In The Wife Between Us, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, Vanessa Thompson is brokenhearted in the aftermath of her divorce from the rich, attractive Richard Thompson. She tracks her husband’s new girlfriend obsessively and is devastated when she discovers that the two are engaged to be married. Shocking twists reveal not only Vanessa’s motivation for tracking the new girlfriend but also the new girlfriend’s motivation for luring Richard away from Vanessa. Major themes in the novel include the effects of presumption, the significance of divergent motivations, and the power of truth.
