"The ultimate psychological thriller." (Lisa Gardner). We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. But what about the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the woman who stands by him? Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted: her Prince Charming. Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil. But now Glen is dead and she's alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms. Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows. Du Maurier's Rebecca meets We Need To Talk About Kevin and Gone Girl in this intimate tale of a terrible crime. "My book of the year so far." (C L Taylor, author of The Lie).
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"Feted as this year's The Girl on the Train" OBSERVER "The big thriller of the year" STYLIST "The ultimate psychological thriller. Barton carefully unspools this dark, intimate tale of a terrible crime, a stifling marriage, and the lies spouses tell not just to each other, but to themselves in order to make it through. The ending totally blew me away." LISA GARDNER "The most buzzed about book of 2016" HEAT "Stunning from start to finish. I devoured it in one sitting. The best book I've read this year. If you liked GONE GIRL, you'll love this. Fiona Barton is a major new talent." M J Arlidge
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An Amazon Rising Star of Spring 2016: If you are the kind of reader who likes a story that explores the intrigues, lies and concealed truths that exist between husband and wife, then Fiona Barton’s debut novel The Widow is the book for you. For fans of the psychological thriller genre, the writer has created a gripping tale about a woman who is forced to confront her husband’s gruesome past when she suddenly loses him in an accident.
Over the years, Jean stood by her husband, who was suspected of committing a heinous crime. Four years earlier, a little girl named Bella disappeared from the front of her home, and was never found. The police investigation led the authorities to Glen, Jean’s husband. The courts found Glen to be not guilty, due to lack of substantial evidence; however in the public’s eye he remained the culprit. For years Jean quietly lived with the accusing glances of the neighbors, all the while playing the perfect wife.
After Glen’s death, she is visited by a reporter who is interested in telling her side of the story. With him no longer around, she is no longer bound to be silent or faithful. The story line jumps back and forth in time, while Jean opens up about her experience, the readers also follow the police investigation into the disappearance of Bella.
There are natural comparisons to Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, while all three books revolve around similar themes, the outcome of The Widow is vastly different, one that will leave the reader exhilarated, in a way that compelling books often do. -Amazon.in Editorial Reviews
