Just the Nicest Couple
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Chapter Book · 2023

Just the Nicest Couple

By Mary Kubica

A husband's disappearance entangles two couples in a web of secrets and lies.

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320 pages
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Jake Hayes vanishes after a fight with his wife, Nina. As days pass, Nina's search intensifies. Meanwhile, her friend Lily and Lily's husband, Christian, harbor a secret about Jake's last known whereabouts. As Nina digs deeper, the truth threatens to unravel their lives. What really happened to Jake, and how far will they go to protect their secrets?

From the publisher

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER”Grabs you on the first page and doesn’t let go until you reach the end.” –Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told MeA husband’s disappearance links two couples in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing, Mary Kubica Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found.Lily Scott, Nina’s friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out what happened leading up to Jake’s disappearance, especially not Nina. But Nina is out there looking for her husband, and she won’t stop until the truth is discovered.”Rich with detail and a mounting, almost suffocating sense of dread, Just the Nicest Couple is a dark and twisted exploration of loyalty, family, and how far we’ll go to protect the ones we love.” –Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never HereDon’t miss Mary Kubica’s chilling upcoming novel, She’s Not Sorry, where an ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past…Look for these other edge-of-your-seat thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica: The Good Girl Pretty Baby Don’t You Cry Every Last Lie When the Lights Go Out The Other Mrs. Local Woman Missing She’s Not Sorry

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Audience
Adult
Themes & topics
Books about secretsBooks about missing personsBooks about psychology
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Publication
Published
January 10, 2023
Publisher
Park Row
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780778333111

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