THE DOCTOR’S WIFE, by Fiona Sussman (Bateman Books, $37.99)
Sussman’s last novel, Addressed to Greta, was a welcome respite for readers during lockdown. It was a feel-good travelogue that charted the transformation of an insular woman through a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience offered her by a dying man.
In her fourth novel, Sussman keeps things close to home and, which won the Ngaio Marsh Award for best crime novel in 2017.