The Widow

A highly enjoyable first novel... Gripping * READER'S DIGEST * Will keep you gripped till the end * CANDIS * The Widow is generating a huge buzz * SUNDAY MAIL * Next year's The Girl on the Train * THE BOOKSELLER * Gritty, emotional and so believable * ESSENTIALS * A terrifically chilling exploration of the darkness at the heart of a seemingly ordinary marriage, the life of quiet desperation behind a neat suburban door. Gripping and horribly plausible * Tammy Cohen * A terrifically chilling exploration of the darkness at the heart of a seemingly ordinary marriage, the life of quiet desperation behind a neat suburban door. Gripping and horribly plausible * Tammy Cohen * 'A brilliant, enthralling debut' * Jill Mansell * She tells her tale with a realism and restraint that add to its shattering impact * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * A skilful, tautly written thriller * RED * A complex, intriguing heroine and a dark, unsettling story makes this a real page-turner. * Woman & Home * A cleverly conceived, interesting novel * LITERARY REVIEW * A book you'll drop everything to whip through * GLAMOUR * Dark, compelling and utterly unputdownable. My book of the year so far * C. L. Taylor, author of THE ACCIDENT and THE LIE * An unsettling, compulsive tale * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * Stunning from start to finish. I devoured it in one sitting. The best book I've read this year. If you liked GONE GIRL, you'll love this. Fiona Barton is a major new talent. * M J Arlidge * The most buzzed about book of 2016 * HEAT * The ultimate psychological thriller. Barton carefully unspools this dark, intimate tale of a terrible crime, a stifling marriage, and the lies spouses tell not just to each other, but to themselves in order to make it through. The ending totally blew me away. * LISA GARDNER * The big thriller of the year * STYLIST * Feted as this year's The Girl on the Train * OBSERVER *