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From the author of the critically acclaimed What Alice Forgot comes a breakout new novel about the secrets husbands and wives keep from each other.

Three women. One secret. And a letter that will change everything--forever.

Tess. Rachel. Cecilia. Three women living three very different lives. But when Cecilia opens up a Pandora's box, their lives will intersect in ways none of them could foresee.

Cecilia is the woman who seems to have it all: a successful career, a gorgeous husband, and three wonderful daughters. One day she finds an old tattered letter in the attic that's addressed to her, to be opened only in the event of her husband's death. But he's still very much alive. When Cecilia casually mentions it to him on the phone, he laughs it off, telling her to put the letter away. Yet when he flies home early from an overseas business trip, and then frantically searches for the letter, Cecilia realizes there's something important in it, something she needs to know. Yet even Pandora herself could not prepare Cecilia for what the letter reveals.

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25 October 2016
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12.95 x 3.05 x 14.99 cm
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1524708895
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"Spellbinding...A knockout!"--Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author

"The Husband's Secret is so good, you won't be able to keep it to yourself."--USA Today

"Brilliant."--Sophie Hannah, international bestselling author of The Wrong Mother

"Lip-smacking and sharply intelligent."--Entertainment Weekly

"Perfect for vacation reading: There's humor, suspense, a circle of appealing women."--People

"Secrets can be sinister; they can eat you alive. But they can also set you free. The Husband's Secret demonstrates this power with one of the most entertaining stories I have read in ages. Perfect for book clubs--lots to debate in these pages. I just loved it."--Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Original Wife

"Simultaneously a page-turner and a book one has to put down occasionally to think about and absorb, Moriarty's novel challenges the reader as well as her characters, but in the best possible way."--Publishers Weekly

"Reading groups rejoice. This meaty novel from the bestselling author will probably land on many must-read lists."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Moriarty may be an edgier, more provocative and bolder successor to Maeve Binchy."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About the Author

Liane Moriarty is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Nine Perfect Strangers, Three Wishes, Truly Madly Guilty, Big Little Lies, The Husband's Secret, The Hypnotist's Love Story, and What Alice Forgot. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (25 October 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1524708895
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1524708894
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.95 x 3.05 x 14.99 cm

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Liane Moriarty is the Australian author of eight internationally best-selling novels: Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotist’s Love Story, Nine Perfect Strangers and the number one New York Times bestsellers: The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty. Her books have been translated into over forty languages and sold more than 20 million copies.

Big Little Lies and Truly Madly Guilty both debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list - the first time this was ever achieved by an Australian author. Big Little Lies was adapted into a multiple award-winning HBO series with a star-studded cast including Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Hulu is adapting Nine Perfect Strangers into a limited series starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy for release in 2021.

Her new novel, Apples Never Fall, will be released in September 2021.

Liane lives in Sydney, Australia, together with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more at www.lianemoriarty.com and www.facebook.com/LianeMoriartyAuthor

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A lot to unpack

Reviewed in Australia on 27 January 2022

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This was my first Liane Moriarty book. It was different than I thought, a little more intense on one hand and yet sometimes the conversation was boring / ordinary. I did enjoy it though and couldn’t stop reading to see what happened with the characters. There was definitely a lot to unpack with all the different storylines and characters and crossovers. Occasionally (especially at the beginning) I found it chopping and changing so much it was hard to keep track of who was who and what was going on. However once you get it into it, it wasn’t bad.

I guessed the secret fairly early though Moriarty did a good job trying to throw me off. Occasionally I got a bit bored by the banal conversation / thinking, however pushing through that I enjoyed the story.

Lots of characters and subplots that connect together as the story goes on and all culminate in a shared ending though obviously with different outcomes for everyone. I didn’t really feel satisfied at the end or that everything wrapped up fully, though I understand they were real and flawed characters and it was meant to leave you thinking. I didn’t overly love the ending for Tess, Liam and Will and particularly felt that not everything got wrapped up there though I know I am being finicky but even little stuff like Liam’s schooling, their agency and the plane hand holding etc. I think if something is introduced to the reader it needs to be wrapped up. Also I liked Tess so was disappointed with her ending.

