Kirkus Reviews says: "Moriarty may be an edgier, more provocative and bolder successor to Maeve Binchy" and it's true. I've long felt that Liane Moriarty and Maeve Binchy were long-lost sister writers, setting their stories in Australia and Ireland respectively, but sharing the same amazing characterization and beautifully written relationships, artfully weaving the lives of their characters together and creating wonderfully realistic and insightful novels.
In The Husband's Secret, Cecelia, perfect mother and wife, finds a letter in her attic from her husband saying "to be opened in the case of his death." Sooooo .... Does she open it?
In addition, we meet a number of other fascinating characters: Tess, whose husband just confessed to falling in love with Tess's cousin and closest friend, and Rachel, a mother and now grandmother who's still struggling with the murder of her daughter many years ago. All three of these women's lives are intertwined in complex and delicate ways, and their stories unfold in a most compelling fashion. Just a fabulous story, beautifully told.