Product Description
My Lovely Wife
Author: Samantha Downing
Format: Paperback
The gripping Richard & Judy thriller that will give you chills this winter
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.
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
About the Author
Samantha Downing currently lives in the Bay Area. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards: The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.
Her second novel, He Started It, was also a Sunday Times bestseller. She has also written For Your Own Good and A Twisted Love Story.
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