The Widow
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Fiona Barton
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A twisted psychological thriller you’ll have trouble putting down.”—People“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 KingFollowing the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.There’s a lot Jean hasn’t said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment. Now her husband is dead, and there’s no reason to stay quiet. There are people who want to hear her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can tell them that there were secrets. There always are in a marriage. The truth—that’s all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything...An NPR Best Book of the YearOne of The Wall Street Journal’s 5 “Killer Books” of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearIncludes a Readers Guide and an excerpt of Fiona Barton’s The Child.
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Author
Fiona Barton
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2016-02-16
ISBN
1101990465 9781101990469
Ratings
Google: 4
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"This was an odd book, but I liked it. It was a quick domestic thriller and has some interesting twists and turns. It isn't anything spectacular, but it's enjoyable. I'll be reading Barton's next book!"
Emily
"This book sucked so bad"
B S
Brandy Schluterman
"Absolutely a must read. Dark, and you never knew what was coming next. Probably my favorite book. Ending was the best plot twist I’ve ever seen"
Katie
"This book is a thrilling story of a wife, now widow. The story is told from multiple points of view and surrounds the tale of her husband's fetish turned kidnapping. I couldn't put this book down! "
Nicole Jessica
"Fantastic!"
alyhope232
"Twisty fun book with lots of surprises around every page "
M M
Mike Melara
"The Widow follows three points of view -the widow, the journalist, the detective- after the death of an accused child murderer. Readers will find the idea of a woman who stands beside her possibly murderous husband interesting, though the investigative aspects leave much to be desired. The police have little to no leads and fail to convict their only real suspect – Glen Taylor, a man proclivity towards child ***********. Those who enjoy the suspense of not being entirely certain of what the main character knows or what she doesn’t know will enjoy this one. <br/><br/>I kind of hated this book. This is probably because I really enjoy likeably characters and these characters were far from likeable. I found Jean, our main character, just as creepy as Glen and the draconian cleanliness that they both had drove me a little nuts. I love an unreliable narrator but it didn’t draw me in the way that other stories with this aspect have done. I would recommend this one to readers who enjoy flawed, unlikable characters, cold cases and multiple points of view. <br/>"
Dakota
"Despite the log line, this is not at all like Gone Girl or Girl on the Train, which in my opinion is a good thing. It isn’t really a thriller or a suspense - it deals with some difficult issues like child ****. This book was so creepy. Everything about Glen just was so disturbing, but yet I could not put it down."
"Not going to lie, this book was hard to get through. I enjoyed the way the author wrote it, I just couldn't get behind the story as much"
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Allie Peduto
"While I truly enjoyed the different readers lending strong personas to each POV character, the time jumps did not correlate well to audiobook. I spent too much time figuring out where I was in time to enjoy an otherwise good story."
Nikaya Smith
