THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'If you liked GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton. Engrossing. Suspenseful' Stephen KingWe've all seen him- the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime.But what about her- the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the wife who stands by him?Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted- her Prince Charming. Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil.But now Glen is dead and she's alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms.Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows.Du Maurier's REBECCA meets WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and GONE GIRL in this intimate tale of a terrible crime.'The ultimate psychological thriller' Lisa Gardner
Author Biography
Fiona Barton's debut, The Widow, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been published in thirty-five countries and optioned for television. Her second novel, The Child, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Born in Cambridge, Fiona currently lives in south-west France.Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.While working as a journalist, Fiona reported on many high-profile criminal cases and she developed a fascination with watching those involved, their body language and verbal tics. Fiona interviewed people at the heart of these crimes, from the guilty to their families, as well as those on the periphery, and found it was those just outside the spotlight who interested her most . . .
