The Wife and the Widow
DomesticAdded on January 14, 2026
Description
The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child, Christian White.Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband's secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she's forced to confront the evidence of her husband's guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the whole story about the men in their lives. Brilliant and beguiling, The Wife and The Widow takes you to a cliff edge and asks the question: how well do we really know the people we love?
Reader Reviews
OMG!OMG!OMG! I’m not a religious person but any example masterpiece writing is a quite definition of finding the real miracle in the earth for me. And this book is impeccable, detailed, surprising, mind-blowing, so smartly written.I wish I had a chance to clone this author’s special gift and brain cells and have them transplanted into my miserable head!This mean genius author literally plays an unfair game with your mind. It’s impossible to win against him because he is too intelligent. I fooled
“If we don’t talk about the monsters in this world, we won’t be ready for them when they jump out from under the bed.”The Wife and the Widow is a dark and twisty psychological thriller. It’s tightly wound and compulsively readable--so tightly wound that I read right through the twist! It’s subtle and intelligently written. It’s best to go in blind, so that’s all I am going to say! I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
WOW!! I did not see that coming!After what felt like a very slow start the book just suddenly "clicked." That feeling when the light comes on, clouds part, while the story-line sets its hook, never letting you go! So captivating in fact, I polished it off in one day. Granted it’s not a long book by any means, but I’m not a book-a-day reader!Now, as with most great thrillers, the less you know going in the better your experience. Sooooo…no spoilers here! Just know that you’re in for one bumpy, cr
