a career in accounting, her transition to writing came after years of working in corporate finance and film production.
Growing up as an only child in a small New England town, Green credits her active imagination to solitary hours spent playing in the woods and her enthusiasm for pop culture. Her debut novel, The Prized Girl, published in 2020, was written during downtime between film productions. The novel showcased her skill in crafting complex narratives.
Green’s new novel is Haven't Killed In Years.
At CrimeReads the author tagged "five books that hinge on living in the close proximity of a serial killer." One title on the list:
Samantha Downing, My Lovely WifeRead about another title on Green's list.
I hope no one treats this book as self-help to spice up their stale marriage because for the protagonists in this book, the trick to a happy marriage is getting away with murder(s). The story centers on a “perfect” suburban couple with 2.0 children who all eat organic dinners together at the table. The difference is that this husband bonds with his wife over stalking their next victim. . .happy wife, happy life after all.
The trouble with such a sick and, of course, illegal extra-curricular activity is the risks that come with escalation, the doubts that creep in about your accomplice, and the cracks that cause your secret life to ooze into the life you want others to see. This isn’t tennis, you can’t just quit and walk away.
My Lovely Wife provides an enthralling look at being in the orbit of a serial killer. Someone you love, someone you chose to make a life with, someone you encouraged to kill…and they could say the same exact things about you. I loved how this book is told from the perspective of the husband, a narrator whose own involvement clouds his ability to clearly see what is really at stake.
My Lovely Wife is among Courtney Rodgers's nine chilling thrillers about marriage, Darby Kane's seven top thrillers with couples who don’t get (or deserve) a happy ending, Misha Popp's eight titles featuring truly fatal femmes fatales, Sarah Bonner's thirteen psychological thrillers with gobsmacking twists, Kaira Rouda's thirteen books highlighting the wives in domestic suspense, Alice Feeney's eight top novels featuring odd couples & unexpected partnerships, Pip Drysdale's seven top revenge thrillers featuring women who have had enough, Christina McDonald's seven top thrillers with flawed characters, C.J. Tudor's seven crime novels where murder is a group activity, Lisa Levy's top seven psychological thrillers with manipulative male narrators, Kaira Rouda's top seven literary couples whose relationships are deeply disturbing in the most fascinating ways possible, and Margot Hunt's top five villains who have had about enough of domestic life.
The Page 69 Test: My Lovely Wife.
--Marshal Zeringue
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