Worst. Wife. Ever.: A Novel [9780063483439]

Overview

When a woman’s best friend dies under unusual circumstances, her reporter’s instincts kick in—but the more she looks for answers, the more trouble she finds in this addictive thriller from beloved bestselling author Sarah Strohmeyer.

When Elle gets a call from her sister-in-law, Viv, to see if they should have a spontaneous girl's weekend, she's thrilled—ever since Viv moved out of Seattle to a picture-perfect “intentional” neighborhood in Jubilee, Pennsylvania, to live out her tradwife dreams, Elle feels like they've been drifting apart. Does she think it's weird that Viv wants to keep it a secret from their husbands? A bit, yeah. Is it also strange that she wants to bring her friend Mariah, whom Elle barely knows? Well, yes. But if that's what it takes to see her best friend, she's in.

So when just a few days later Elle gets a call from her brother-in-law to tell her Viv is dead, she can't believe it; and when he says she died after the bees she'd kept for years randomly swarmed and attacked her, Elle really can't believe it.

As soon as Elle steps foot in Jubilee for the funeral, she feels as if something's off. And the more she talks to Viv's friends and neighbors, the stranger the tale becomes: Viv wasn't the first Jubilee wife to suffer an odd death, but no one will say a word about what happened to Jessika. And then there's Viv's husband: he's so eager to get his wife in the ground that he's not even waiting until he can tell her mother before holding the funeral. . . .

Ever since she set foot in this Stepford-ian community, Elle has felt like everyone has been watching her every move, and she's beginning to wonder if they were watching Viv's, too—and if they saw something they didn't like. But with Elle following Viv's same path to discover the truth about her death, will it lead to her death, too?