The New Wife - Sue Watson

Genre: Mystery | Thriller | Domestic Thriller | Psychological Thriller

Release Date: Expected 19th November 2021

Publisher: Bookouture

Sam is finally marrying his childhood sweetheart, Lauren, and his mother Georgie couldn't be prouder of him. He'd grown into a caring, compassionate man nothing like his abusive father. She can't wait for Lauren to officially be the Daughter she'd always wanted and to have even more family to love. It really was Happily Ever After.

Until it wasn't. Just three months later, she gets a call from Sam telling her Lauren was dead.

As the investigation starts, she can't help but feel there's something not quite right about the way Lauren died. Sam won't even look her in the eye, and she's starting to notice things about him, about his marriage that she didn't see before. So when she gets a chance to do a little investigation of her own while looking after their empty home, she finds out her daughter-in-law wasn't who she thought. It looks like everyone she loved was holding onto secrets that could be deadly … it's too late for Lauren, but hopefully not for her and Sam.

"Who really knows what a person could do, until they are tested?"

Sue Watson has always had a masterful control over the settings to her stories and this is no exception. In this gripping domestic thriller, Watson crafted the perfect location - using isolated, beautiful backdrops and contrasting it with horrifying events to keep the reader feeling very alone and in total suspense.

A real page-turner, full of whip-smart twists and misdirection, The New Wife truly keeps the reader guessing until the answer is right in front of you - leaving you suspicious of everyone and not knowing who to trust.

I'd like to say I figured out who the real suspect was - but that's only because I suspected everyone at one point or another.

This hard-hitting, sinister story explores just how far people are willing to go for the people they love. We see the families fracture, each manifesting their grief and anger in different ways and not sure who's grieving and who's feeling guilty.

The Princess of Plot Twists strikes again with this one!

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Content Warnings: Underage relationships, cheating, violence, death, pregnancy and fertility.

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