Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s Can’t-Wait Wednesday posts here.
Title: Husband Missing
Author: Lisa Regan
Genre: Suspense, Detective Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publication Date: March 19, 2025
Publisher: Bookouture
Synopsis:
Fear prickles her skin. “Noah?” Photos and trinkets from their simple but perfect life together litter the carpet. The coffee table is cracked, blood along its edges. She should be taking in details, but her heart is racing too fast. A strangled cry works its way from Josie’s chest. Where is her husband?
Detective Josie Quinn’s world shatters when she returns home to find her house ransacked, and her husband, Noah, missing. When she kissed him goodbye hours earlier, called to the discovery of a woman’s body at a protest, they were putting the finishing touches to a nursery for their first adopted child. But now the house is empty, Noah’s bloodied handprints trailing the walls.
Every fiber of Josie’s being screams to investigate. But her team warn her to keep her distance as they follow a connection to a recent robbery in Denton. But Josie can’t quiet the voice telling her the handprints Noah left are leading her somewhere, and the trail ends at an upturned box of her long-dead abusive mother’s faded photos, jewelry, a lock of hair, and a few old newspaper clippings.
Beside herself with worry for Noah, and unexpectedly confronted by the trauma of her past, Josie throws herself into work. The woman’s body found during a demonstration outside a children’s hospital belongs to Gina Phelan, daughter of the powerful and influential Phelan family. Trawling the CCTV is a welcome distraction, but everything changes the moment fingerprints from the knife that wounded Gina match to prints found in Josie’s own home.
Her head spinning as the two cases collide, Josie’s only option is to delve into the life of the monster who terrorized her as a child. The key to everything is hidden in the box of her mother’s mementoes. But is Josie strong enough and fast enough to find it in time? And at what devastating cost to those she loves most?
An absolutely heart-stopping and totally unputdownable crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. You will be up all night biting your nails and turning pages! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine.
My thoughts:
Y’all know how much I love Lisa Regan’s books. And since they seem to keep getting better and better with each new story, I am super excited about this one. This sounds like it’s going to ramp the tension up to 11 and keep it there. Noah missing?! What an opening! I. Cannot. WAIT.
Y’all check back in a few weeks to see what I have to say about Husband Missing!
I’ve not read this author before but this book sounds really good. I also love the colors on the cover which is completely superficial. Thanks for visiting my blog!
Barb, I have totally picked up a book for the colors on the cover. Thanks for stopping by here!
I’m not familiar with Lisa Regan but I’d definitely try this, it’s sounds very twisty and emotional!
She is one of my absolute favorites. You’d think by the time you get to 20+ books in a series, the author might start phoning it in. Not so with Lisa Regan. Her books have had me up way past bedtime, biting my nails, and running for the Kleenex because she’s just ripped my heart out more than once. So, so good.
I haven’t read anything by this author, but this one sounds so intriguing! Thanks for sharing! Hope you enjoy it! 😀
Ashley, I know I will! I hope you get a chance to read it, too.
This sounds like a really suspenseful read – thank you for sharing:).
My pleasure! If you get to read it, I hope you enjoy it.
I never read this author before, but it sounds great. I love Bookouture’s books. They are filled with suspense and I love that.
Definitely. I can’t even remember how I discovered Bookouture, but I’m so glad I did!
I love your graphic. I agree, Lisa Regan is a good one.