Todd and Jodi have been together for more than twenty years. They are both aware their world is in crisis, though neither is willing to admit it. Todd is living a dual existence, while Jodi is living in denial. But she also likes to settle scores. When it becomes clear their affluent Chicago lifestyle could disintegrate at any moment, Jodi knows everything is at stake. It’s only now she will discover how much she’s truly capable of… Viewed from the outside Todd and Jodi appear to have the perfect life. He is a self-made man who enjoys all the finer things that life has to offer. She is a successful therapist who likes everything to be just so. Beneath the thin veneer of their ideal existence however, the truth is actually far from perfect. Todd is a serial philanderer while Jodi is so far in denial it is slowly eating her up from the inside out. This isn’t the sort of novel that I would normally pick up, but I was pleasantly surprised by it. The Silent Wife is a fascinating story. It works on multiple levels, part character study, part psycho-analysis, part thriller. The chapters alternate between Todd and Jodi’s...