Book Review: Carol LaHines' chilling novel chronicles a jilted woman’s descent into madness

Olivia, a literature professor whose field of study is Dante, was madly in love with her husband, Andy. But five years after they married, she caught him cheating with a woman named Amber. At first, he denied the affair, but soon after he filed for divorce and declared his intention to marry his paramour. “The Vixen Amber Halloway,” Carol LaHines’s second novel, chronicles Olivia’s pain and rage at this betrayal. Associated Press reviewer Bruce DeSilva says the novel is a chilling tale of revenge, the wages of sin and Olivia’s gradual descent into madness.