by Anita Shreve
First published 1999
Kathy receives devastating news one evening. Her husband, a commercial pilot, has died when his passenger plane crashed near the coast of Northern Ireland. She barely has time to absorb the shock before reporters descend on the tragedy. Her husband's body remains unrecovered, yet the relentless media attention immediately begins exposing his most private secrets. Rumors surface that he maintained a years-long affair. Kathy refuses to accept these claims without proof. She needs to discover who her husband truly was beneath the public facade. Her investigation uncovers disturbing truths that force her to reconsider everything she believed about their marriage and shared life together.
Genres: fiction, drama, suspense, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Northern Ireland
Period: Contemporary
252 pages · Paperback · Van Reemst
Content warnings: death