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The Killer's Wife
Six years after her courageous testimony helped put her husband on death row for a string of gruesome murders, Leigh Wren has almost succeeded in putting her past to rest. She has moved from the West Coast to North Carolina with her young son, adopting a new name and a new life. But the world that she has created for herself is shattered when the father of one of her ex-husband's victims begins stalking her, then confronts her late one night. In the days that follow, he exposes Leigh, in newspapers and on television, to a startled North Carolina community. And just as her marriage to Randall Mosley, a man who became known to the world as a deviant serial killer, is brought back to light, a more deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
A new killer has emerged, one whose methods are frighteningly similar to those used by Mosley, who is awaiting execution thousands of miles away. Leigh and her son appear to be in the assailant's scope, and it becomes clear that he is more than a copycat killer his targets are all tied to Leigh's former life. With the clock ticking down and the victims of a new killer mounting, Leigh is forced to probe the darkest corridors of her past to protect her life and her son's. She must also confront her own feelings of responsibility: Leigh has always professed her ignorance, but how complicit was she in her husband's horrific murder spree, as it was taking place?
From a major new voice in suspense, The Killer's Wife is a story driven by psychological insight and harrowing revelations, asking how well you can ever really know the person sleeping beside you.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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March 6, 2018
Leigh Wren was more than shocked when she learned that the man she had been married to for many years and had a child with was a cold-blooded serial killer. The man she once loved and shared her life with suddenly became nothing more than a stranger and a deadly one at that.
Six years had passed since Leigh's testimony had helped put her husband on death row for numerous sickening murders. But in those years, Leigh struggled with protecting herself and her young son from the media and the outraged families of the victims. Just when she thought things were starting to settle down and she was getting her life back in some sort of order, something happens that will have her looking over her shoulder and fearing for their lives all over again.
The Killer's Wife was a gripping read and one which I rather enjoyed. Recommended.
Six years had passed since Leigh's testimony had helped put her husband on death row for numerous sickening murders. But in those years, Leigh struggled with protecting herself and her young son from the media and the outraged families of the victims. Just when she thought things were starting to settle down and she was getting her life back in some sort of order, something happens that will have her looking over her shoulder and fearing for their lives all over again.
The Killer's Wife was a gripping read and one which I rather enjoyed. Recommended.
August 23, 2016
Nije brza i jako napeta, ali interesantno i vrlo pitko pisana.. Ponekad možda zbunjuje ono što je sada s onim kada se glavni lik prisjeća. No sve u svemu dobar krimić!
August 24, 2016
Krimić, malo drugačiji od ostalih... s manje napetosti nego što sam navikla. Kako izgleda živjeti kao bivša žena serijskog ubojice i pritom odgajati dijete? Provjerite, lako se i brzo čita a stil pisanja je vrlo dobar. Ima nekoliko nebuloznih i predvidih situacija ali nisu presudne.
December 28, 2008
I love reading a debut novel. I'm always hoping to find a new voice that I want to follow or a new author I can recommend to someone. Bill Floyd wrote Killer's Wife with the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader in mind. Floyd, like many others, pondered the question of how a person who appears to be an upright citizen, community member, and family man, turns out to be a serial killer who leaves death, despair and broken lives in his wake. Floyd's story gives us an inside look at what it would be like to be the wife of the killer, the woman sleeping beside him, the father of her child, the woman who only discovers his horrible secret when it's far too late. When Leigh Wren does find out what her husband Randall Roberts Mosley has done, she turns him into police and testifies at his trial. She and her young son flee their home on the west coast, adopting a new identity and new home in North Carolina. She is just beginning to put the past to rest when Charles Pritchett, the father of one of her husband's victims, finds her and blows her new life apart. Pritchett clearly blames Leigh as well as Mosley for his daughter's death and makes her life miserable by outing her in her new community and threatening her son. Add a copy-cat killer on the loose and you have a first rate thriller.
I really like the way Floyd tells the tale. He does this in a series of flashbacks which give insight to the lives of Wren and Mosley, how they met, the early days of their marriage, the beginning of Leigh's doubts about Randall, revealing bits and pieces of each personality until we have a full picture in the end. Floyd nails Leigh's character right too. He does a good job of portraying Leigh's emotions, her sensitivity, and her voice, something not easy for a male author to do well.