I liked the sliding doors epilogue to give you ideas of what else could have been.

I did feel that Janie’s ending was flawed, considering she had a doctors appointment, I think that would have been investigated more.

A good read though with lots to unpack.

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Leaves you thinking.

Reviewed in Australia on 10 October 2021

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The husband's secret puts everyone in a spin and you do have to keep your eye on the ball, as the plot is intricate. Each character plays a strong part in what is a very clever comprehension of the emotions that are involved as the story is set up and the actors begin to take their places on the stage.
Ordinary families are not ordinary people, even though we always assume they are. It is so safe to accept that each of us is just 'getting on with life' and 'what you see is what you get'. This story makes sure you become aware that is not true.
People hold terrible secrets, not just from the outside world but within their families and others in the family sometimes know.
In this case each member is clear cut, their reactions are strong and the reader is drawn along each wishing something good would come out of it all. Something good is not always recognisable, and in this case it is more what life is really all about, accepting the truth and growing to live with it.
A worthwhile thought provoking story that is very hard to put down.

Reviewed in Australia on 17 September 2021

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Was hoping this would be a light but engaging book to take my mind off other things, but it was so long boring and tedious that I ditched it. It’s like overhearing a boring conversation in a cafe on Sydney’s north shore about people you avoid because they are irritatingly banal. Guessed the secret and found the treatment of it so flippant I stopped reading. Didn’t finish as I kept wishing violence upon them all, and the narrators strange accents were cringeworthy.

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Leah

Would not have guessed the secret!

Reviewed in Australia on 22 August 2015

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I have never read a book by Liane Moriarty before - but I loved it from the first page. So well written; I loved the interplay between the 3 main groups of characters. I would never have guessed the contents of the letter which the successful mother stumbled across. It was meant to be opened on her husbands death but he was alive and clearly did not want her to open it. The ramifications of the words written in that letter were huge and could have resulted in many outcomes. The outcome chosen by Liane made for a great and believable story which changed the lives of all the characters - how they reacted and how they re-evaluated themselves and their views. I am now reading Big Little Lies by Liane and very much enjoying that too.

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Susan Cairney

THE BEST...EXCELLENT BIT OF PAGE TURNING BRILLIANCE

Reviewed in Australia on 29 July 2016

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I can't begin to tell you how much I loved this book, also bought it for my Mum and she's loving it, a friend has downloaded to her iPad and loves it...it's just well written, funny, and clever and all of the characters are so likeable in their own way. Do yourself a favout and read this book...it's a page turner from start to finish I promise. I've just bought another of Liane Moriarty's novels and can't wait to start it. Excellent work Liane x

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Congokjt

Great Australian story.

Reviewed in Australia on 24 December 2015

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This one of several books I have read by Liane Moriarty. So far they are all written in the second person with the lady characters taking turns relating events from their point of view. The men characters however are also strongly developed through the minds of the ladies. This one is a mystery centred around an unsolved murder. Set in Sydney and Melbourne I could relate to a lot of the anecdotes about raising children in a modern environment. There is plenty of witty and amusing humour.

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Robert A Gubbins

This is a well crafted novel that beautifully weaves together the lives of a number of families ...

Reviewed in Australia on 21 December 2015

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This is a well crafted novel that beautifully weaves together the lives of a number of families and events in their lives. It is a book about actions we take and decisions we make in our lives and the impacts that they can have on us and on others around us and the costs that can come with them. Liane writes a very easy to read novel, but it is not light in quality. The characters are well developed and the insights into human nature make the novel an enriching and moving experience. I enjoyed the entire novel but I particularly like the ending. I would recommend it highly.

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E. Thornton

A great read

Reviewed in Australia on 23 September 2021

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Another gripping saga true to the author’s style. A very compelling read which had me compulsively turning the pages until the very end. I loved the way the story unfolds from all the different angles of each character.

