Wife Found Slain [Hardcover]

Caroline Crane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1982

A woman wakes in a hospital bed, helpless after a near-fatal ¡°accident.¡± With her jaw wired shut, she can¡¯t scream when a masked man creeps into her room. She doesn¡¯t know who he is. She doesn¡¯t even know who she is. The man flees, but he will be back. Her shattered mind knows that much. Someone wants her dead. Gradually her memory begins to return. She remembers the teenage Lyn Garrity applying for a job and falling in love with her married boss. Owen¡¯s marriage was on the rocks and he returned her love. She remembers the glamorous dates, the night drives under city lights, the trysts in an elegant apartment overlooking Central Park. Trying to right the wrong of her illicit romance, Lyn ended their affair, but she could not forget Owen. Then tragedy struck Owen¡¯s family, bringing horror in its wake, and finally happiness. Lyn remembers everything now¡ªor does she? Leaving the hospital, she returns to her husband and children. But something is wrong. Things are not what they seem, or what they should be. And the man who tried to kill her still watches and waits. He will come again. Very soon.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Caroline Crane is the author of more than 20 published novels, including book club selections and many foreign language translations. She has taught novel writing and, with her late husband, a travel agent, journeyed over several continents. Caroline lives in Wurtsboro, NY. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd (July 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709198264
• ISBN-13: 978-0709198260
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A KILLER BOOK..., January 19, 2001

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This review is from: Wife Found Slain (Hardcover)

I was going through some of my old, never before read paperbacks the other day, and I found this one. The title grabbed me, so I picked it up. It turned out to be a well written novel of suspense. It is a quick, easy read, sure to entertain those readers who enjoy mysteries, thrillers and suspense novels.

The story revolves around a young woman who gets a secretarial job in the city and ends up having an affair with her boss, who happens to have a house in the suburbs, a wife, and two kids. They fall in love and before you know it, his wife is found murdered in her home. The reader pretty much knows who is responsible for the murder, but after a trial, the responsible party literally gets away with murder.

After the trial, the two lovers marry and have children of their own. Then thirteen years later, the wife appears to have a terrible, life threatening car crash. A terrible accident... or is it?

The story is told, in part, from the perspective of the hospitalized wife who begins to recollect her past in flash backs, as she struggles to remember who she is and what happened to her. As she remembers the events that lead up to the car "accident" that put her into the hospital, she confronts the past and the impact that it has on her future. You see, she now believes that someone is trying to kill her.

The reader surmises who might be behind such a plot long before the wife does, yet is with her as she undergoes her own discovery process. Her observations of her husband's current behavior, as well as her knowledge of what had transpired many years before, ultimately make him suspect in her eyes, as she no longer views him with the same naivete that she had when she first met him. Her only objective now is to stay alive. The reader's only question is...Will she?

4.0 out of 5 stars A KILLER BOOK..., April 1, 2008

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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I was going through some of my old, never before read paperbacks the other day, and I found this one. The title grabbed me, so I picked it up. It turned out to be a well written novel of suspense. It is a quick, easy read, sure to entertain those readers who enjoy mysteries, thrillers and suspense novels.

The story revolves around a young woman who gets a secretarial job in the city and ends up having an affair with her boss, who happens to have a house in the suburbs, a wife, and two kids. They fall in love and before you know it, his wife is found murdered in her home. The reader pretty much knows who is responsible for the murder, but after a trial, the responsible party literally gets away with murder.

After the trial, the two lovers marry and have children of their own. Then thirteen years later, the wife appears to have a terrible, life threatening car crash. A terrible accident... or is it?

The story is told, in part, from the perspective of the hospitalized wife who begins to recollect her past in flash backs, as she struggles to remember who she is and what happened to her. As she remembers the events that lead up to the car "accident" that put her into the hospital, she confronts the past and the impact that it has on her future. You see, she now believes that someone is trying to kill her.

The reader surmises who might be behind such a plot long before the wife does, yet is with her as she undergoes her own discovery process. Her observations of her husband's current behavior, as well as her knowledge of what had transpired many years before, ultimately make him suspect in her eyes, as she no longer views him with the same naivete that she had when she first met him. Her only objective now is to stay alive. The reader's only question is...Will she?