Burke, a former prosecutor, details well the legal and trial background within the complexity of relationships. This murder mystery delves into what would happen if circumstances bring together an estranged couple where one becomes dependent upon the other. And look for Alafair Burke’s latest heart-racing novel of psychological suspense, The Wife, coming in January 2018.Twenty years ago she ruined his life. The story line was fast paced and for me, time well spent. The ex, a novel by Alafair Burke is a legal thriller. For myself, I honestly did not have a clue how it was going to end or who was the murderer. Widower Jack Harris has resisted the dating scene ever since the shooting of his wife Molly by a fifteen-year-old boy three years ago. The book held my interest as it reveals the history between him and Olivia and what had happened three years before when his wife was killed. And look for Alafair Burke’s latest heart-racing novel of psychological suspense, The Wife, coming in January 2018.

I liked the synopsis and the set up of the mystery woman in a party dress in the early morning hours. Is Olivia able to defend Jack if she is starting to have her doubts? And if he did do it, did she ever really know him at all? Yet as the evidence comes out, there is more and more that looks like Jack may have committed this crime.

Olivia chooses to represent Jack to make up for the way things had ended between them so many years ago. When she hears that her former fiance Jack Harris has been arrested for triple murder she knows there is no way that Jack could be guilty of such a crime. Days later, the mysterious woman responds to the on-line post, and a meet up with Jack is planned. Unable to get the image out of his head, Jack shares this experience with his best friend who posts about it on-line hoping someone would be able to know who this woman is and connect her to Jack.

She holds the bottle up in a cheers motion, as he jogs by. Yet, one early morning while jogging he comes across a bare foot beautiful woman wearing a party dress sitting in the grass drinking champagne right out of the bottle and reading a book. Jack Harris has avoided even thinking about dating ever since his wife Molly was shot and killed by a teenage boy three years ago.

The Ex by Alafair Burke