She's Not Coming Home
by Philip Cox
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Added on March 15, 2026
Description
Suppose your wife leaves work but never arrives home; you call, only to find nobody there has heard of her. If she doesn’t work there, where has she been going? Matthew Gibbons thought he had it all – a house in a leafy Boston suburb, his wife Ruth and a beautiful son. But when one evening, after texting him ‘leaving now’, she doesn’t arrive home, and the staff at her office say they have no Ruth Gibbons working there, he sees his whole life collapse around him. What could have made Ruth walk away from her home and her family? When Matt tries to piece together his wife’s life, he finds he never really knew the woman he married, the woman who apparently died in a car crash three years earlier… What some readers said: “The story captured me from the beginning and refused to let go.” (Amazon Super Customer) “Amazing story that keeps you going until you’re finished with the whole book.” (arkiebornforever) “This was such a good suspenseful story, and had a great surprise ending, could not put the book down. Well written and love a story that ends in a way you never expected.” (Nancy Garrett) “…read it in one sitting as I couldn’t wait to know the outcome.” (Smorbes) “I would recommend this book to any one who likes a good story.” (Greg)
Reader Reviews
** I was given a free copy of this book by the publisher in exchange of an honest review**She's Not Coming Home is a suspenseful mystery. Every day when Matt's wife Ruth walks home she sends him a tex saying she is on her way. One evening though she never shows up home. Matt becomes sicks with worry in trying to find out why she never came home that cold evening. & so begin's Matt's journey on finding out what happened to Ruth and what led to her dissapearence, The story picks up speed pretty qu
The storyline was OK, but the ending was a bit rubbish to be honest. It seemed that the (long and drawn out) story went on forever but then the ending was condensed into nothing.There were typos. One example was "sure" it was typed as "surely" and that really irritated me. There were mistakes where sentences didn't make sense and then I'm sure the author is English but basing a book in America? He referred to the boys Mother as Mummy and Mommy a number of times. The book was full of little thing
Really enjoyed this novel. The main character Matt, was totally believable and likeable. The story line was intriguing and fast paced enough to grip,but not too fast that the characterisation was missed. This was the first book of Philip Cox that I have read, but already downloaded his next into my Kindle.
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