The Husband's Secret
Characters in The Husband's Secret
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Cecilia Fitzpatrick
An organized, high-achieving mother of three and Tupperware businesswoman whose orderly life is upended by a letter she was never meant to read.
Tess O'Leary
A marketing professional who retreats to Sydney with her young son after her husband and cousin blindside her.
Rachel Crowley
A school secretary consumed by grief and suspicion decades after a devastating loss.
Supporting characters
John-Paul Fitzpatrick
Cecilia's charming, well-liked husband, whose long-buried secret sits at the heart of the novel.
Connor Whitby
A PE teacher at St Angela's who becomes entangled with Tess and falls under old suspicions.
Felicity (The Husband's Secret)
Tess's cousin and lifelong best friend, whose relationship with Tess's husband Will detonates Tess's marriage.
Will (The Husband's Secret)
Tess's husband and business partner, whose confession that he has fallen for her cousin Felicity sends Tess back to Sydney.