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The Lottery Winner Widows Club
- Author Elly Vine
- Narrator Virginia Grainger
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- Publish Date 26 March 2026
- Run Time 11 hours and 43 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
'An absolute hoot' MILLY JOHNSON
'Riotously funny, gripping and twisty' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
'Fun, fabulous and a force to be reckoned with' LUCY DIAMOND
'If you binged Bad Sisters, you'll adore this' KATE RIORDAN
Paula is having a surreal week. Having just lost her husband, John, in a freak car accident, she's utterly gobsmacked when, two days later, she wins the lottery - with the ticket he bought.
Just as she thinks things can't get crazier, Paula is approached by a tight-knit trio of glamorous women - also jackpot winners - with dead husbands, suspiciously large bank accounts . . . and a very specific interest in Paula.
They tell her that they've been where she is now. That grief looks good on her. That freedom does, too. There's just one problem: Paula didn't kill her husband. She loved him, of course.
But something about their world - lavish, secretive, thrilling - is hard to resist. And when word of Paula's jackpot win spreads and others come sniffing around for a share, she's faced with the ultimate choice: hold onto her old life, or accept help from her new friends, whose methods are a little more . . . unconventional.
Twisty, mischievous, and deliciously dark, The Lottery Winner Widows Club is a story of luck, lies, and the dangerous appeal of starting over, from a fresh new voice in the crime world.
MORE PRAISE FOR THE LOTTERY WINNER WIDOWS CLUB:
'Joyous, dark and devilishly funny' - EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
'A funny and touching crime romp' - CLAIRE MCGOWAN
'A riotously funny romp of a read with a wonderful cast of characters' - MIKE GAYLE
'This book is so good it's criminal' - DAISY BUCHANAN
'A riotous romp. Fun, funny and full of heart' - ASIA MACKAY
'A super fun book about female friendship and solidarity' - JULIE MAE COHEN
'Truly original' - SOPHIE COUSENS
'The feel-good novel par excellence! I bloody loved it' - HARPER FORD
'Full of humour and deliciously deadly intent' - KATE STOREY
'Such a joy! A true escape' - LAURA PEARSON
'Deliciously fun with a delightful cast of characters' - FIONA GIBSON
'This book is a knockout' - KIRSTY GREENWOOD
'People always say 'I laughed out loud' but they hardly ever do? I ACTUALLY DID! A lot!' - CAROLINE CORCORAN
'The perfect blend of darkness and humour' - KATE WESTON
'Utterly delicious' - LAURA WOOD
'Hilarious, twisty and hugely satisfying' - LUCY NICHOL
'First Wives Club meets Bad Sisters' - ZAC HAMMETT
'An emotional depth I didn't see coming' - REBECCA RYAN
'An absolute slam-dunk. Wildly funny and wholly bingeable' - ROSIE WALSH
'Will make you laugh, cheer and weep - sometimes all at once' - JUSTIN MYERS
'A perfect read' - SALMA EL-WARDANY
'The twist shook me to my core' - OLIVIA BEIRNE
'A fabulously enjoyable romp' - PJ ELLIS
'Bags of fun and warmth' - HANNAH DOYLE
'Perfect mix of comedy and drama' - JULIE HAWORTH
'We Solve Murders meets First Wives Club' - KATIE MARSH
'Glam, sassy and oh so dark' - JACK STRANGE
'A deliciously dark revenge-fest' - LESLEY MCDOWELL
'Expect laughs, sobs and cheers' - LIZZIE HUXLEY-JONES
'Hilarious and full of heart' - NICCI CLOKE
'Riotously funny, gripping and twisty' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
'Fun, fabulous and a force to be reckoned with' LUCY DIAMOND
'If you binged Bad Sisters, you'll adore this' KATE RIORDAN
Meet The Lottery Winner Widows Club - a fabulous, filthy-rich sisterhood whose husbands all hit the jackpot . . . and then mysteriously dropped dead.
Paula is having a surreal week. Having just lost her husband, John, in a freak car accident, she's utterly gobsmacked when, two days later, she wins the lottery - with the ticket he bought.
Just as she thinks things can't get crazier, Paula is approached by a tight-knit trio of glamorous women - also jackpot winners - with dead husbands, suspiciously large bank accounts . . . and a very specific interest in Paula.
They tell her that they've been where she is now. That grief looks good on her. That freedom does, too. There's just one problem: Paula didn't kill her husband. She loved him, of course.
But something about their world - lavish, secretive, thrilling - is hard to resist. And when word of Paula's jackpot win spreads and others come sniffing around for a share, she's faced with the ultimate choice: hold onto her old life, or accept help from her new friends, whose methods are a little more . . . unconventional.
Twisty, mischievous, and deliciously dark, The Lottery Winner Widows Club is a story of luck, lies, and the dangerous appeal of starting over, from a fresh new voice in the crime world.
