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My Lovely Wife

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9781405939300

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 266g

  • RRP: £8.99

My Lovely Wife

  • The gripping Richard & Judy thriller that will give you chills this winter

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK

HOW WELL DO YOU REALLY KNOW THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST?

Their life was just like yours. Nice house, great kids, the perfect life.

But they have a very dark secret.

You might think you've read stories like this before.

You're wrong.
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SHORTLISTED FOR ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL, THE EDGAR AWARD AND THE GOODREADS AWARDS. WINNER OF THE DEAD GOOD READER AWARDS.

'The twist at the end of the first chapter made me read through the night' Jane Corry, bestselling author of The Dead Ex

'The most gripping psychological thriller of 2019' Stylist

'The next Gone Girl' Marie Claire

'A twisty, audacious, Gone Girl-y psychological thriller. The book that everyone is going to be talking about' Red

'Wow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense' Harlan Coben

'Dexter meets Gone Girl - I loved this this brilliantly dark and twisted novel. One of the best books I've read this year' C.J. Tudor

'Absolutely unputdownable' Liv Constantine

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9781405939300

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 23mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 266g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • We're calling it: My Lovely Wife is the most gripping psychological thriller of 2019... this book will keep you reading late into the night

    Stylist

  • Dark, shocking and very witty, this wickedly good read will make you run screaming from the suburbs

    Heat

  • We're calling it now: Samantha Downing's creepy, sexy debut thriller is going to be the next Gone Girl.

    Marie Claire

  • So beautifully and elegantly written . . . the ending is amazing and there is a great twist. I loved it.

    Sophie Hannah

  • I pretty much inhaled this twisty, audacious, Gone Girl-y psychological thriller. This is the book that everyone is going to be talking about this summer. I can't shut up about it!

    Red, The best Spring crime novels and thrillers

  • A genuinely fresh take on the psychological thriller genre. Expect dark humour and more loop-the-loops than a roller coaster

    Good Housekeeping

  • A dark and irresistible debut

    People

  • My Lovely Wife is a knockout. It's an effortless page-turner

    Publishers Weekly

  • Domestic noir has rarely been darker . . . it's a psychological shocker

    i

  • Utterly gripping . . . Expect more twists and turns than a bowl of spaghetti and block out a whole day to read this, because you won't want to sleep until you're done

    Red Online

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About the Author

Samantha Downing

Samantha Downing was born in the Bay Area, and currently lives in New Orleans. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards: The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. There will also be a forthcoming film adaptation, produced by Nicole Kidman. Her second novel, He Started It, was also a Sunday Times bestseller.

Samantha Downing

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