Nonetheless, this suspenseful domestic thriller will keep readers turning the pages. Now without getting spoiler-y, I want to let y’all know that I absolutely loved this novel. What matters is the characters, so Hawkins stays true to Brontë’s work there. In both novels the setting could probably be anywhere in the world. Hawkins shows real wit in outsider Jane’s sharp-eyed take on the entitled ladies of Thornfield Estates, but the mercenarily motivated characters will put off some readers. Because just like in Jane Eyre, the setting in The Wife Upstairs isn’t a real big player. As the police reopen their probe, an increasingly concerned Jane starts investigating Bea’s fate and what part, if any, Eddie played. Book Review: ‘The Wife Upstairs’ sets ‘Jane Eyre’ in modern-day Alabama Three-fourths thriller and one part reimagined classic, The Wife Upstairs is a feisty Southern charmer that’s twisty. Growing up as a witness to violence in various foster homes, she’s tougher than she looks.

Dog walker to the elite and sometime petty thief, Jane will do what she must to survive.

5, 2021 Jane Eyre gets a modern, Alabama-based reboot in Hawkins’ latest thriller. Then Blanche’s body is found, and it’s clear from the massive skull fracture that her death was no accident. THE WIFE UPSTAIRS by Rachel Hawkins RELEASE DATE: Jan. Eddie’s wife disappeared (along with her best friend) under mysterious circumstances and is presumed dead. Working as a dog-walker for the city’s elite, Jane meets Eddie Rochester. Sparks fly, but plain Jane has a tough time living up to the legend of the glamorous Bea, who created the Southern Manors lifestyle brand. Set in Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is on the run from her past. Shortly after starting to walk dogs in tony Thornfield Estates, a gated community in Birmingham, Ala., the penniless young woman calling herself Jane meets dashing recent widower Eddie Rochester-whose wealthy wife, Bea Mason, went missing and was presumed drowned in a boating mishap, along with her BFF Blanche Ingraham, six months earlier. YA author Hawkins ( Her Royal Highness) makes her adult debut with this spirited reboot of Jane Eyre. The Top 10 New York Times bestseller ‘I was completely blown away by The Wife Upstairs.

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