The Other Woman Audiobook

Dirty politics, dirty tricks, and a barrage of final twists, The Other Woman is the first in an explosive new series by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Seduction, betrayal, and murder—it'll take a lot more than votes to win this election. Jane Ryland was a rising star in television news…until she refused to reveal a source and lost everything. Now a disgraced newspaper reporter, Jane isn't content to work on her assigned puff pieces, and finds herself tracking down a candidate's secret mistress just days before a pivotal Senate election. Detective Jake Brogan is investigating a possible serial killer. Twice, bodies of unidentified women have been found by a bridge, and Jake is plagued by a media swarm beginning to buzz about a "bridge killer" hunting the young women of Boston. As the body count rises and election looms closer, it becomes clear to Jane and Jake that their cases are connected…and that they may be facing a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to silence a scandal.

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"This was a very enjoyable read with many twists and turns. Jane Ryland is a TV reporter with Channel 11. The problem is Jane was asked to reveal a source to maintain her integrity, and she refused to do so, resulting in the station being sued to the tune of $1 million dollars so Jane is let go. Picture the powerful but corrupt bigwig, Arthur Vick, who gets off scot free. A friend with the Police Dept, Jake Brogan, refers her to the Register to become a newspaper reporter. The head of the paper, Alex, knows Jane and gives her a chance. Her first story is to interview Moira Lassiter, the wife of senatorial candidate, Owen Lassiter to find out why she has stopped accompanying her husband on tours. Jane is dismayed as this seems like a pretty tame story. But as Jane looks over some press photos she notices a woman in a red coat in all the campaign rally photos. When she finally gets Moira by phone, apparently Moira, too, thinks her husband is having an affair and she wants Jane to find out who the other woman is. The book goes back and forth with different scenes so you then meet Kenna Wilkes, who appears to be a random meet and greet with the Governor and joins his campaign as a volunteer. I'll admit to getting a little confused as it appears there are two women going by the name of Kenna Wilkes. One, the woman in the red coat, takes pictures and shows up at rallies and Jane is convinced she is the other woman. You also have a potential serial killer in operation, The Bridge Killer, of which Jake is not convinced but then Jane's original un-revealed source is found dead as well as Kenna Wilkes. It takes awhile for Jane to actually make it to a rally but with the help of Trevor and Rory, both with the Governor's campaign, Jane is one step behind. With Jake's help, its revealed that one Kenna Wilkes is actually a woman named Holly Neff. She is the ex-girlfriend of Matthew and it was her elaborate plan to disgrace the governor to get back at him for turning his back on Matthew....who is his son. As Jane continues to dig, she finds out the other Kenna Wilkes is Matthew's sister, Sarah. In a final confrontation, Kenna (Sarah) is threatening the Governor, telling him he needs to step down as the pictures Holly took surface and it does appear the Governor had a relationship with her. As the Governor tries to reason with her and explain that his marriage to Sarah and Matthew's mother, Katherine, was ending before he left and he tried to maintain a relationship with them but Katherine refused but they could be a family now, Matthew is overjoyed at the thought of his dream coming true. But Sarah is enraged saying its the Governor's fault their mother killed herself. When she takes out a gun to shoot him, Matthew intervenes and is shot instead. In the next scene, as Jane and Jake are coming up the stairs to the office, another gunshot rings out and they burst in to find the Governor kneeling over Sarah, covered in blood, saying it was an accident when he tried to take the gun from her. I have my doubts. And apparently, all of this was planned by folks in the Governor's own camp on the part of his competition, Eleanor Gable. I guess the interesting lesson learned is when Jane next meets with Moira, she discovers that apparently Moira was the other woman in the Governor's life when he was with Katherine and she says you can choose your sin but you can't choose the consequences. I'm wondering if there will be other books as Channel 11 decide to offer Jane her job back with its discovered that her source was killed by the wife of Arthur Vick and he unwittingly reveals his relationship with the deceased girl bringing out he perjured himself before. But Jane, well she turns down the job offer and decides she is home right where she is at, chasing the next story which as it turns out is the death of one of those campaign aides in on the deal. I'll read it if there's another one, I know!"

— Victoria (4 out of 5 stars)