She's not the first. Will she live to be the last?
Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she's already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she's desperate to believe she's found true love. That her lifelong dream could finally become a reality.
But Jennifer also knows there's something not right about Steven. What secrets is he hiding about his dead wife, Margaret, and why does he refuse to talk about her?
Jennifer decides to uncover the truth about Margaret. She soon wishes she hadn't. Is she about to make a devastating mistake?
Priscilla Masters is the author of the popular DI Joanna Piercy series, as well as the successful Martha Gunn novels and a series of forensic psychiatrist mysteries featuring Dr Claire Roget. She lives near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border. A retired respiratory nurse, Priscilla has two grown-up sons and two grandsons.
Title: The Subsequent Wife
Author: Masters, Priscilla
ISBN: 9781448308743
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-05-26
Number of Pages: 336
Weight: 0.4621 kg
Fans of Jonathan Kellerman and Tess Gerritsen will appreciate this * Booklist *
The tension builds slowly but inexorably as the heroine uncovers shocking revelations * Kirkus Reviews *
Gripping . Silence of the Lambs fans will want to check this out * Publishers Weekly on A Game of Minds *
A page-turner that keeps you reading, with well-drawn characters who make it a pleasure * Kirkus Reviews on A Game of Minds *
Masters has another successful, character-driven series ahead * Booklist on Dangerous Minds *
A tense cat-and-mouse game ... A twist ending * Publishers Weekly on Dangerous Minds *