Wow!! I am blown away. This one had me from the first few pages. You want to know more and when you think you have it straight, you find out you’re wrong. What you think you know, is not even close to the truth. What’s going on with Natalie? So many questions and so many twists and turns. I thoroughly enjoyed this wild ride. I love a book that keep me guessing. I read this in one sitting. This is a must read for a thriller fans!!!

This one just wasn't for me. It has a good premise, but maybe it just moved a little slow...There are a couple of twists, but overall I just couldn't really get invested in the story.

This is an author that I have loved reading since the first book I picked up by this author. I enjoy their writing skills as well as their attention to details who make their stories pop. I never hesitate to pick up their book and can't wait to see what is next. This is a well written story about a husband who is willing to do anything to find his family. But with secrets of his own past things may not be so easy. You don't want to miss what happens to these characters. I found this book to be engaging and fast paced. The characters are relateable and I enjoyed seeing them supportive of each other. I enjoyed how they pulled me into the story from the beginning and had me coming back for more. The twists and turns had me sitting on the edge of my seat and made the story entertaining for me to read. The plot had great growth and ticked all the boxes for me. This is a great story you don't want to miss. A must read. I highly recommend this book and this author.

This book can legitimately be summed up with "what the actual F***" and I couldn't be happier with it. I always enjoy DJ Palmer - and this definitely stands up. I ended up with suspicions about one thing, but never in my life saw other parts of this coming, and that's unusual for me. This book was twisty, convoluted, and made me doubt my impressions every other chapter - so well done!

<b>My Wife Is Missing</b> is a suspenseful and action-packed novel told in dual perspectives, Natalie’s and Michael’s. Each perspective holds their own experiences and their own secrets, jumbled with sections from both of their pasts. Both are unreliable in a certain manner, leaving the reader trying to figure out who is telling the truth.

I loved the dual perspective aspect, which added a layer of mystery and suspense to the plot. The ending really threw me for a loop because no theory I had put together on my own were accurate!

A real page turner with an overall sense of dread as the story unravels to reveal the truth! A must read!

<i>I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher, St. Martin’s Press, of this advanced digital copy for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an honest review! All opinions expressed are my own. Upon publishing of this novel, I will also be posting my review to Amazon Canada.</i>

4.5/5



Ok this one sucked me in immediately and pretty much never let me go until the end, I love when that happens! This flashes back and forth between husband and wife, Natalie and Michael’s perspectives, Michael’s in the present day as he’s searching for his wife and children and Natalie both in present and then before she disappeared. These two kept me on my toes, I wasn’t sure who to trust, which version of events was actually true? I kept going back and forth the whole time and I really liked how things ended up. I actually found the twists to be pretty plausible, which was refreshing and between that and the gripping storyline I had a lot of fun with this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Thanks to the tagged partners for my copy.

I was very much into this fast paced thriller about a wife named Natalie trying to escape her cheating husband named Michael, with their two kids in tow! It has a little bit of a "before and now" timeline going, but it is not confusing and actually helps the story come together. I thought having the kids be a factor in the story wasn't needed at first, but as the story went on I saw why the author chose for them to be apart of what was going on. I very much was all about the ending, and I only called it right before it happened so props to the author for keeping us fooled the entire time. I liked the writing style also. And there weren't very many typos or grammatical errors, and that's always a plus. I definitely plan to recommend this book to my friends, and I am so happy I had the chance to read it.

DJ Palmer books are so riveting and the characters just jump off the pages. Finished this book yesterday and it’s still with me. Such a remarkable ending. What a fast paced adventure with a creative finale

What a great novel!
A man and his wife along with their children go on vacation to New York. He runs out to get pizza and when he returns…the family is gone, their luggage etc. , all gone…
As he explores what has happened to them, we begin learning the whole story.
His wife begins telling her story and as it unfolds we see things we did not know and learn what has happened is only a tiny portion of what is going on here.
Wonderfully twisty and quite the surprise ending that you won’t see coming.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me this ARC in exchange for my unbiased opinion.
I highly recommend.

5 Stars. This book was without a doubt a page turner. Grabbed me from page 1.

One of the best books of this year. The ending was shocking!

My Wife Is Missing by D.J. Palmer is an edge of your seat thriller that will keep you guessing at every turn. I knew, while reading, that things were probably not as simple as they seemed and people weren't as transparent as they were portrayed, but I was continuously surprised by each twist and turn. When Michael Hart's wife and children disappear on a family trip to NYC he has several thoughts on what might have happened. His wife willingly walking away, is not one that he contemplated. Natalie, who suffers from extreme insomnia, is beginning to also suffer from delusions. While I sometimes questioned her reliability, I did not question her instincts. Michael definitely was hiding something. But who to believe? In an exciting search and chase, as the story unfolds, the unease continues to grow.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. My Wife is Missing will be released on May 10, 2022!

