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The second standalone thriller from Christian White, the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child.

Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what…

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1 author picked The Wife and the Widow as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was impressed by how well White crafted this thriller to keep me guessing what actually happened till the closing pages. The plot twist took me completely by surprise, and that rarely happens.

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