[A] gripping thriller… Everybody has a nasty side, but that’s just one of the pleasures of this cunning whodunit. A devious plot is another. Hamilton knows how to keep the pages turning.” —Publishers Weekly
"If there ever was a story about being careful what you wish for, this is it. A phenomenal read!” — Hannah Mary McKinnon, international bestselling author of Sister Dear
"I could not tear myself away as Marie claimed the life of her dead friend Nina with devastating consequences. This is a five-star, one-sitting read." Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle
"The Last Wife is a deliciously dark and gripping psychological thriller with a fascinating central character that will keep you hooked until the last page." Olivia Kiernan, author of Too Close to Breathe
"What a twisty ride! You are going to love this book." Lesley Kara, bestselling author of The Rumour
"The Last Wife is a clever, addictive psychological thriller with a twisting, page-turning plot and a compelling and complicated central character...Fans of The Perfect Girlfriend will love this second book by Karen Hamilton’ Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl
"Fast-moving and fun, with an obsessive, machiavellian, yet enjoyably self-aware narrator."—The Observer
"Fans of The Perfect Girlfriend will love Hamilton's latest, and The Last Wife is an utterly compelling, addictive read...it is the kind of book you finish in one sitting, with enough twists to keep you guessing until the final page."—Press Association
A “twisted page-turner that should appeal to fans of You”.—Entertainment Weekly.com on The Perfect Girlfriend
“Funny, creepy, surprising, scary, and exhilarating.”—Publishers Weekly on The Perfect Girlfriend
"Original, surprising, and addictive all the way to the very last page." -Kimberly Belle, bestselling author, on The Perfect Girlfriend
"A terrifying and addictive tale of misguided love and laser-focused revenge. I loved it!" -Kaira Rouda, USA TODAY bestselling author on The Perfect Girfriend
"A brilliant example of how to master voice, and a protagonist, Juliette, who is terrifying!" - Ali Land on The Perfect Girlfriend
"So addictive it should come with a warning" - Alice Feeney, NYT bestselling author, on The Perfect Girlfriend
"One of the best twisted narrators I've ever read. Perfect indeed!" - C.J. Tudor on The Perfect Girlfriend
"I genuinely couldn't put it down - Juliette is such a compelling character. Totally gripping and thrillingly different. I loved it" - Laura Marshall on The Perfect Girlfriend
"The perfect holiday read... Just watch out for the cabin crew!" - Holly Cave, author of The Memory Chamber, on The Perfect Girlfriend
"Beautifully written, a compulsive read. Compelling from start to finish" - Amanda Robson, author of Obsession, on The Perfect Girlfriend
"Grabbed me and wouldn't let me go... Taut, funny and outrageous" - Isabel Costello, author of Paris Mon Amour, on The Perfect Girlfriend
"A dramatic and intense psychological read."—Woman and Home
02/01/2020
Following the LJ-starred Our House, which was Candlish's U.S. debut, The Other Couple features middle-aged Clare and Jamie and the young couple they befriend, the upwardly aspiring Melia and Kit, until one day Kit vanishes after being seen arguing with Jamie on their regular ferryboat commute. Giller Prize winner Coady's Watching You Without Me opens with Karen back home in Novia Scotia after her mother's unexpected death, tending to her sister full-time and depending on her mother's old caregiver, Trevor, of whom she becomes increasingly suspicious. In JP Delaney's Playing Nice, the Riley and Lambert families are devastated to learn that their two-year-olds were switched at birth—and it gets worse. A prize finalist in Australia, Downes brings us disappointed thespian Emily Proudman, who thinks she's found The Safe Place she needs when she agrees to become housekeeper/nanny at the French estate of the Dennys—but her employers' dark secrets will out. In debuter Glass's Someone's Listening, scandal-ridden psychologist and radio star Faith Finley attends the launch of her new book with her husband, but when her car crashes afterward, the police claim he was not with her (70,000-copy first printing). In Hamilton's The Last Wife, Marie promises to watch over terminally ill friend Nina's family, but after Nina's death she starts uncovering uncomfortable intimations about what happened on a long-ago vacation they took in Ibiza that left Marie's boyfriend dead (200,000-copy paperback and 10,000-copy hardcover first printing). Finally, in Harriet Tyce's The Lies You Told, anxious mom Sadie Roper, newly single and newly reemployed as a barrister, is thrilled to win the attention of Liza, queen-bee mother at her children's school—but at what cost? From the author of Blood Orange; with a 40,000-copy first printing.
