The Other Mrs.

The Other Mrs. by New York Times—bestselling author Mary Kubica tells the story of Sadie Foust and her family, who have relocated from urban Chicago to rural Maine, only to be shocked by the violent murder of a neighbor. To save herself and her children, Sadie must solve the mystery and assemble the disturbing pieces of the past and present into a coherent whole. The family’s story is revealed through a fragmented narrative of shifting points of view, narrative voices, and time periods.

Mary Kubica’s suspenseful novels have won critical acclaim and a wide readership. Online literary magazine Indiebound named her debut, 2014’s The Good Girl, an Indie Next Pick, and her work has received rave reviews in Kirkus, Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.

This guide refers to the ebook version of the novel, published by Park Row in 2020.

Content Warning: The novel contains graphic descriptions of suicide and references to animal and child abuse, and centers on the mental-health condition of dissociative identity disorder (DID).

Plot Summary

The early part of the story is told by a first-person narrator, Dr. Sadie Foust. Sadie and her family arrive in Maine after her husband’s sister, Alice, dies by suicide.