Everyone thinks that Cecilia Fitzpatrick has a pretty perfect life. Her adoring husband is handsome and successful, and Cecilia herself is a Tupperware goddess, able to sell plastic containers with ease to everyone she meets. Poised and pleasant, Cecilia keeps up a public facade that conveys nothing but ease and grace. 
 So, when Cecilia uncovers a mysterious letter from her husband, with firm instructions to only open after his death, Cecilia's seemingly perfect existence suddenly becomes a very nerve-racking bubble of confusion and fear. What could John-Paul possibly be hiding that was important and desperate enough to be hidden away in a letter? 
 Meanwhile, two other women in town struggle with their own crises, seemingly unrelated to Cecilia's recent discovery. Tess has learned that her husband is having an affair with her own cousin, while Rachel struggles with the anniversary of her daughter's unsolved murder at the same time that her only grandchild is being moved across the ocean to a new home. 
 Although Cecilia barely knows Tess and Rachel, she soon comes to learn that a single secret has dangerous power in eternally changing the path of many people. 
 Overall, I think THE HUSBAND'S SECRET was an excellent contemporary read, told in alternating third person perspectives between the three women -- in such a manner that kept the story fantastically interesting, despite the somewhat slow pacing in parts. I especially loved the epilogue, with the hypothetical explorations of secrets being revealed. 
 Fans of contemporary women's fiction, especially those who enjoy the moral dilemmas of Jodi Picoult, should definitely check out this novel. (And, of course, don't forget the epilogue -- which I think was enough in itself for me to change this from a three star to a solid four start rating!)