New York Times bestselling author Tarryn Fisher delivers a pulse-pounding, fast-paced suspense novel that will leave you breathless. A thriller you won’t be able to put down!

Imagine that your husband has two other wives.

You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don’t care. Or at least that’s what you’ve told yourself.

But one day, while you’re doing laundry, you find a scrap of paper in his pocket—an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and you just know it’s another of the wives.

You thought you were fine with your arrangement, but you can’t help yourself: you track her down, and, under false pretenses, you strike up a friendship. Hannah has no idea who you really are. Then Hannah starts showing up to your coffee dates with telltale bruises, and you realize she’s being abused by her husband. Who, of course, is also your husband. But you’ve never known him to be violent, ever.

Who exactly is your husband, and how far would you be willing to go to find out?

And who is his mysterious third wife?

“Nail-biting, heart-clenchingly good.”—New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Torre

“[A] lightning-fast plot.”—Kirkus

“Suspense fans will be rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly

“Some sharp twists.”—Booklist

Don’t miss An Honest Lie, the next gripping, unpauseable, twist-filled thriller from Tarryn Fisher!

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Listening Length	9 hours
Author	Tarryn Fisher
Narrator	Lauren Fortgang
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Audible.com Release Date	December 30, 2019
Publisher	Harlequin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07S75YF4G
Best Sellers Rank	#2,073 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #21 in Domestic Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #102 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #165 in Domestic Thrillers (Books)

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bluebird

A great read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2023

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This is a really well written story with lots of twists and turns. Can’t be too specific without a spoiler so I will only say that I see-sawed back and forth about what was really going on. The only reason this is only 4 stars rather than 5 is I only give 5 to books I would read again. Wouldn’t read this again as I know where the twists and turns are leading.

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BreAnn

Excited to read but came a little damaged

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023

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I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about Tarryn Fishers books so I decided to buy this one to read once I’m done with a trilogy I’m currently reading. Unfortunately it did arrive a little damaged. Nothing super major but still wouldn’t accept this when buying a new book. That’s the only reason I gave 4 stars.

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Angell Roberts

The Wives. Outstanding

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2023

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The wives this book will keep you on the edge thrilling page tuner love every letter ..could not wait to see what was coming up on the next page.. The next chapter.. Love it so much I will read it again... This is differently an outstanding GOOD READ.!!!

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Lucie Eckhoff

Awesome read !!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 1, 2023

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Couldn’t put it down !!! I had to reread the last chapter I couldn’t believe how it ended
Really amazing book

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Lauren Evanko

My favorite book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2023

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This is my favorite book ever! Had so many twists and turns and I read it so fast! I always recommend this book to all my friends! 🙌🏻

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Molly

Loved this!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2023

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Very suspenseful! Might be a little confusing to some people. I suggest reading it and then going back and reading some passages for clarity. Definitely worth reading

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Amanda Manns

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2022

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I really enjoyed this book. It kept me guessing the whole time. I believed everything until 3/4 the way through it!

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You're either gonna love or hate that twist

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2021

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Tarryn Fisher is probably one of my top "guilty pleasure" reads. She doesn't tell the best stories, but she tells ones that keep me turning pages, and with enough DNFs in my wake to stack a mountain, that says something. Her plots are always super weird, and super original, with a big twist that usually has me going, "WHAT? HUH?" And all of those things happen in THE WIVES. I, the reader, was gaslighted, and then gaslighted, and then gaslighted again. It was gasception.

Thursday, a nurse and totally all around average Jane, is married to Seth, a polygamist. She is his only legal wife in their plural marriage, but she knows that she's seeing two other women. Women that she knows only as Monday and Tuesday. And she's okay with that. REALLY. Only-- not really. Not so much. And when the opportunity falls into her lap to find out more about his other wives, she totally carpe adulteries it. Because wouldn't you?

Things get weird when she meets Monday and sort of ends up befriending her, resulting in her learning things about her husband that shock her. Dark things. Things that make her wonder if he's really the man she married. And then she meets Tuesday and things get even weirder. What is going on with her husband and his other wives? But just when you think you have it figured out, THINGS GET WEIRDER.

I'm not sure how I feel about the twist(s). Yes, it feels a little cheap, but I also didn't think it was badly done. I could see this book as a mini-series or a movie. The pacing was on point and the mystery kept me flipping pages like nobody's business, wanting to find out what happened. Overall, I think I'm sitting at a high three because I was entertained but not wowed.

P.S. Seth sucks.

3 to 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Bettythebooksloth

Be prepared to be blown away by this book, because it’s a compelling read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 14, 2020

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What can I say about The Wives ? Other than, it is I-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E! It’s genuinely one of the best books that I have ever read! The Wives, follows the protagonist Thursday as she navigates life as the wife of a polygamist. There are three wives in total & Thursday sees Seth ( her Hubbie ) every Thursday & his other wives get Monday & Tuesday. Tuesday is the original wife & Monday is the newest wife, all of them are aware of each other & have agreed to never try to get information about each other & instead live life as normal.