I particularly liked this passage:
"Randy's name was all over the national media when the story first broke. Yes, he was that Randall Roberts Mosley. The papers always use the full name for assholes like him, a respect you never see granted to the victims. No, assassins and psychos are worth knowing by their full titles, but not the dead."
Some critics feel the book's potential fell short. They saw the shifting back and forth in Leigh's story confusing and awkward. I do not agree. I found it very easy to flow with the story.
A good read for true crime buffs, it explores the criminal mind almost too well.
You can read an excerpt at
http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPag...
I really like the way Floyd tells the tale. He does this in a series of flashbacks which give insight to the lives of Wren and Mosley, how they met, the early days of their marriage, the beginning of Leigh's doubts about Randall, revealing bits and pieces of each personality until we have a full picture in the end. Floyd nails Leigh's character right too. He does a good job of portraying Leigh's emotions, her sensitivity, and her voice, something not easy for a male author to do well.
I particularly liked this passage:
"Randy's name was all over the national media when the story first broke. Yes, he was that Randall Roberts Mosley. The papers always use the full name for assholes like him, a respect you never see granted to the victims. No, assassins and psychos are worth knowing by their full titles, but not the dead."
Some critics feel the book's potential fell short. They saw the shifting back and forth in Leigh's story confusing and awkward. I do not agree. I found it very easy to flow with the story.
A good read for true crime buffs, it explores the criminal mind almost too well.
You can read an excerpt at
http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPag...
July 3, 2019
3.5/5 stars
Fascinating! Admittedly, I was a little wary about reading a thriller with a female protagonist that was written by a man, but I thought Bill Floyd handled it very well. The plot is engaging, our main character is easy to root for, and it doesn’t get bogged down. However, my main issue is with the big twist. Not a fan of it because it just seemed so outrageous, but I suppose stranger things have happened in real life.
Overall, The Killer’s Wife is a super quick read, and it definitely hits the spot for me when it comes to summer thrillers!
Fascinating! Admittedly, I was a little wary about reading a thriller with a female protagonist that was written by a man, but I thought Bill Floyd handled it very well. The plot is engaging, our main character is easy to root for, and it doesn’t get bogged down. However, my main issue is with the big twist. Not a fan of it because it just seemed so outrageous, but I suppose stranger things have happened in real life.
Overall, The Killer’s Wife is a super quick read, and it definitely hits the spot for me when it comes to summer thrillers!
March 30, 2008
I haven't read a suspense novel since I was in high school I think. As a children's librarian I have this list of books I feel I "should" be reading...included on that list are children's and teen titles of course...old and new alike but also I feel like I "should" read the books I checked out from the library weeks ago, or the books I own but have never read, review books etc. So anyway, I picked up this book for my mom (her request) and it just looked intriguing so I thought I would try it before I gave it to her. And it was just like if you're trying to eat healthy so there are things you feel you "should" eat but then you decide to not eat from that list and have a snickers bar...instead of the 70% bitter, organic & locally produced chocolate. It was a treat of sorts...maybe not worth blowing the whole diet but it was good while it lasted. I would probably feel more accomplished if I had read something on the "should" list but it didn't kill me and there are some things on the should list that don't even get finished they are so bad ...like if someone gave me a cherry cordial if we're going with the chocolate analogy...knowingly I won't eat those things...unknowingly I'll take a bite and spit the rest in the trash. Hmmmm...this chocolate thing has something going for it. After my snickers read I am looking even more forward to that bittersweet chocolate. Something that even in a small amount is 100% satisfying. I think I need a good graphic novel :)
November 13, 2008
There were a few times where Floyd's writing made me pause b/c I had problems with it...Moments that weren't right or natural, places where I thought he was trying too hard with his sentences or vocabulary, BUT I thought the story was very interesting and it was a fast, exciting read. I read it in one sitting, which doesn't happen too often anymore. I thought Floyd could have gone deeper into the characters, but it was meant to be a thriller, so I can understand some of the glossing over. It was extra fun to read it b/c Floyd set the book in the Triangle where he lives (and where I live too--> the first scene is in my Harris Teeter :), and the whole book is like that).
