Two Dead Wives
by Adele Parks.
The UK is in pandemic lockdown, and Kylie Gillingham is missing. Is she dead? No body has been found, but there’s no sign of her alive, either.
A complication: Kylie had two husbands, two identities, as Leigh Fletcher and Kai Jannsen. Police discovered she was kept prisoner in an empty apartment after she disappeared. But when they showed up there, the apartment was empty.
Did one of her husbands, on discovering her deceit, abduct, punish and then kill her?
What Have You Done?
Popular teenager Diana Brewer is found, naked and strangled, in a farmer’s field in rural Vermont. Her mother, who works nights at the local hospital, is bereft, and the small town of Fairhill is stunned.
Could her boyfriend Cameron have killed her? What about the creepy customer at Home Depot who was harassing her? Or maybe the gym teacher who was being way too friendly?
The Housemaid’s Secret
by Frieda McFadden.
Millie’s been hired to cook and clean for a wealthy New York couple in a luxurious penthouse opposite Central Park. Though she’s only met the husband; the wife, Wendy, stays in her bedroom, and Millie is told not to bother her since she’s often ill.
Millie becomes increasingly concerned about Wendy — expecially when she sees Wendy’s bruised face and concludes that she’s being abused. Millie can’t stand aside: when Wendy asks for help, Millie steps forward.