The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane

 What infuriates Elisa Wright the most about her brother-in-law Josh is that he has begun dating again even though his fiancée has been missing for seven months in The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane.

Josh maintains that Abby left him, practically abandoned him at the altar, but Elisa is not buying that because Abby was her friend, who would not have disappeared without a trace if she was just breaking up with Josh. Besides, Josh has one dead wife to his name. Wait, make those two dead wives, reveals Elisa’s husband Harris when he is forced to come clean about his beloved brother’s marital history.

Elisa’s feeling that Josh is a murderer is almost enough to knock her off balance when she has already had a horrible trauma in her life. Last year she witnessed the murder of her boss and was grazed by a bullet herself. She is fragile enough dealing with the post-trauma of that incident let alone being devastated about Abby’s disappearance.

Elisa’s resurging panic attacks and a strange illness cause Harris to believe that his wife is headed for a full-blown breakdown. How can he prove to his wife that Josh is not a murderer? How can he convince her to go back to her therapist for help before all of this impacts their marriage and family further?

Darby Kane is a former divorce lawyer turned author who debuted her first novel Pretty Little Wife in 2020. The Replacement Wife is due out on December 28, 2021.