Publication Date: June 16, 2025
“Welcome to Church!” Pastor Tim flashes his brilliant white teeth around the congregation. He doesn’t notice me, but I can see that every woman is hypnotized. Except one. His wife. I watch as worry clouds her violet eyes. She’s hiding something. And I’m going to find out what…
Whitney Falls was supposed to be the perfect place for me to disappear, with its quiet leafy streets and tulip-lined gardens. I didn’t intend to make any new friends. But when the pastor’s wife saves me from an accident, I can’t help but fall into her orbit.
Soon enough, I become a regular at church, and the pastor and his wife welcome me into their home with open arms. But the more time I spend with them, the more I begin to feel something isn’t right. It’s not just that Mary looks uncomfortable when Tim kisses her and that he controls what she eats. It’s more than that. It’s the strange black car that I’ve seen watching me each time I visit. The fact that Mary and Tim won’t talk about where they came from before they moved to this small town.
And when I creep through their house in the small hours of a late October morning to see what I can find, I discover something that sends a shiver down my spine… something that makes me wonder whether our first meeting was an accident at all.
Everyone thinks the pastor and his wife are saints. Now, I’m sure that they’re the worst kind of sinners. But they don’t know who I really am. Or what I could do with the terrible secret they want to keep safe…
A completely gripping and unputdownable read that will have you turning pages late into the night. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Jeneva Rose and Gone Girl.
Mary McClatchy and her pastor husband arrive in Whitney Falls, preparing to minister to residents, which includes Martha, a young woman down on her luck.
Author LynDee Walker delivers a tense psychological thriller full of twists in The Pastor’s Wife. Designed in alternating first-person perspectives, primarily focused on Mary and Martha, the story unfolds as the seemingly perfect McClatchys settle in.
However, readers will soon pick up on clues that indicate the couple has built a facade. With the minister day drinking and engaging in questionable activities, Martha wonders what secrets he is keeping. But is he the only one in Whitney Falls keeping secrets?
As the storyline progresses, readers will develop theories as they try to draw conclusions. Thanks to diversion tactics, the end result will deliver a huge plot twist.
The Pastor’s Wife serves up a thrill ride that will leave readers stunned by the twists and turns taking place in a quiet community.
LynDee Walker writes about strong women who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Her books have appeared on finalist lists for the Agatha and International Thriller awards—and once, on the weekly Amazon Charts national bestsellers list smack in between two of her writing heroes.
LynDee is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. Before she started writing fiction, LynDee was an award-winning journalist who covered everything from ribbon cuttings and high school football to capital murder trials and high level police corruption. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the United States, and she has written more than 20 novels.
LynDee’s favorite things are family, hydrangeas, porches, beaches, and books. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she is working on her next novel when she’s not juggling laundry, children’s sports schedules, and two very happily spoiled rescue dogs.