OMG!!!! This book is great! The twists are fantastic! I didn't know who the bad person was until the end! Just the kind of book I like! I have read other books by this author and all of them are great!

Another win for @djpalmerauthor ! I absolutely loved The Perfect Daughter and was so excited when I was offered an E-Arc of My Wife is Missing from @netgalley @stmartinspress!

Unreliable narrator ✅
Twists and unexpected turns ✅
Lies and a secret past ✅
Domestic turmoil ✅

All my boxes are checked! So this was definitely a win for me. I loved the dual narrators and that I didn’t know who or what to trust. I was sucked into their domestic issues and couldn’t put it down! I also loved that a portion of the book takes place in Massachusetts. While I love when I book takes me someplace I’ve never been but there is something comforting in reading about places that are familiar.

I’m going to file this one in the ‘just not for me’ bin. There was nothing inherently wrong with this book, but I just couldn’t get into it or invested in the story. I wasn’t on the edge of my chair or turning the pages like crazy to find out what happened next. I also had a hunch about the big twist from the very beginning. And I found the way it all ended to just be very sad.

I’ve seen a couple people post about disliking the ‘unreliable narrator’ lately, and I think that might have been part of my problem with the one as well. Again, it wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t for me.

I was drawn to this book after seeing the author’s post about what inspired him. I thought that glimpse into writing was really special. Unfortunately, just didn’t end up loving the book.

A propulsive and engaging surprise of a thriller, definitely makes me want to check out more of Palmer’s books. my only issue with this was that it took a bit too long to get to the ending ‘reveals’ and the way Nat kept running away just in time was very irritating to this reader (although i guess that was the point of the story!)

Palmer has written a fantastic book that I almost finished in one sitting (hey, I had to work early the next day!). Two unreliable narrators, skillfull plotting , and lots of twists make this my first fun, suspenseful beach/lake read recommendation of the summer. I will also recommend it to readers who enjoy Harlan Coben's novels, it is that good.

Hello Book Friends! He did it again 👀

Natalie and Michael head off to New York with their kids for some much needed family fun in the city. This is a great opportunity to smooth over the tension between them. New York was always their special “getaway place”, and now they can share it with the kids.

Natalie’s insomnia has made her paranoid. Its causing memory problems, she is experiencing tremors, and she’s convinced that Michael is having an affair.

After the long car ride from Massachusetts, Michael runs out for pizza and returns to a dark and empty hotel room. Natalie and the kids are gone, along with their things.

The truths is that Natalie is terrified of Michael and will do anything for the safety of her children. Her journey takes her across the country in a desperate attempt to leave him behind.

Michael is desperate to find his family. He feels guilty and is fearful that the truth will get out. Luckily, he has the help of NYPD Detective Sergeant Amos Kennett who is using his personal vacation time to help him track Natalie and the children. Soon, Michael comes to the realization that Kennett may know the truth that he has been hiding all along.

I absolutely did not see coming.

Fans of @djpalmerauthor who loved  and  will enjoy this one!

Thank you @netgalley @stmartinspress

I have read a few books by this author and was happy to receive an advanced copy of it. The story revolves around Natalie and Michael Hart and their two kids. They take a trip from their home in Boston to New York City. After picking up a pizza for dinner, Michael discovers his wife and kids are gone, along with all of their belongings, after returning to their hotel. The only thing left is his son’s beloved teddy bear. Were they kidnapped? Why did they go? We soon discover that each spouse has secrets. Oh, and by the way, the wife has insomnia, so is she hallucinating? Does she imagine things?

The book started slowly for me and continued like that for about two-thirds of the way through. It wasn’t until the NYC detective joined up with Michael that things got interesting with more twists and turns. I liked this character and wished we knew a little more about him. Also, I would have liked a little more closure with this character, but felt like they tossed aside him as the book wrapped up. This is purely my preference. There was an epilogue, which I love in books, so that was a good way for everything to wrap up in the end.

Overall, there was a lot of smoke and mirrors, and while I did figure out part of the ending, it was all a surprise, mostly. Based on this ending and the book’s last third, I would recommend it to others who l like the author and reading thrillers.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my unsolicited opinion.

This is the third book I have read from this author and sadly my least favorite. Right out of the gate with this one, I felt a kind of Gone Girl vibe that just did not work for me at first. The back and forth between characters just started becoming tiresome very quickly, It made it seem that the story was going one way and then the plot line retracted when it moved to the next character. I thought that the back and forth in time seemed selective right out of the gate. I could tell that I was being led to feel one way.. The insomnia and the revelations out of nowhere were kind of out there for me. The addition of the detective was the straw that broke the camel's back and the fact that the resolution was a barely known character was the icing on this mess. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley.

A family vacation that turns into a nightmare..... sign me up! A thrilling story of deception and secrets. A page turning thriller that I couldn't put down. Well written, mystery/ thriller that grabbed me from the first chapter.