The Fake Wife, Sharon Bolton
The Fake Wife, Sharon Bolton
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The Fake Wife
An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with jaw-dropping twists from the author of THE SPLIT

Author: Sharon Bolton

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast, Frazer Hadfield

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 11/09/2023


Synopsis

'Sharon Bolton has written another cracker! The twists! The tension! The characters!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I honestly believe this is one of the best books that I've read this year!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I swear the twists and turns you will not see coming!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'You'll never guess where this book is going' SAMANTHA DOWNING
'Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in' JP DELANEY
'A thriller that had me desperate for answers. I loved it!' HARRIET TYCE

Olive Anderson is dining alone at a hotel when a glamourous stranger joins her table, pretending to be her wife. What starts as a thrilling game quickly turns into something dangerous. But as much as the fake wife has her secrets, Olive just might have more . . .

The Fake Wife is an unputdownable thriller that will shock and surprise you like the best television boxsets. If you enjoyed Netflix shows like Behind Her Eyes, The Stranger and Obsession you will love The Fake Wife.

(P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited

About Sharon Bolton

Sharon (formerly S J) Bolton lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and, occasionally, her grown up son and is working on her eighteenth novel; her eighth with Orion. Her first book, Sacrifice, was voted Best New Read by Amazon.uk, whilst her second, Awakening, won the 2010 Mary Higgins Clark Award (part of the prestigious Edgars) in the US. In 2014, she won the CWA Dagger in the Library. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, the CWA Steel Dagger, the Theakston's Prize for Best Thriller, the International Thriller Writers' Best First Novel award, the Prix Du Polar in France and the Martin Beck award in Sweden.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on September 11, 2023

4.5 rounded up Olive Anderson, wife of Labour MP Michael Anderson, is dining alone at a hotel in Hexham when a stranger unexpectedly joins her for dinner and what’s more she pretends they are wives. Olives quiet evening of the solitary contemplation of her life turns into something very different an......more


Quotes

This book was wild! I really enjoyed reading this. It was such a roller-coaster. The Fake Wife is a thriller that shocked me more than once! An engrossing story with wild twists, you'll never guess where this book is going. Sharon Bolton is an amazing, gifted writer Samantha Downing

The Fake Wife had me at page one - utterly addictive and absorbing. I had no idea where it was going, and couldn't stop reading until I found out Rachel Abbott

Full of the most delightful twists, where nothing and no one is exactly what they seem, this is a thriller of the highest quality that underlines how superb a storyteller Bolton has become. This is Patricia Highsmith territory - and there can be no higher praise. Daily Mail

A slick, utterly gripping thriller. Fabulous stuff! Caroline Green, author of THE WHISPER HOUSE

Sharon Bolton is the queen of thrills and suspense - The Fake Wife is gripping and pacy with twists to shock even the most seasoned thriller reader. It kept me on my toes from the first page to the last Lisa Hall

Pulse-pounding, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff: The Fake Wife had me turning pages at breakneck speed Carol Wyer, author of the DI Kate Young series

Thoroughly original, brilliantly plotted and utterly thrilling. Catherine Cooper

Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in and twists you won't see coming JP Delaney

The Fake Wife fooled me over and over again - I loved it. Sharon Bolton is a supremely talented plotter who creates unforgettable characters, and this story is one of her best Jane Casey

The Fake Wife totally gripped me. A pacy, page turning read with a cracker of a twist Heidi Perks