One final note, for the dog lovers out there: the newly adopted dog is fine, I promise! I know that seeing the addition of a rescue animal in a domestic thriller can be…concerning at times, so I wanted to let that be known. 'THE WIFE UPSTAIRS.stands on its own as a gothic-tinged thriller, one where bright colors, big hair and perfect manners hide more than a few dark secrets. It raised the tensions while obfuscating the truth left and right. Best known for Hex Hall, her trilogy of young adult paranormal romance novels, Hawkins tells the story of Jane Bell: a young woman with a traumatic, mysterious past who starts over in the affluent community of Thornfield Estates. One of the highlights for this novel had to be the writing format, which carried with it an air of intrigue all on its own. Published in 2021, Rachel Hawkins’s thriller The Wife Upstairs adapts Charlotte Bront’s Jane Eyre for the 21st century. The combination of domestic suspense and classic fiction was really quite clever and had some interesting results. The Wife Upstairs is one of those books that immediately snags your attention, and does everything possible to hold onto it right until the end. Perhaps, too perfect? That may not feel like a thing in real life, but in the world of thrillers, it most certainly is. One thing led to another, and that opportunity has turned into something bigger and better.Įspecially now that she’s met Eddie, the rich widower down the street. Jane has been looking for her bright opportunity for a while now, so when she got the chance to walk dogs for Thornfield Estates, she grabbed it with both hands.

The Wife Upstairs is Rachel Hawkin’s latest thriller, and this time around it’s a retelling of Jane Eyre – with a few dark twists thrown into the mix, naturally.

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