October 29, 2014
This book started out so good, it just sucks you in.
Then the end happens. I felt like the author rushed an ending. Throw in a few surprises then predictable ones. I like it. But wished it had been better.
Then the end happens. I felt like the author rushed an ending. Throw in a few surprises then predictable ones. I like it. But wished it had been better.
July 30, 2018
Written in 2008, it appears this book was written prior to the now popular "I was married to a serial killer" trend. I'm glad I added it to my TBR list four years ago, otherwise I would have skipped it since I've moved away from similar story lines. I listened to the mp3 and pretty much enjoyed it.
November 30, 2017
The Killer's Wife by Bill Floyd is his debut novel and a good one it is. Leigh's husband Randy was a serial killer who was arrested based on her testimony. Six years later she is still trying to find a new life for herself and her young son, Hayden. Having assumed a new identity and moved to a small community in North Carolina, Leigh's life is again thrown into chaos when the father on one of Randy's victims exposes her. Soon her son is kidnapped by an admirer of her husband and she must find a way to rescue him while staying alive herself. This is not one of the best suspense novels I've ever read and would really want to rate it 3.5 stars, but it is a good start to Floyd's writing career.
July 11, 2020
I listened to this on audio, and I thought it was a good debut book with an interesting premise. 3.75 stars
July 2, 2025
DNF'D
November 25, 2018
This book kept me riveted until the end. It’s the story of a serial killers wife trying to rebuild her life. After moving and changing her name she and her son are outed by a victims father. This sets in motion events that bring back flashbacks and also causes her ex husband who is in jail to locate her. The plot was good and left you wanting more back story. How did you not know you were married to a serial killer for years or did she know?
The end is what left me wanting. It builds up to it but then is just over too quickly!
The end is what left me wanting. It builds up to it but then is just over too quickly!
May 23, 2023
TW: Implied mother/son incest. By page sixty, I wanted to DNF the book. I wanted to read specific pages I remembered from when it came out, though, so I plugged on. This author...does not explore the kind of character the protagonist is, well at ALL. The prose is purple, the character is in love with herself and describes mundane actions for entire pages. Her incessant, bland, boring inner monologue unfortunately smothers real-life actions she's taking and real-time events that are occurring. Her thoughts WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. She whines at one point that she hadn't done enough to hide herself after the serial killer she married went to prison You self-pitying dingbat! You did TONS: 1. You changed your name and your son's. 2. You moved far away. 3. You dyed your hair. 4. You lost a little weight. 5. You shop at night and don't make friends. But sure, whine for attention, you windbag. Not once did I sympathize with her on -anything-. I wanted to a few times! Every character around her is super unrealistic and the plot is barely there. Nina has no sense of agency. Things just happen to her. She spends dozens of pages thinking subtly that she's better than everyone else.
TW FOR MENTIONS OF POSSIBLE INCEST
I have no idea if the author, at times, intended the following of his Supremely Amazing Mother Goddess character. Nina Mosley is so boring, flat, and lacking in agency that I really don't know. Her sole characterization is serial killer's wife, such that it's this book's title. But she also...has a weird fixation on her son. Like almost romantic. She frames him in terms that are used to describe partners a lot, and she compares her son to her ex--notice I didn't use the phrase "his father"--in ways that are increasingly uncomfortable. Her son is eight, and his father much older. Even for a single mother who's traumatized, the amount and -ways- she pays attention is bizarre. In the chapter transitions between five and six of the edition I read, she blabs and blathers about her son with some deeply unfortunate implications. The very next sentence that begins a new chapter is a sexual reference to her ex-husband, and the paragraph itself is about sex. There is -no- transition or indication that it's an ADULT MAN she's talking about because the last paragraph of the last chapter? was about her young son. AUTHOR, YOU ARE GROSS. I firmly believe someone pointed out the implication to the author before the book was published and he probably hollered that the person was a pervert, not his beloved, bland, boring (haha alliteration) poorly-defined creation.
TRIGGER WARNING OVER
So the book goes on like this for three hundred pages. The supposed action-packed final chapter was BORING. The villains are cardboard cutouts and provide heaps of exposition. A review I read stated that this book was boring and offered nothing new. The author tried for "wife knew and was too shocked and horrified to do anything," and did not succeed. Don't waste your time with this pointless drivel.
