My Lovely Wife
The gripping Richard & Judy thriller that will give you chills this winter
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK
HOW WELL DO YOU REALLY KNOW THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST?
Their life was just like yours. Nice house, great kids, the perfect life.
But they have a very dark secret.
You might think you've read stories like this before.
You're wrong.
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SHORTLISTED FOR ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL, THE EDGAR AWARD AND THE GOODREADS AWARDS. WINNER OF THE DEAD GOOD READER AWARDS.
'The twist at the end of the first chapter made me read through the night' Jane Corry, bestselling author of The Dead Ex
'The most gripping psychological thriller of 2019' Stylist
'The next Gone Girl' Marie Claire
'A twisty, audacious, Gone Girl-y psychological thriller. The book that everyone is going to be talking about' Red
'Wow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense' Harlan Coben
'Dexter meets Gone Girl - I loved this this brilliantly dark and twisted novel. One of the best books I've read this year' C.J. Tudor
'Absolutely unputdownable' Liv Constantine
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The discovery of a corpse in an abandoned Woodview, Fla., motel kick-starts Downing's taut debut. Police identify the victim as Lindsay, a young woman who went missing a year earlier and was apparently held captive for months before being strangled. This revelation shocks the book's 39-year-old unnamed narrator, since he and his wife, Millicent, were the ones who abducted Lindsay as part of a ploy to spice up their marriage. Millicent was supposed to have immediately killed and dumped Lindsay in a swamp, but she now claims that in order to distract the authorities, she changed their m.o. to match that of Owen Oliver Riley, a notorious local serial killer who escaped conviction. Millicent's husband initially relishes the idea of a suspicion-free killing spree, but quickly learns that resurrecting the local bogeyman has consequences. Downing's tale unfolds slowly and sinuously, building tension about the couples' fate while revealing the origins of their homicidal hobby. The first-person, present-tense narration makes readers feel uncomfortably complicit in all that transpires, underscoring the plot's grim and twisted nature. Readers will eagerly await Downing's next thriller. Author tour.)
