Is There a Pattern Here?

I just finished reading THE SILENT WIFE by A. Harrison, and then picked up BACKSEAT SAINTS by Joshilyn Jackson, not realizing that both books were about mariticide, the killing of one's husband ( I admit to having to look that up).  Motives differ wildly, however.  THE SILENT WIFE is about revenge, and BACKSEAT SAINTS is about survival.  

THE SILENT WIFE is a psychological thriller about surviving a long term relationship in which one partner is faithful, and the other is a serial cheater.  It's about how far a woman will go maintain her lifestyle and keep what she feels is rightfully hers.  BACKSEAT SAINTS is about domestic violence, twinged with wit and humor.   I will admit my husband is a bit worried about my choice of reading.  ~ Katherine

THE SILENT WIFE by A. Harrison

"Psychotherapist Jodi Brett is content with her tidy, tranquil existence cooking for her husband, Todd Gilbert; walking the dog; seeing a few clients out of their gorgeous Chicago condo while headstrong Todd works as a professional renovator. As Jodi sees it, they complement each other, and she doesn't mind pretending to disregard Todd's indiscretions (which he clumsily attempts to cover up) in exchange. Accepting the peccadillos of her adulterous husband is one thing, but when Todd takes his infidelity to the next level and tells her that he's leaving her, the existence she's clung to so dearly is destroyed. And Jodi will do anything to take it back. And she does."  ~ Publishers Weekly 

BACKSEAT SAINTS by Joshilyn Jackson

"Rose Mae Lolley's mother disappeared when she was eight, leaving Rose with a heap of old novels and a taste for dangerous men. Now, as demure Mrs. Ro Grandee, she's living the very life her mother abandoned. She's all but forgotten the girl she used to be-teenaged spitfire, Alabama heartbreaker, and a crack shot with a pistol-until an airport gypsy warns Rose it's time to find her way back to that brave, tough girl . . . or else. Armed with only her wit, her pawpy's ancient .45, and her dog Fat Gretel, Rose Mae hightails it out of Texas, running from a man who will never let her go, on a mission to find the mother who did." ~ from the Publisher