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A Good Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2020

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When you want a light but interesting read, Liane Moriarty is generally a good bet. She writes well, and this is her third book that I've read. None of them compare with Big Little Lies so far, but this one was still much better than Truly Madly Guilty (which I would not recommend).
The story revolves around a woman who has found a letter from her husband which contains a secret that will change many lives.
The problem with Moriarty I find is how prescriptive she is. Similar to Dan Brown, she seems to have found a formula that works for her and she uses and reuses it in all her books. So they all seem like the same book. There's always gossipy women. There's always flitting from one key character to another per chapter, so that you are peeping into the lives of several different women. All of these lives come together at some colliding moment in the book. It's all very formulaic. Which means these books are great when you dont want to tax your mind, want something easy to dip in and out of, something that will while away the long hours on an airplane or in the hospital ER. But they are not the kind of books that will cause a revolution in your life or change the way you view the world.
It seems to be working for her, so yeah...a light read it is.

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Rebecca Carter

Missing something, maybe another overhyped book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2017

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Hmmm? I was really looking forward to reading a Liane Moriarty book as she's an author I've been hearing a lot about. So I downloaded The Husbands Secret onto my kindle expecting to enjoy myself over the long weekend getting lost in it. Unfortunately I kept getting distracted and just wanted to do something else instead. There's nothing wrong with this book. Some of the writing is really amusing, witty and funny; however I don't know. It just felt a bit like it was missing something. What, I'm not sure. Maybe it's just this particular book of hers and I should try another one, but I just felt a bit like a popped balloon. I think I was expecting something out of this world and it just didn't go anywhere for me. Great as a light beach read; as it's an easy book to put down and get back into again easily, with not a lot of thinking required, but I just thought it would be more than a fluffy read that didn't really go anywhere. If we could give half stars I'd give 3.5 rather than 3 stars, just because some of the inner dialogue is witty and sharp, but I felt a lot of padding went on such as the Berlin Wall stuff - which felt pointless and Tupperware parties - arghhh.

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Bodie

Much Ado About Nothing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2021

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Where to start ? A rambling, incoherent, incomprehensible, boring, overloaded with unnecessary detail, load of drivel. The letter should I open it ? What would four separate friends do in these circumstances ? Description of the four characters in detail follows . . . . . . Her children are watching the Biggest Loser a diet show leading to never ending debate on fat shaming - really ? Her children are eating crisps - fascinating but as they ate their calorie free dinner that can be excused. She is going to make a gluten free cake for one person at an event - how absolutely wonderful and unselfish this person is turning out to be. I didn't even get to the end of the first chapter it was sooo boring. My goodness a fest of irrelevant anecdotes strung together as a story. Who reads this stuff and think its worthy of 5 stars. I read the review and bought 3 books by this author, I usually pass books on to friends but this time I will put them all in the recycle bin as I wouldn't inflict this rubbish even on a charity shop.

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Very average

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2017

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This was by the writer of "Big Little Lies" which was such a TV success and seems to be along the same sort of lines. I found it readable but not inspiring. It is a small step above what might be described as "chick-lit" but did very much follow the mental meanderings of a small community of women in Australia. I didn't really feel that the central event of the tale, the murder of Janie, which happens before the book starts, was particularly believable. Early on some of the reflections of the protagonists were quite insightful but this quickly developed into the usual repetition and predictable stuff. I wouldn't willingly read another one...

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Sue Scott

Skullduggery down under

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2019

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My first Liane Moriaty book and what a corker. My paperback edition was a bit long (maybe for a book club) but I liked it very much. To begin with, I was a little confused by the different characters and scenarios, but when I got to know them and understand their connections, it all fell into place. It was fascinating how each theme ran parallel to the others and coalesced near the end. The twist was great - I didn’t see it coming. It all felt so real and I agonised with and felt for Rachel, Cecilia and Jess. This genre doesn’t usually interest me, but what a writer. I hope her other books are as good. Great discovery.

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