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| Title | : | The Widow (Kate Waters #1) |
| Author | : | Fiona Barton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 324 pages |
| Published | : | February 16th 2016 by NAL (first published January 14th 2016) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Audiobook |
Fiona Barton
Hardcover | Pages: 324 pages Rating: 3.49 | 83160 Users | 8514 Reviews
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When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happen...But that woman’s husband died last week. And Jean doesn’t have to be her anymore.
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 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…
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| Original Title: | The Widow |
| ISBN: | 1101990260 (ISBN13: 9781101990261) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kate Waters #1 |
| Setting: | Southampton, England London, England(United Kingdom) England |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2016) |
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Ratings: 3.49 From 83160 Users | 8514 ReviewsAssessment About Books The Widow (Kate Waters #1)
I really liked the premise of this read and had high hopes for it. It is the story of Jean Taylor whose husband Glen is the suspect of a horrific crime. We have all seen women like Jean on the news, standing beside their husbands on the court steps, looking supportive, being their rocks. But, what is going on inside their minds? Do they really believe their husbands cries of innocence or are they covering up for them, or indeed are they the masterminds behind the crime? It seemed like a pleasantOnce I finished this book, I had to let it settle in my mind for a little while. Now that Ive had time to reflect on it all, I believe the plot is well written and very crafty. Its a stinging rebuke, an accurate illustration of society and its underbelly, but is also a clever mystery. The characterizations are so vivid, they are hard to accept at times, and no, you probably wont care for most of the characters, except perhaps the detectives working the case, although they too have their foibles.
Oh dear. I SO wanted to love this one. The one everyone's going to be talking about apparently. Well yes, that's actually entirely possible - it is a novel of the type very much in the public eye at the moment, domestic noir, unreliable narrator, girls, sisters, daughters, wives or whatever and secrets.Fiona Barton writes extremely well in places, I have no problem whatsoever with that, knows how to pull you into a story yes, pootles around the reveals yes - The Widow has a high readability
3.5 starsI jumped at the chance to read an arc of the third book in this series, The Suspect, even though I hadn't read the previous books in the series. Fiona Barton has been one of those authors I have wanted to read for awhile. I really enjoyed the third book and decided to go back and catch up on what I missed. Definitely love her writing style and can't wait to read the second book.Jean Taylor and her husband were thrust into the spotlight after Glen was suspected of committing a crime.
Toddler Bella Elliott goes missing from the front yard of her home on an otherwise uneventful day. When the ensuing investigation leads to a seemingly unlikely suspect, everyone involved is put on display in the search for the truth and the missing child. And to say much of it is unflattering is an understatement, especially after the primary suspect is killed in a bizarre accident.The story is told in alternating points of view from the lead detective, a key reporter, the mother and the wife of
Does anyone want to start a letter writing campaign or club to ban misleading book jacket summaries? Cause I will provide snacks at all the meetings and get cutsie t-shirts made on my own damn dime.The book jacket for The Widow by Fiona Barton would have you believe that you are about to read a psychological thriller all about the widow of a man accused and found guilty (in the court of public opinion at least) of kidnapping and murdering a two year old girl who's remains have never been found.
3.5 stars As the story opens fortyish Glen Taylor has recently been killed when he tripped in front of an oncoming bus. As it happens Glen was the prime suspect in the disappearance of a two-year-old girl, Bella Elliot, who was kidnapped from an English suburb several years ago (and never found). Arrested and tried at the time, Glen got off because of a flawed police investigation. Glen's death reminds the public of his alleged misdeeds and his widow, Jean Taylor, is once again hounded by the
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