The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress in Around the World

Oct 05, 2014 Lilisa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, favorites, u-s, around-the-world-2015, 2015, mystery, audio-read

I’m surprised at how much I truly enjoyed this intriguing mystery based on a true story – the mysterious disappearance in 1930 of Judge Joseph Crater, who was never found. The storyline, made all the more deliciously alluring and enticing by the smokey voice of narrator Anne Marie Lee, shifts back and forth between the 1920s, 1930s and 1960s. Joe Crater, we find out is involved in shady activities, is embroiled with unsavory characters and is two-timing his wife, much to the dismay and chagrin o ...more

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Dec 08, 2013 Deadlined rated it it was ok

Shelves: mystery, historical-mystery, first-reads, arc, jazz-age, 2013

The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress
Ariel Lawhon
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday (January 28, 2014)
Language: English

I received a complimentary First Reads ARC of this novel; I did not receive compensation for this review.

I wanted to like this novel more—after all it is set in the jazz age, that oft romanticized time between the wars featuring, gangsters & uber-rich men; (who are often one and the same) society women and hard bitten dames, each pretending to be something they are not. Unfo ...more

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Jan 16, 2015 Tanya (mom's small victories) rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, giveaway-won, historical-fiction

The Wife, The Maid and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon is an intriguing mystery told from the perspective of complex women in a time when women were regarded as arm candy for powerful men. Maybe the men should not have underestimated these women!

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