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For Worse
- Author
- L. K. Bowen
- Narrator
- Lisa Flanagan, L. J. Ganser
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2024
- Run Time
- 7 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Wait Until Dark meets Gone Girl in For Worse, a debut thriller that pulls the reader deep into a dark web of sinister plots for marital revenge.
Ellie is leaving her husband … again.
After twenty-two years of marriage and an unsuccessful separation, she can’t take it anymore. On the surface, she has a picture-perfect relationship. Jeff has been a steadfast spouse. But what seems like loyalty is in reality an obsessive desire for control. Ellie is slowly losing her sight, which means she needs more and more assistance, and Jeff will stop at nothing to ensure she feels helpless and reliant on him alone.
Determined to escape her psychologically abusive marriage, Ellie turns to an online chat room full of like-minded women in the throes of divorce. Despite their anonymity, these women quickly become Ellie’s closest confidantes. The chat room is a refuge, a place to which Ellie can retreat for solace and support.
Jeff continues to be manipulative and cruel, using Ellie’s failing vision to gaslight her into questioning reality itself. Desperate for freedom, she sinks deeper into the online world and is drawn into the dark web, where she discovers a group of women with a shocking solution for ending a marriage.
Critics Review
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“A vital new voice in fiction, For Worse features a compelling and unique protagonist in Ellie, whose retinitis pigmentosa is both character trait and searing metaphor, a heroine unlike any I’ve encountered before. I was instantly transfixed by this thrilling debut tale of marriage-gone-wrong, each twist more shocking and enticing than the last. Bowen’s smart, engaging narration illuminates the corners of our lives we prefer not to look at too closely.”
Sarah Skilton, author of Fame Adjacent and Ghosting
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“Fans of B. A. Paris, Greer Hendricks, and Sarah Pekkanen will inhale this page-turning debut.”
Booklist
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“Bowen raises the stakes with precision and takes readers on a journey through a complex moral maze.”
CrimeReads
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“This is a polished, twisty tale of revenge and liberation. Deftly crafted, with fully realized characters. Excellent debut and well-recommended read.”
Murder in Common
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“This dark thriller puts readers into intricate plots of marital revenge…A tale about a psychologically abusive, manipulative, and cruel marriage [that] keeps readers on the edge.”
The Cullman Times
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Details
- Author
- L. K. Bowen
- Narrator
- Lisa Flanagan, L. J. Ganser
- Duration
- 7 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2024
- ISBN
- 9798200956265
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Family life fiction, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Wait Until Dark meets Gone Girl in For Worse, a debut thriller that pulls the reader deep into a dark web of sinister plots for marital revenge.Ellie is leaving her husband … again.After twenty-two years of marriage and an unsuccessful separation, she can’t take it anymore. On the surface, she has a picture-perfect relationship. Jeff has been a steadfast spouse. But what seems like loyalty is in reality an obsessive desire for control. Ellie is slowly losing her sight, which means she needs more and more assistance, and Jeff will stop at nothing to ensure she feels helpless and reliant on him alone.Determined to escape her psychologically abusive marriage, Ellie turns to an online chat room full of like-minded women in the throes of divorce. Despite their anonymity, these women quickly become Ellie’s closest confidantes. The chat room is a refuge, a place to which Ellie can retreat for solace and support. Jeff continues to be manipulative and cruel, using Ellie’s failing vision to gaslight her into questioning reality itself. Desperate for freedom, she sinks deeper into the online world and is drawn into the dark web, where she discovers a group of women with a shocking solution for ending a marriage.
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