{"product_id":"the-almost-wife-a-novel-isbn-9781443458429","title":"The Almost Wife: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you \u003cem\u003ealmost\u003c\/em\u003e had everything that you wanted, how\u003cbr\u003ehard would you fight to protect it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKira is engaged to the man of her dreams: he’s charming,\u003cbr\u003ehandsome, wealthy, and a great dad to their baby, Evie, and his thirteen-year-old\u003cbr\u003edaughter, Olive. Having grown up with a troubled relationship with her mother\u003cbr\u003eand mostly estranged from her father, Kira craves a close family and secure\u003cbr\u003ehome, and with Aaron, Evie and Olive, she almost has it. The only problem is Aaron’s\u003cbr\u003eex-wife, Madison, who’s out of control and trying to get to Olive. When Kira takes\u003cbr\u003ethe girls out of town to her childhood summer home and finds out that Madison has\u003cbr\u003efollowed them, she panics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the beach and the forest on Manitoulin Island, Kira\u003cbr\u003efights to protect Olive, Evie and her fiancé, until a dark secret threatens to\u003cbr\u003eunravel the life that is almost hers. With the future she has built hanging in\u003cbr\u003ethe balance, and her past haunting her at every turn, Kira must choose who to\u003cbr\u003ebelieve and who she wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Just what do you really know about the people you fall in love with? That’s the backstory of this excellent domestic thriller by the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Cure For Death by Lightning\u003c\/em\u003e. . . . [\u003cem\u003eThe Almost Wife\u003c\/em\u003e] is a really good book.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail (Toronto)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you like twisty thrillers with a Canadian setting, this is the book for you.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girly Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Anderson-Dargatz] nails it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePique Newsmagazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Almost Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is compulsively readable, but it’s also an engrossing study of the truth that we can never out-run our childhood.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGail Bowen, Author of the Joanne Kilbourn-Shreve mystery novels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Set amidst the cloistered forests of Manitoulin Island and the windswept shores of Lake Huron, \u003cem\u003eThe Almost Wife\u003c\/em\u003e capitalizes on the remote backdrop of Northern Ontario to set the scene for a story of psychological isolation and family secrets. In the modern age of gaslighting, \u003cem\u003eThe Almost Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely psychological thriller that explores the themes of family, memory, and identity. Anderson-Dargatz is at the top of her game. This is a complex and layered work that turns a seemingly simple tale of jealousy on its head and causes the reader to question everything.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle Wild, award-winning author of Strange Things Done, a CBC “The Next Chapter” recommended read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing and expertly paced, The Almost Wife is a deep dive into the secrets and lies between a new mother and her not-quite-as-he-seems fiancé. Part love story, part domestic suspense, this layered story unfolds in surprising ways that will keep readers riveted to the page. A complex exploration of parental manipulation and the impact of a woman’s past on her future.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCathy Marie Buchanan, author of Daughter of Black Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anderson-Dargatz’s fast-paced prose tracks the plight of someone on the run, desperate to protect her marriage and family. . . .Taut with tension.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gail Anderson-Dargatz is a wonderful storyteller. \u003cem\u003eThe Almost Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is a dangerously gripping page-turner, a psychological thriller which shows how the past can blind one to life-and-death threat, twist after breathtaking twist. Don't count on getting any sleep.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Gulland, The Josephine B. Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eThe best domestic thriller I have ever read. Kira is a highly likeable character caught in a sinister web of whom to trust: her fiancé and father of her baby, or his seemingly neurotic not-quite-divorced wife?  Seeds of doubt are scattered in the very first chapter with faultless execution. This is a riveting, fast-paced thriller containing every woman’s nightmare; a missing child, the spectre of past abuse, and more than one haunting secret that threatens to burst into focus. The twists come with the impact of a rifle blast. Prepare to stay up all night reading this.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelodie Campbell, author of The Goddaughter series, past executive director of Crime Writers of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eThe Almost Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, Gail Anderson-Dargatz delivers a master class in building suspense. From the first page, the suspense is perfectly crafted to build and build, slowly, steadily, relentlessly. 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