TW FOR MENTIONS OF POSSIBLE INCEST
I have no idea if the author, at times, intended the following of his Supremely Amazing Mother Goddess character. Nina Mosley is so boring, flat, and lacking in agency that I really don't know. Her sole characterization is serial killer's wife, such that it's this book's title. But she also...has a weird fixation on her son. Like almost romantic. She frames him in terms that are used to describe partners a lot, and she compares her son to her ex--notice I didn't use the phrase "his father"--in ways that are increasingly uncomfortable. Her son is eight, and his father much older. Even for a single mother who's traumatized, the amount and -ways- she pays attention is bizarre. In the chapter transitions between five and six of the edition I read, she blabs and blathers about her son with some deeply unfortunate implications. The very next sentence that begins a new chapter is a sexual reference to her ex-husband, and the paragraph itself is about sex. There is -no- transition or indication that it's an ADULT MAN she's talking about because the last paragraph of the last chapter? was about her young son. AUTHOR, YOU ARE GROSS. I firmly believe someone pointed out the implication to the author before the book was published and he probably hollered that the person was a pervert, not his beloved, bland, boring (haha alliteration) poorly-defined creation.
TRIGGER WARNING OVER
So the book goes on like this for three hundred pages. The supposed action-packed final chapter was BORING. The villains are cardboard cutouts and provide heaps of exposition. A review I read stated that this book was boring and offered nothing new. The author tried for "wife knew and was too shocked and horrified to do anything," and did not succeed. Don't waste your time with this pointless drivel.
November 28, 2018
Imate li kada osjećaj da ne poznajete svoje najbliže? Da su oni za vas potpuni stranci? Dobro, možda ne baš potpuni, ali dovoljno strani da se šokirate ako saznate mračnu istinu o njima nakon šest godina zajedničkog života. Zapitate li se gdje ste bili svo to vrijeme pa niste primjetili neke stvari? Zapitate li se da ste možda svo vrijeme samo sebe lagali i zavaravali, tješeći se da će se ta osoba možda promijeniti na bolje? Da će se zbog ljubavi prema vama poželjeti promijeniti. Da će vam se povjeriti i početi ćete život ispočetka, i izbrisati sve loše dane i živjeti sretnim životom kao normalna porodica.
Leigh Wren živi sa svojim maloljetnim sinom Haydenom. Prije šest godina zvala se Nina Sarbaines Mosley i živjela je sa svojim odabranikom Randall Roberts Mosleyem. Šest godina živi u strahu, želeći zaboraviti prošlost, pod lažnim imenom, kako je njen bivši suprug ne bi pronašao. Maske padaju kada Nina počinje sumnjati u svog muža da je počinio ubistvo jedne djevojke, jer po povratku iz grada ponaša se pomalo čudno. Nakon što ga prijavi policiji, obistini se da je bila u pravu, te da je Daphne Synder samo još jedna u nizu žrtava njenog supruga.
Da stvari budu gore, njenim ponovnim pojavljivanjem u medijima, nakon što Charles Pritchet otkrije njen pravi identitet, počinju nevolje. Njen sin biva otet, a novi ubica se služi istim metodama kao "škiljavi ubojica". Da li je Randy pobjegao iz zatvora? Da li je oteo svog sina kako bi se osvetio Nini za učinjenu "nepravdu" prije mnogo godina? Pročitajte "Ubojičinu ženu" i saznajte da li je i ona sama bila samo žrtva ili je bila saučesnik u užasnom ubilačkom pohodu svog supruga.
Leigh Wren živi sa svojim maloljetnim sinom Haydenom. Prije šest godina zvala se Nina Sarbaines Mosley i živjela je sa svojim odabranikom Randall Roberts Mosleyem. Šest godina živi u strahu, želeći zaboraviti prošlost, pod lažnim imenom, kako je njen bivši suprug ne bi pronašao. Maske padaju kada Nina počinje sumnjati u svog muža da je počinio ubistvo jedne djevojke, jer po povratku iz grada ponaša se pomalo čudno. Nakon što ga prijavi policiji, obistini se da je bila u pravu, te da je Daphne Synder samo još jedna u nizu žrtava njenog supruga.
