The Husbands

With The Husbands, the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network, Chandler Baker explores the question of how far a woman will go to get a bit extra assistance from her husband.

Although Nora Spangler is a successful lawyer, she manages the household duties including making plans for doctor's appointments, packing lunches, finding extra rolls of paper towels, and creating and ordering holiday cards. Although her spouse works hard as well, why does it constantly seem like she is putting in so much more effort?

Nora meets a number of accomplished women with enviable supporting spouses when the Spanglers go house searching in the exclusive suburban community of Dynasty Ranch. These ladies include a tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, and a popular author. She becomes entangled in the lives of the ladies there when she consents to assist with a resident's wrongful death case. She discovers that Dynasty Ranch has a distinct atmosphere. The women are not barely surviving.

However, as the investigation develops, Nora discovers a conspiracy that might be the key to having it all. One worthy of being killed for. The Husbands imagines a world where the weight of the "second shift" is equally shared—and what it might take to get there—in a manner that makes me think of a Stepford Wives gender flip.