A Reliable Wife

· Sold by Algonquin Books
4.0
87 reviews
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320
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Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. She is both complex and devious, haunted by a terrible past and motivated by greed. Her plan is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then, ever so slowly, she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is that Truitt — a passionate man with his own dark secrets —has plans of his own for his new wife. Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways.

With echoes of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.

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4.0
87 reviews
Shea Hopkins
August 25, 2016
The title and summary hooked me, but the writing was disappointing. Too much description and the same description at that. I actually had to double check my bookmarks at several different times to make sure I didn't already read certain parts twice. I didn't, it was just that the narration was so similar and repetitive it felt like I had. Also, by the end of the book all the characters were unlikable without any redeeming qualities that I actually looked forward to the end of the book!
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Angela Connors
December 3, 2016
Wow! 😁 - First book I bought on Google, great first pick in my opinion. I haven't read anything like it. I really enjoyed every page. I will also be reading Princes which was a sample at the end of Reliable Wife. Thanks to the author for also describing where his inspiration for this book came from.
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A Google user
December 31, 2011
Love it !!! I just wish I could find out more, maybe a sequel, but either way it is set in the most beautiful of times, when love was all people lived for. I felt as if I had been right their when it all happened. Like I was born in the wrong era! Love, love, love, it!!! This author is extraordinary!
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About the author

In addition to his most recent novel, The Fall of Princes, Robert Goolrick is the author of three other books: The End of the World as We Know It, a memoir; his first novel, A Reliable Wife, with sales of more than 1 million copies; and his second novel, Heading Out to Wonderful. He lives in Virginia.

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