The English Wife
A Novel
Lauren Willig
- **From
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- Lauren
- Willig
- comes
- The
- English
- Wife,
- a
- scandalous
- novel
- set
- in
- the
- Gilded
- Age
- full
- of
- family
- secrets,
- affairs,
- and
- even
- murder."Brings
- to
- life
- old
- world
- New
- York
- City
- and
- London
- with
- all
- the
- splendor
- of
- two
- of
- my
- favorite
- novels,
- The
- Age
- of
- Innocence
- and
- The
- Crimson
- Petal
- and
- the
- White.
- Mystery,
- murder,
- mistaken
- identity,
- romance--Lauren
- Willig
- weaves
- each
- strand
- into
- a
- page-turning
- tapestry."--Sally
- Koslow,
- author
- of
- The
- Widow
- Waltz**"Her
- best
- yet...A
- dark
- and
- scintillating
- tale
- of
- betrayal,
- secrets
- and
- a
- marriage
- gone
- wrong
- that
- will
- have
- readers
- on
- the
- edge
- of
- their
- seats
- until
- the
- final
- breathtaking
- twist."--Pam
- Jenoff,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Orphan's
- TaleA
- Book
- of
- the
- Month
- club
- pick!Annabelle
- and
- Bayard
- Van
- Duyvil
- live
- a
- charmed
- life
- in
- New
- York:
- he’s
- the
- scion
- of
- an
- old
- Knickerbocker
- family,
- she
- grew
- up
- in
- a
- Tudor
- house
- in
- England,
- they
- had
- a
- fairytale
- romance
- in
- London,
- they
- have
- three-year-old
- twins
- on
- whom
- they
- dote,
- and
- he’s
- recreated
- her
- family
- home
- on
- the
- banks
- of
- the
- Hudson
- and
- named
- it
- Illyria.
- Yes,
- there
- are
- rumors
- that
- she’s
- having
- an
- affair
- with
- the
- architect,
- but
- rumors
- are
- rumors
- and
- people
- will
- gossip.
- But
- then
- Bayard
- is
- found
- dead
- with
- a
- knife
- in
- his
- chest
- on
- the
- night
- of
- their
- Twelfth
- Night
- Ball,
- Annabelle
- goes
- missing,
- presumed
- drowned,
- and
- the
- papers
- go
- mad.
- Bay’s
- sister,
- Janie,
- forms
- an
- unlikely
- alliance
- with
- a
- reporter
- to
- try
- to
- uncover
- the
- truth,
- convinced
- that
- Bay
- would
- never
- have
- killed
- his
- wife,
- that
- it
- must
- be
- a
- third
- party,
- but
- the
- more
- she
- learns
- about
- her
- brother
- and
- his
- wife,
- the
- more
- everything
- she
- thought
- she
- knew
- about
- them
- starts
- to
- unravel.
- Who
- were
- her
- brother
- and
- his
- wife,
- really?
- And
- why
- did
- her
- brother
- die
- with
- the
- name
- George
- on
- his lips?
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