All Jeanie Taylor wanted was a "normal" life. She married
Glen Taylor believing she would get exactly that. Glen
is handsome and has a great
job at a bank. He is older than Jeanie, and she is happy to
yield to his decisions as she finds him to be a mature
provider. Jeanie has a job in a hair salon she enjoys
even though she feels she would be further along in her
duties by this time.
Another thing Jeanie wants desperately and has expected
to happen for them is the birth of a child. The fact that
it
has not happened is a crushing disappointment to her.
However, the worst is yet to come into her life when Glen
is
accused of a horrific crime. Of course, he denies it and
Jeanie stands by him through all of the police
interrogations and trials. In addition, they have reporters
camped out on their doorstep constantly as well as hounding
them everywhere they go.
Finally, things begin to calm down. Just as they do,
though,
Glen is suddenly dead. Jeanie is left alone. The reporters
are back as are the
police. Jeanie
holds a terrible secret regarding her husband and the crime
he was accused of committing. She has been harboring this
secret for so long, and now she feels she is about to
explode if she continues to keep this secret much longer.
She might be ready to share her secret with the world.
Fiona Barton has created a tense, mesmerizing story in THE
WIDOW. Told from the viewpoints of the widow Jeanie, the
reporter Kate Waters, the police detective Bob Sparkes, and
a few other key players in the plots, I was drawn into this
tale from the very first page. THE WIDOW tells its story
without giving away the full secret until the end. The
facts
are there and the way the emotions were involved for all
of the characters made me a part of things. I felt as if I
was right there with each character as they enacted their
individual roles.
It is clear that Fiona Barton is a writer to watch in the
future. She is a genius at spinning a tale of mystery and
keeping her readers on the edge of their seats as they are
led down the path she wants them to travel. THE WIDOW
is everything a great mystery should be, and I consumed
it properly and with relish. There were moments I
could not wait to see how everything would end and would
sit
up into the night reading.
Reading THE WIDOW is an exercise in pleasure for that
detective who resides somewhere in all of us. Do yourself a
supreme favor and pick up a copy today. You might not get
any sleep tonight, but it will be well worth it.
For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.
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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