Da stvari budu gore, njenim ponovnim pojavljivanjem u medijima, nakon što Charles Pritchet otkrije njen pravi identitet, počinju nevolje. Njen sin biva otet, a novi ubica se služi istim metodama kao "škiljavi ubojica". Da li je Randy pobjegao iz zatvora? Da li je oteo svog sina kako bi se osvetio Nini za učinjenu "nepravdu" prije mnogo godina? Pročitajte "Ubojičinu ženu" i saznajte da li je i ona sama bila samo žrtva ili je bila saučesnik u užasnom ubilačkom pohodu svog supruga.
May 5, 2013
I liked this novel just fine. I'd never heard of this author or of this title before; it just stuck out at me among the others on the audiobook shelves at the library. Definitely will have a vague remembrance of this book later.
I dont have much success enjoying "So-and-So's Wife" works. Like the film The Preacher's Wife or that horrible excuse for a book The Time Traveler's Wife .... snoozefest. Here, we take on the perspective of an unsuspecting serial killer's wife.
Not just any serial killer. A true sadist; his MO involving his victim's eyes. And oh what a body count.
I spent the majority of this audiobook in my car. This novel is short and there are several flashback angles taken. The difficulty with the audiobok version is that a few of these flashback are multilayer. So we're not only going into one flashback, we're going into a second flashback while we're there. In print, this is easier to follow. I have to hand to the narrator for keeping the listener enthralled.
While I enjoyed the concluding turn this novel made I do also believe there were other opportunities to shock the reader that the author missed. Instead of the frequency of flashbacks--a necessary evil in a story like this--some real time dangers and surprises did not seem to be in abundance. Not a deal breaker though, I still enjoyed this novel enough to recommend it. Especially for Gillian Flynn fans!
I dont have much success enjoying "So-and-So's Wife" works. Like the film The Preacher's Wife or that horrible excuse for a book The Time Traveler's Wife .... snoozefest. Here, we take on the perspective of an unsuspecting serial killer's wife.
Not just any serial killer. A true sadist; his MO involving his victim's eyes. And oh what a body count.
I spent the majority of this audiobook in my car. This novel is short and there are several flashback angles taken. The difficulty with the audiobok version is that a few of these flashback are multilayer. So we're not only going into one flashback, we're going into a second flashback while we're there. In print, this is easier to follow. I have to hand to the narrator for keeping the listener enthralled.
While I enjoyed the concluding turn this novel made I do also believe there were other opportunities to shock the reader that the author missed. Instead of the frequency of flashbacks--a necessary evil in a story like this--some real time dangers and surprises did not seem to be in abundance. Not a deal breaker though, I still enjoyed this novel enough to recommend it. Especially for Gillian Flynn fans!
March 30, 2008
Leigh Wren (aka Nina Mosley) and her son Hayden are living peacefully in a new town, across the country from where her ex-husband, Randy, sits on death row. That is until one night when Leigh bumps into Charles Pritchett, the father of one of Randy's victims. Charles always suspected Nina had more of an involvment in the deaths caused by her ex husband and now he's tracked her down and confronted her. Leigh/Nina is scared for herself and the safety of her son.
Flashbacks of her previous life with her husband and of the courtroom scenes tell this story. However, suddenly there is a missing true crime author and another woman has been killed with the same MO as Randy's past victims. Then the unthinkable happens to Hayden...
Great story, has basis in truth but I don't think it's a true story. It was fastpaced and kept my attention. A must read for any mystery lover.
Flashbacks of her previous life with her husband and of the courtroom scenes tell this story. However, suddenly there is a missing true crime author and another woman has been killed with the same MO as Randy's past victims. Then the unthinkable happens to Hayden...
Great story, has basis in truth but I don't think it's a true story. It was fastpaced and kept my attention. A must read for any mystery lover.
November 19, 2016
Very interesting book, read in 2 days cause I couldn't wait to find out the ending. will read more Bill Floyd books.
January 4, 2017
just a quick read to pass time
June 24, 2018
Not a bad read. However, the characters could have been stronger.
December 16, 2020
It was ok
February 8, 2021
I thought it would be better, much better, but it was just average.
