THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK' If you liked GONE GIRL & THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton Engrossing Suspenseful' Stephen King 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 her the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs
- the wife 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 & 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 & GONE GIRL in this intimate tale of a terrible crime ' The ultimate psychological thriller' Lisa Gardner Fiona Barton's tantalising new thriller THE CHILD is available to buy now


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The new novel from the author of the Sunday Timesbestseller The Silversmith's Wife stunning historical fiction perfect for ...

FINALIST FOR THE 2018 MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARDThis chilling novel from the bestselling award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends the gothic allure of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca & the crazed undertones of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with the twisty contemporary edge of ASA Harrison's The Silent Wife-a harrowing tale of psychological suspense set in New York's Hudson Valley When Jess & Clare Martin move from Williamsburg Brooklyn to their former college town in the Hudson River valley they are hoping for rejuvenation-of their marriage their savings & Jess's writing career They take a caretaker's job at Riven House a crumbling estate & the home of their old college writing professor While Clare once had dreams of being a writer those plans fell by the wayside when Jess made a big splashy literary debut in their twenties It's been years now since his first novel The advance has long been spent Clare's hope is that the pastoral beauty & nostalgia of the Hudson Valley will offer some inspiration But their new life isn't all quaint town libraries & fragrant apple orchards There is a haunting pall that hangs over Riven House like a funeral veil Something is just not right Soon Clare begins to hear babies crying at night see strange figures in fog at the edge of their property Diving into the history of the area she realizes that Riven House has a dark & anguished past & whatever this thing is-this menacing force that destroys the inhabitants of the estate-it seems to be after Clare next ...

The powerful new saga from Jennie Felton in her Families of Fairley Terrace series in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn Dilly Court Maggie Hope & Josephine Cox of secrets romance drama & triumph in the wake of a bitter tragedy She'd do anything to keep her children safe Carina Talbot's life is shattered when her beloved husband Robert is found dead in mysterious circumstances Suddenly she must take on sole responsibility for their two young children & find a way to continue running the farm which was Robert's pride & joy
- not to mention prevent Sally her beautiful & headstrong sister-in-law from making choices that will affect them all Help comes in the form of two new men in her life local landowner Lord Cal Melbrook a scarred war hero whose surly temperament seemingly masks a generous heart & a mysterious stranger who claims to have been friends with Robert & offers a much-needed hand on the farm But can Carina truly trust the motives of either man? & as a woman alone can she keep her vow to protect her children from further tragedy? Don't miss the rest of the Families of Fairley Terrace series which began with Maggie's story in All The Dark Secrets & continued with Lucy's story in The Miner's Daughter & Edie's story in The Girl Below Stairs
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Three-part ITV drama about real-life killer Malcolm Webster & the crimes he committed in the 1990s When his wife Claire (Sheridan Smith) becomes suspicious about unpaid bills & credit card debts Webster (Reece Shearsmith) at the time working as a nurse poisons her & deliberately crashes their car setting it on fire & leaving her inside Three years later he marries Felicity Drumm (Kate Fleetwood) in New Zealand & soon after begins plotting her murder in order to receive money from forged life insurance policies His plan fails however & with Felicity now aware of Webster&s true nature he leaves the country & moves onto a potential third victim Simone Banarjee (Archie Panjabi) Will investigating Detective Inspector Charlie Henry (John Hannah) catch Webster before it&s too late? ...

Wolitzer has masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership & the truth that behind the compromises dedication & promise inherent in marriage there so often lies a secret'A triumph of tone & observation The Wife is a blithe brilliant take on sexual politics' Lorrie Moore 224 pages Wolitzer Meg ...

Now a New York Times top-ten bestseller'A fiendishly clever thriller in the vein of Gone Girl & The Girl on the Train This one will keep you guessing'
- Anita Shreve author of The Stars are Fire When you read this book you will make many assumptions It's about a jealous wife obsessed with her replacement It's about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman You will assume you know the motives the history the anatomy of the relationships You will be wrong The Wife Between Us is the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen; a gripping thriller with film rights sold to the creators of The Girl On the Train
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When you read this book you will make many assumptions It's about a jealous wife obsessed with her replacement It's about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman You will assume you know the motives the history the anatomy of the relationships You will be wrong The Wife Between Us is the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen ...

' Those husbands that I had Three of them were good & two were bad The three that I call "good" were rich & old' One of the most bawdy entertaining & popular stories from The Canterbury Tales Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343-1400) Chaucer's works available in Penguin Classics are The Canterbury Tales Love Visions & Troilus & Criseyde ...

The classic respected series in a stunning new design This edition of The Wife of Bath's Prologue & Tale from the highly-respected ...