The Perfect Wife: A Novel of Lies, Blame, and the Woman Who Finally Stopped Believing Both
Paperback
Series: Wives
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 27 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She was told she was broken.
For six years, Diana Moore-Chen believed her husband. He had the money, the certainty, and the experts to prove it - and she had fifty-four negative pregnancy tests and no reason to question the story she'd been given. So she accepted it. She was the problem. She was the one who wasn't working.
Then he threw her out with four suitcases and a dead car, and told her she had until morning.
The Perfect Wife is the story of what happens after. After the marriage ends, after the lie is exposed, after a woman begins to understand that the diagnosis she spent six years trying to cure was never hers to carry. It's the story of a woman rebuilding - her career, her confidence, and her certainty in her own worth - while the man who blamed her quietly discovers the truth he spent years refusing to find.
Told with precision, warmth, and unflinching honesty, this novel sits at the intersection of domestic drama and psychological suspense - the kind of story that makes you miss your stop on the train, text your best friend at midnight, and finish the last chapter with your hand over your heart.
For readers of Big Little Lies, The Silent Patient, and Conversations with Friends.
If you've ever been told a story about yourself that didn't feel true - and believed it anyway - Diana's journey is for you.
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