March 20, 2022
Nina Mosley has lived an incredible life. She married young, a man named Randall Moseley, Randy to his friends. Randy traveled for his work but when he was home, the couple was happy. They had a son and Nina thought everything was fine. Then Randy began to change and eventually, she began to suspect him and found evidence that he was a serial killer. His trademark was to remove the eyes of his victims and replace the eyes with various items such as marbles or nuts. Nina went to the police and testified at Randy's trial. Now he sits on Death Row waiting for his execution date.
Nina is left behind to support herself and raise her son alone. She moves across the country from the West Coast to North Carolina and changes her name to Leigh Wren. Leigh finds a job and over the years is promoted until she has a good position. She has friends and even dates a bit. But all that changes one night.
Leigh is grocery shopping when she is approached by an older man. He tells her that he knows who she is because Randy killed his daughter and he doesn't believe she never knew what Randy was doing. He has hired private detectives to find her and plans to publicize who she is. He does just that, accusing Leigh of being involved in the murders. Leigh's life is blown up. Everyone knows who she is and her son now knows his father is a serial killer. Worse, a copycat killer is now recreating Randy's crimes and he also knows where the woman who testified against his mentor is. Can Leigh and the police find this new killer before he finds Leigh?
This book was released in 2008 and was the debut novel of the author. I can find no evidence that he wrote any more novels which is a shame as this was a good start. The author got Leigh's personality down pat, how someone could be fooled and then find out an earthshaking secret that required them to completely reinvent themselves. The twist at the end is well done. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
Nina is left behind to support herself and raise her son alone. She moves across the country from the West Coast to North Carolina and changes her name to Leigh Wren. Leigh finds a job and over the years is promoted until she has a good position. She has friends and even dates a bit. But all that changes one night.
Leigh is grocery shopping when she is approached by an older man. He tells her that he knows who she is because Randy killed his daughter and he doesn't believe she never knew what Randy was doing. He has hired private detectives to find her and plans to publicize who she is. He does just that, accusing Leigh of being involved in the murders. Leigh's life is blown up. Everyone knows who she is and her son now knows his father is a serial killer. Worse, a copycat killer is now recreating Randy's crimes and he also knows where the woman who testified against his mentor is. Can Leigh and the police find this new killer before he finds Leigh?
This book was released in 2008 and was the debut novel of the author. I can find no evidence that he wrote any more novels which is a shame as this was a good start. The author got Leigh's personality down pat, how someone could be fooled and then find out an earthshaking secret that required them to completely reinvent themselves. The twist at the end is well done. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
October 11, 2023
This is a debut novel I enjoyed a great deal. The plot moved nicely in ways that made you feel the author wasn’t fond of wasting words.
How do you clean up the horrid tatters of your life if you were married to a serial killer for years and only found out not long after your first child was born? That’s the task Nina Mosley faced when the state of California convicted her husband of multiple murders. Did she quietly know what he was doing?
That’s the question that burned in the heart of a father of one of Randy Mosley’s victims. He was certain the cops didn’t look at her as hard as they ought to have done. It becomes his mission to track her down and expose her.
The child is six when he succeeds. Leigh Wren was reasonably sure she had distanced herself sufficiently from her California life and name, but the victim’s father unravels her careful work at hiding her past self.
Then, young women go missing in Tennessee, and the cause and manner of death is like the women Randy Mosley killed. Randy has a copycat killer whom he mentored from the prison.
Floyd wrote this in such a way that, for a few pages, I wondered whether the wife had indeed been in on those earlier killings. If you read this, and I hope you will, you’ll know for sure.
How do you clean up the horrid tatters of your life if you were married to a serial killer for years and only found out not long after your first child was born? That’s the task Nina Mosley faced when the state of California convicted her husband of multiple murders. Did she quietly know what he was doing?
That’s the question that burned in the heart of a father of one of Randy Mosley’s victims. He was certain the cops didn’t look at her as hard as they ought to have done. It becomes his mission to track her down and expose her.
The child is six when he succeeds. Leigh Wren was reasonably sure she had distanced herself sufficiently from her California life and name, but the victim’s father unravels her careful work at hiding her past self.
