Suspense, Kidnapping, Murder 

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of 2016 One of The Wall Street Journal s 5 Killer Books of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife There s a lot Jean hasn t said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing She was too busy being the perfect wife standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment Now her husband is dead and there s no reason to stay quiet There are people who want to hear her story They want to know what it was like living with that man She can tell them that there were secrets There always are in a marriage The truth that s all anyone wants But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything READERS GUIDE INSIDE Includes a preview of Fiona Barton s new hardcover The Child coming in June 2017 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife There s a lot Jean hasn t said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing She was too busy being the perfect wife standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment Now her husband is dead and there s no reason to stay quiet There are people who want to hear her story They want to know what it was like living with that man She can tell them that there were secrets There always are in a marriage The truth that s all anyone wants But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything - from Amzon