautiful wife. Supposedly happily married and enjoying a family vacation. I know her husband killed her. And I’m going to make him pay…

This is my first job as a housekeeper, but Evan Warner doesn’t need to know that. It’s the first of many lies I’ll tell him. He just lost his wife, Lola, and now he and his young daughter Jessica are adrift. But no amount of cleaning will rid this house of the secrets that have seeped into the cracks. I never forgave Lola for what she did to me. But I can’t let Evan get away with her murder.

In their impressive home, I busy myself preparing meals and peeking at carelessly discarded mail, looking for proof of his crimes. Evan hovers and I’m sure he is watching me… even as I bond with Jessica. But whenever he catches us alone together, his face darkens. I realize I have to get her out of this house before it’s too late for her, too.

Then I find Lola’s diary, tucked away in a closet out of sight. Her words, hastily scrawled on these pages, change everything I thought I knew about this family. As I hear footsteps on the stairs, I know I’m trapped. And I’m in more danger now than ever before…

The Wife in the Photo is a totally twisty psychological thriller guaranteed to keep you up all night. Fans of Freida McFadden, Gone Girl and The Couple Next Door will find it impossible to stop listening to.

©2023 Emily Shiner (P)2023 Hachette UK - Bookouture

Keeps you guessing til the end

the man's voice was a little less believable. the story was good and it keeps you guessing until the very end. Good mystery

Kept my attention

Todd Kramer is a flat narrator. I really liked the female narrator. The storyline was excellent.

Curiosity killed the cat 🫤

Male narrator was 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 The writing seemed very elementary. Left me hoping the end would get there sooner. Kind of lame.

the gasps i gasped. WOW.

So many twists and turns! I was not expecting ANY of them. If you’re looking for plot twists, this is the book for you!

Predictable and unreasonable ending

Good narrator. Limited plot twists and predictable villain. Several things in the ending were just dumb moves for some of the smarter characters. Disappointed in the ending.