02105cam a2200361 i 4500 91636054 TxAuBib 20091015120000.0 081119s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008049700 9781565125964 1565125967 (OCoLC)244420368 TxAuBib rda Goolrick, Robert, 1948- A reliable wife [Print] : a novel / by Robert Goolrick. 1st ed. Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009. 291 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Wisconsin (United States, 1909), St. Louis, Missouri (United States.) He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for "a reliable wife." She responded, saying that she was "a simple, honest woman." She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her single-minded determination to marry this man and then kill him, slowly and carefully, leaving her a wealthy widow, able to take care of the one she truly loved. What Catherine Land did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own. And what neither anticipated was that they would fall so completely in love. Filled with unforgettable characters, and shimmering with color and atmosphere, A Reliable Wife is an enthralling tale of love and madness, of longing and murder. 20091015. NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2009), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009), Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award | Honor Book | Fiction | 2009 ; New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award | Winner | Fiction | 2009. Marriage Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Wisconsin Fiction. Wisconsin History 19th century Fiction. FICTION / Historical / General. TXTLL