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Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts

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Suspected of his wife’s murder, Eli loses everything he had ever been or done. His life turns upside down as he loses his friends, livelihood, his identity and goes into a turmoil of grief. Claire had never been a good wife to him, and when he finds out that she has been cheating on him all along, he shatters into pieces and regrets his marriage to her. The day he gets to know about his conniving, deceiving and cheating wife, they both get into a big public fight. Eli goes to his house in the evening to get his family heirlooms back and as he steps out he watches in utter belief his wife cold on the ground in a pool of blood. The murder of Claire destroys whatever he had ever owned and makes him the biggest suspect in the murder. But, as his involvement could not be proved he is let off the radar but till then everything had come to an end. Trying to hold on to life, and fighting insomnia day in and day out. His life takes a turn when he has to go to Whiskey Beach because of a ter...

The Girl on the Train-Paula Hawkins

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The pain of losing a spouse is tormenting and soul-crushing. It must feel like the whole world coming down on you. To be left alone in the middle of the road with nowhere to go. Rachel Watson stands on the same crossroads. After going through a harsh divorce, losing your husband to another woman and becoming an alcoholic, all she does is breathing like a living corpse. Every morning she wakes up drunk and sleeps likewise. She never has a sense of space and time, and is so lost in her grief that she is unable to pull herself into reality. She boards the train to London everyday to go to an imaginary job that she was fired from months ago to make her renter/best friend think that she is at least working. Riding senselessly, across the vast stretching lands day in and day out , she keeps noticing a particular house every day. A joyful couple resides in that house as she sees them on the terrace, embracing hugging and kissing on different occasions. She feels the coldness sinking in as s...

Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn

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Marriage is one of the most sacred of sanctums in human culture which eternally binds a man to a woman forever. Your spouse is the most prominent part of your life as you share your soul and life with them. But what happens if your partner becomes the opposite of what you have always believed him or her to be. What happens if you are afraid of them? Amy, a beautiful and rich New York girl, is meticulous, planned and observant. An only child to her parents falls in love with Nick Dunne. Nick is the opposite of Amy, cool, calm and likes life as it is. They complete each other like puzzle pieces. They have a perfect relationship and get married to live a happy life. But on their fifth anniversary, Amy suddenly disappears. There is not a single trace of her to be found. Has she been abducted? Has she been killed? Nick is all fanatical and on the edge of breaking as the days go by, without any trace of her. She is used to create a treasure hunt for her husband every year, and this year ...