Bookmarks Reader Meet Writer: Rachel Hawkins and The Wife Upstairs Community Event Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
This is a free author series sponsored and run by SIBA - the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Rachel Hawkins will talk about her new book, The Wife Upstairs, a delicious twist on a Gothic classic that pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Register by emailing info@bookmarksnc.org. Venue
A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda.
Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.
But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie––not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for.
Release date: 7 January
This is a story of love, friendship, rejection and bravery which looks at the emotional fallout of a cheating husband and whether it’s easier to stay or leave. The moving book is filled with Helen s witty humour and at times you ll be moved to tears. The story revolves around protagonist Iris on New Year’s Eve, having just discovered that her husband of a decade, Adam, is cheating on her. She kicks him out and moves her Dad in to help with the children, but as he starts to show signs of Alzheimer’s she realises how hard bringing up two children will be on her own whilst juggling a busy career. For the sake of the children she decides to give her husband one more chance. But is it braver to stay than to run? And can anyone fall in love with the same person twice?
Several new thrillers and mysteries go to new places to twist up the reader.
With a story vaguely reminiscent of “Rebecca” and plenty of suspense, “The Wife Upstairs” by Rachel Hawkins is a great read. Years ago, “Jane” left her old name behind with a foster family and is starting life over as a dog walker in a posh section of town. She meets the handsome, recently widowed Eddie, and the attraction between the two is immediate. Soon Jane is no longer walking dogs, but living in Eddie’s lavish house. But a cloud hangs over their relationship his late wife died in a boating accident along with her best friend. While Jane does her best to live like the rest of the women in the area and indeed like his late wife Bea did, she feels like an impostor. And meanwhile, another narrative is going on, one from a woman trapped in a panic room, trying to get a message out…the captor is her own husband… and that’s only the beginning.
GTT Secures Commitment for New Term Loan Facility to Strengthen Liquidity Position
December 22, 2020 17:10 ET | Source: GTT Communications, Inc. GTT Communications, Inc. McLean, Virginia, UNITED STATES
MCLEAN, VA, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE: GTT), a leading global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today it has entered into a commitment letter through which certain of GTT’s existing lenders and noteholders have committed to providing the company with a new $275 million delayed-draw term loan facility.
GTT Interim CEO Ernie Ortega said, “We are pleased to announce this development and appreciate the support of our lenders and noteholders in providing us with their commitment for this new facility.