My husband was not a monster. No matter what they say…
The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they’d connected him to the disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village.
Now I stand at Michael’s funeral, clutching my little girl’s hand, with tears in my eyes as I insist to all our friends that he died an innocent man. Yet the questions have started, and nothing I say will stop them digging for the truth.
But none of them can read the secrets in my heart, or know about the phone I found hidden in his toolbox…
I’m determined that my daughter will not remember her father as a monster. I will erase any hint of wrongdoing in this house whatever the cost.
Because to keep my daughter safe, the last thing I need is for people to start looking at me…
A completely gripping psychological thriller from the author of the number one bestseller The Marriage. If you like Gone Girl, The Girl on The Train and The Wife Between Us then you will love The Widow.
Kim is the number one bestselling author of sixteen psychological crime thrillers. She has sold over two million copies of her books worldwide. She has also written four Carnegie-nominated Young Adult novels as Kim Slater for Macmillan Children’s Books. Kim has an MA in Creative Writing and lives with her husband in a small Nottinghamshire village in England.
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Told from lots of different points of view, this thriller from K.L. Slater has lots of twists and turns.
Kate and Michael Shaw have been happily married for over ten years and live in a Small village where they are popular, with their little girl, Tansy, who attends the local primary school. That is until after a bad day Michael walks in front of a lorry. Suspicion has arisen in the village, and they aren’t supported by the locals, instead Kate and Tansy are being driven out but we follow Kate as she tries to make sense of her life with Michael and her many unanswered questions and faces her worst fears.
The plot is really well written, at first, I wasn’t sure this was the book for me, the first couple of chapters didn’t pull me in the way they usually do but it picked up from there and I became enchanted, I needed to know what had happened and I can assure you it wasn’t what I had expected at first. Even when I did guess it didn’t quite turn out how I had imagined. The dialogue, of which there is a lot, is realistic as are the actions of the characters.
I found the characters to be well described and mostly realistic. Kate does appear to enjoy poor Donna’s poor relationship a little too much at times though she tries to be a kind, caring and concerned friend. I like the way the two friends drop everything to support the other in their time of need and care for each other’s children though there are many times when the relationship is strained, they do appear to get over it very quickly.
The ending was not what I had expected, I had guessed ‘who done it’ but not for the reasons stated and couldn’t have guessed how it was found out. Kate didn’t appear to be as relieved as I would have imagined and the ending for Aleks and Suzy was a little too easy and convenient, not quite as believable as it should have been.
Overall, I really enjoyed this story and would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good thriller. Though not the best of the selection, K.L. Slater never fails to deliver!
Thanks to the Author, Publisher and Netgalley for an Advanced Review Copy (ARC) in exchange for an honest review.
| Title | The Widow |
| Author | K.L. Slater |
| Series | N/A |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 392 Pages |
| Genre | Mystery & Thrillers |
| Publisher | Bookouture |
| Release Date | 12th November 2021 |
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