Wife and the Widow

The second standalone thriller from Christian White, the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child.

Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she’s forced to confront the evidence of her husband’s guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the whole story about the men in their lives.

Brilliant and beguiling, The Wife and The Widow takes you to a cliff edge and asks the question: how well do we really know the people we love?

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Published Feb 9, 2021

336 pages

Average rating: 7.29

45 RATINGS

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WINcat
Jan 24, 2023
7/10 stars
Complicated but well structured, this mystery runs deep into the past: set in a small town on a seasonal vacation island with hidden secrets. I had some difficulty with the time transitions, but that could be my fault reading myself to sleep. The resolution was very dramatic - I guess you could call it a psychological slow burn, but whatever label you use read it!

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