Sarah Pekkanen’s The Women in White offers an engaging blend of psychological suspense, historical mystery, and paranormal intrigue. While the novel explores unsettling ethical questions about scientific experimentation, it remains an accessible page-turner with crisp prose, short chapters, and enough twists to keep readers invested until the final pages. If you’re looking for a thriller that combines a decades-old conspiracy with supernatural elements while remaining easy to read, this one is well worth adding to your list.
The novel unfolds across two timelines. In 1964, Betty is a young newlywed whose greatest ambition is simply to be a good wife. That changes when her husband, Douglas, discovers that she possesses an unusual psychic gift. Hoping to advance his academic career, he introduces Betty to Dr. Trimble, a respected university researcher studying parapsychology.
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