Then, young women go missing in Tennessee, and the cause and manner of death is like the women Randy Mosley killed. Randy has a copycat killer whom he mentored from the prison.
Floyd wrote this in such a way that, for a few pages, I wondered whether the wife had indeed been in on those earlier killings. If you read this, and I hope you will, you’ll know for sure.
December 25, 2017
This book was a compelling read. BUT...
There were a lot of problems with it, starting with a scene where the main character is pregnant and she states she could feel the baby's heartbeat- not metaphorically, but literally, and that her husband could feel the baby's heartbeat by placing his hand on her abdomen. Hello, what?
How did that get past any editor? Does the author not know any women at all? He clearly is not familiar with pregnancy or babies, but I would think someone would have pointed this out before publication....
I thought the story was needlessly graphic and gritty, with a plot that was beyond unbelievable. The author had a lot of characters that were extraneous, and introduces a new character in the last couple pages, which is one of my pet peeves. I mean, he already had maybe 50 people already in, and she has to make a new friend on the park bench?
Disappointing overall, could have been better with better proofreading and editing.
There were a lot of problems with it, starting with a scene where the main character is pregnant and she states she could feel the baby's heartbeat- not metaphorically, but literally, and that her husband could feel the baby's heartbeat by placing his hand on her abdomen. Hello, what?
How did that get past any editor? Does the author not know any women at all? He clearly is not familiar with pregnancy or babies, but I would think someone would have pointed this out before publication....
I thought the story was needlessly graphic and gritty, with a plot that was beyond unbelievable. The author had a lot of characters that were extraneous, and introduces a new character in the last couple pages, which is one of my pet peeves. I mean, he already had maybe 50 people already in, and she has to make a new friend on the park bench?
Disappointing overall, could have been better with better proofreading and editing.
June 8, 2018
I just finished this book and I have to give it 5 stars would love to give it many more, A Thrilling story That is true in so many cases in the world. Head on with everything definitely can tell a story bringing everything to life. Listen to this book on audio and at the end of the book the author came on for about 10 minutes and talked about the story and how he came up with it he actually talked about BTK who is based here in Wichita Kansas where I live and it was very interesting the things the author had to say about this book I definitely suggest this book for everyone that reads and loves to read to pick up and check this one out. This was my 1st book for this author, And I have to say he was really good. The book keeps you reading wanting to know if they catch the husband to see what happens next the things he does is horrific.. Definitely a book worth reading... I will be suggesting it to all of my friends..
August 2, 2018
I saw a post about this book and it sounded interesting so I picked it up at the library. The killer's wife of the title is Leigh Wren. She has moved away, changed her name, altered her looks and started over in an effort to build a new, safe life for her son and herself. This life gets blown up when one of her husband's victim's family members uncovers her new identity and exposes her to the media. As this is happening a new serial killer is continuing the "work" of her husband, leading suspicion to land on Leigh.
This was okay. For some reason, I didn't really feel a sense of tension or urgency that one would expect to feel with this type of story line. It felt a little flat to me.
This was okay. For some reason, I didn't really feel a sense of tension or urgency that one would expect to feel with this type of story line. It felt a little flat to me.
December 16, 2021
This sure kept me turning the pages even though it was too slow in getting to each good part.
Leigh Wren was married for 6 years before she figured out her husband was a serial killer. She turned him in but when the police come to arrest him he has abducted their infant son and gone into hiding. Leigh is very afraid he will kill the boy before he is apprehended. He is arrested and doesn't harm his son. And now six years later Leigh has changed her and her son's name and moved across the country to start and new life away from the grizzly horror of what her husband did, but one day she realizes that the parents of one of the victims has uncovered her disguise and wants to kill her son to show her how if feels to lose a child. Very tense. The story is told in flash backs.
Leigh Wren was married for 6 years before she figured out her husband was a serial killer. She turned him in but when the police come to arrest him he has abducted their infant son and gone into hiding. Leigh is very afraid he will kill the boy before he is apprehended. He is arrested and doesn't harm his son. And now six years later Leigh has changed her and her son's name and moved across the country to start and new life away from the grizzly horror of what her husband did, but one day she realizes that the parents of one of the victims has uncovered her disguise and wants to kill her son to show her how if feels to lose a child. Very tense. The story is told in flash backs.
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