'Ward writes with the same compelling energy as you get in a blockbuster Netflix series' Daily Mail 'Filled with unexpected twists' Sarah Pekkanen Maddie and Ian's romance began when he was serving in the British Army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend Jo in Europe. Now sixteen years later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when an accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian's PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son Charlie; and the couple's tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, the years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of shocking crime. But what in this beautiful home has gone so terribly bad? READERS LOVE THE IDEAL WIFE 'Couldn't put it down' 5* reader review 'An ending like no other' 5* reader review 'Extremely twisty' 5* reader review 'Brilliant, thrilling, twisty' 5* reader review 'Enthralling and fast-paced' 5* reader review