The Innocent Wife: A Richard and Judy Book Club pick

Good book

The book was a real page turner. I had a hard time putting it down.

Too much detail!!! The title is all wrong & the mystery if you call it is at the end of the book. Mind you it’s a thick book. ..

Samantha is obsessed. She has joined online groups, studied every photograph, witness statement, court transcript, coroner report & alibi. She has signed petitions to get new evidence admitted in court. She's driven by a desire to free the man at the center of the case.Dennis Danson was barely eighteen years old, when he was incarcerated. He's been on Death Row, for more than twenty years. His new lawyers have given him hope that a retrial will take place. Samantha visits Dennis in prison, once a week. At first it was awkward, but she's gotten used to being separated by a thick plexiglas wall. They marry & she campaigns for his release.An anonymous tip comes in from a man who shared a cell with a man called Wayne who had told him there were girls he'd killed the cops never knew about. This sends Dennis' lawyers into overdrive. Dennis is freed & exonerated of all charges. Samantha can't wait to be alone with Dennis. He wants to sleep in separate beds. This is not how she had pictured their first night together.There are fans & journalists lining up to talk to Dennis. Samantha shows him the internet & explains Twitter, Google, blogs, YouTube, Facebook. People recognize him straightaway. He signs a deal with a publisher & receives a six-figure advance for two books. He appears on live late-night TV talk shows. He'll receive the maximum compensation for his wrongful conviction; two million dollars. Sam lies awake at night & wonders why he doesn't want to make love to her.He's quite a controversial figure. Some haters still believe he's a murderer. There's a new wave of petitions calling for Dennis to take a polygraph test. Sam becomes paranoid and starts snooping through his possessions. He says he can't wait to start fresh somewhere. Sam pictures them growing old together, until she witnesses an act of cruelty that had come so naturally from Dennis. It made her wonder what else he might be capable of. One small mistake on her part & her life would be over.

I didn't enjoy the writing of this book but I had to literally skim the book so I could find out the end.