Seemingly, Thursday is accepting of her lot until one day she discovers a hospital receipt in her husbands pocket. Closer inspection of the receipt shows that Monday is actually called Hannah & she is pregnant. Armed with the receipt & some basic computer skills Thursday starts to investigate her fellow wife. As she continues to look for info on Hannah, she starts to unravel & become obsessed with finding out as much as she can about her husbands other wives.

First off, Thursday is a very complex, but very endearing protagonist who you really empathise with & want to succeed, especially when the reader discovers that Thursday is psychologically traumatised from an incident earlier in her marriage to Seth. Secondly, as the story progresses & layer after layer of secrets & lies are revealed, the story becomes increasingly more unsettling, dark & twisted. As the plot gets more & more twisty, all your initial preconceptions start to crumble.
I loved the pacey, relentless and all consuming plot points, which is why I binge read it at every opportunity!

Of course I now have a major book-hangover but it’s worth it! I have nothing negative at all to say about this book, which is an endorsement of how clever & compelling this book is. I would definitely read more from this author & highly recommend reading this book, because for once the hype is real!! If you enjoy a domestic thriller guys, then you have to read this novel ASAP because it’s genius ! This was an easy 5* star rating for me ! ! I would give it more if I could !

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Cundykj

Twisted my melon man!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 31, 2019

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The last read of the decade. A decade in which I discovered the kindle and Indie writers and Tarryn Fisher definitely became a firm favourite.

Other than seeing the cover I went in blind. I didn’t feel the need to read the blurb because, it’s TF, she can do no wrong. I realised at around half way through that I didn’t know the name of the lead character, the narrator. It was when that name was revealed that I realised TF had twisted my melon. Like Marrow.

I was so in tune trying to spot what the twist would be, but the things I found were red herrings. Zippo lighter, jell-o. Interesting but not the plot breaker.

So Seth has three wives and the real middle wife (our narrator) wants him to herself so she tracks down the competition. But all does not go to plan.

Which one would Seth pick if he was forced to choose? Would it be wife number one, the petite career wife who loves shoes? Or would it be wife number two, the sexy trust fund wife who can whip up a rack of lamb and whip your trousers off while it cooks? Or what about wife number three, the wholesome young blonde who can still shell out a baby or two?

Seth himself doesn’t get that much of a mention. I definitely didn’t like him but I’m not sure if I liked wife number two either. She’s bonkers!

A super story and a great last read of 2019.

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V. O'Regan

This didn’t appeal at all to me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 22, 2020

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‘The Wives’ by Tarryn Fisher was released in ebook and audiobook editions in December 2019 with the paperback edition available on 25 June 2020.

This is the kind of domestic noir/psychological thriller that is best read cold as it’s easy to be spoiled, so I won’t say much about its plot.

From publishers: “You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, you see your husband only one day a week. Thursday. But you don’t care, you love him that much. Or at least that’s what you’ve told yourself…”

The novel’s narrator refers to her husband’s other two wives as Monday and Tuesday as those are the days that he spends with them each week. I wonder what he got up to on the other four days?

Certainly this was a page-turner and a quick read though almost from the start I found myself finding Thursday’s situation along with her responses and attitudes hard to accept.

Then, as is inevitable with psychological thrillers, there’s a twist. Here a major one occurred at the halfway point and after this, although I continued reading, I just felt that its new direction was insensitive, melodramatic, and made little sense. I found the ending abrupt and disappointing.

However, I am clearly in the minority here but it just didn’t work for me and I didn’t find it in any way sexy.

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Terri T.

WOW, what a ride !!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 3, 2020

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I've read a few of Tarryn Fisher's books and she always knows how shock you, she writes twisted really well and I thought this book was very clever and a total mindf*** , but I honestly could not put it down. From the first chapter until the last I was engrossed; this story took me on a roller coaster of emotions. A physiological thriller of the best kind.

My mind questioned everything six times over. Just when I thought I had worked out what was going on Tarryn took me down another rabbit hole until I just couldn't think straight anymore.
I loved all the characters, they each gave me a piece of themselves to get to know ( or so you think ) Told in the heroine's POV which I think made it all the more intense because you never really knew what the others were getting up to, what they were thinking, what was the truth and what was lies.

That ending !!!!! I'm not sure if I liked it or not, I didn't see it coming not one bit, but wow this book will stay with me for a long time to come. DON'T miss the chance to read it !!

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Sarah - Kindle and Koffee

What a ride.... Epic read you won’t want to put down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 3, 2020

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Every now and then a book comes along with a plot so twisted it blows you away... This is that book! From the get go I was hooked and this book just kept reeling me in. The plot is so cleverly crafted and intricate that you have no idea where it’s going. My mind was working overtime and for the most part I thought I was going crazy!!

This book is what I’ve needed for a long time, it’s refreshing, a psychological thriller of epic proportions, it’s the type of plot that has you wondering how the hell the author came up with the idea. This will definitely be hard to beat. I can safely say this will be in my top 5 for 2020!

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