MORE PRAISE FOR THE LOTTERY WINNER WIDOWS CLUB:
'Joyous, dark and devilishly funny' - EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
'A funny and touching crime romp' - CLAIRE MCGOWAN
'A riotously funny romp of a read with a wonderful cast of characters' - MIKE GAYLE
'This book is so good it's criminal' - DAISY BUCHANAN
'A riotous romp. Fun, funny and full of heart' - ASIA MACKAY
'A super fun book about female friendship and solidarity' - JULIE MAE COHEN
'Truly original' - SOPHIE COUSENS
'The feel-good novel par excellence! I bloody loved it' - HARPER FORD
'Full of humour and deliciously deadly intent' - KATE STOREY
'Such a joy! A true escape' - LAURA PEARSON
'Deliciously fun with a delightful cast of characters' - FIONA GIBSON
'This book is a knockout' - KIRSTY GREENWOOD
'People always say 'I laughed out loud' but they hardly ever do? I ACTUALLY DID! A lot!' - CAROLINE CORCORAN
'The perfect blend of darkness and humour' - KATE WESTON
'Utterly delicious' - LAURA WOOD
'Hilarious, twisty and hugely satisfying' - LUCY NICHOL
'First Wives Club meets Bad Sisters' - ZAC HAMMETT
'An emotional depth I didn't see coming' - REBECCA RYAN
'An absolute slam-dunk. Wildly funny and wholly bingeable' - ROSIE WALSH
'Will make you laugh, cheer and weep - sometimes all at once' - JUSTIN MYERS
'A perfect read' - SALMA EL-WARDANY
'The twist shook me to my core' - OLIVIA BEIRNE
'A fabulously enjoyable romp' - PJ ELLIS
'Bags of fun and warmth' - HANNAH DOYLE
'Perfect mix of comedy and drama' - JULIE HAWORTH
'We Solve Murders meets First Wives Club' - KATIE MARSH
'Glam, sassy and oh so dark' - JACK STRANGE
'A deliciously dark revenge-fest' - LESLEY MCDOWELL
'Expect laughs, sobs and cheers' - LIZZIE HUXLEY-JONES
'Hilarious and full of heart' - NICCI CLOKE
Critics Review
An absolute hoot. Full of lovely Elly Vine's signature warm and wicked humour. Twisty, turny, funny and absolutely marvellous. This has WINNER written all over it!
Brilliant! Riotously funny, gripping and twisty, and packs a real emotional punch too. The Lottery Winner Widows Club are the female friends we all need!
Riotously funny - this story of mysterious deaths, sisterhood and secrets will make you laugh, cheer and buy yourself a lottery ticket!
Joyous, dark, witty as hell. A devilishly funny celebration of female friendship and starting over. Elly Vine is an extraordinary writer and has performed an extraordinary feat of balancing lightness and darkness. Warm but thrilling, pacy but deep, hilarious and poignant. How has she done it? We demand to know! Vine has given us a girl gang comedy-thriller with a delicious whiff of sulphur. This book made me laugh, weep, and punch the air. An utter DELIGHT.
A truly original premise, which had me hooked from the start - a darkly funny tale with twists you won't see coming, and characters you'll be rooting for.
A RIOT - uplifting, feisty and fun, with so much heart. It's a joy to read, but it packs such a powerful punch. This book is so good it's criminal.
A riotously funny romp of a read with a wonderful cast of characters and plot twists you will not see coming - I loved it!
Really enjoyed this! A funny and touching crime romp.
A riotous romp through the bonds of female friendship with murder and (a lot of) money thrown in. Fun, funny and full of heart.
This is a super fun book about female friendship and solidarity. BRB, buying a lottery ticket and a spade so I can join this club!
The feel-good novel par excellence! Kickass women righting wrongs and reclaiming their own lives, all in fabulous style. Every character leapt off the page and the twists and turns of the story kept me guessing all the way. I bloody loved it!
Full of humour and deliciously deadly intent, I loved this colourful tale of murder, mayhem, friendship and self discovery!
Utterly delicious - spiky, poignant, and totally hilarious, I laughed and cried and could not put it down. If, like me, you grew up loving The First Wives Club but thought it needed more murders then this is the book for you.
Such a joy! I love a story about cross-generational female friendship! This novel is a true escape - funny, twisty and heartwarming. I loved the time I spent with these brilliant female characters.
What a blast of a read - a deliciously fun and entertaining novel with a delightful cast of characters to root for. It's a winner!
An absolute slam-dunk - touching and wildly funny, with just the right amount of darkness. This fabulous and wholly bingeable tale of female friendship and brave new starts had me gripped from the first page - I adored it!
This book is a knockout! Dark and twisty, but packed with so much heart and genuine laugh out loud moments, I didn't want it to end. This feminist crime caper is an empowering, uplifting, and throughly entertaining ride
The funniest book I've read in a long time and a recommend-to-everyone book for me. A brilliantly unique idea, cast with characters who are so well written and so loveable that you can't help but root for despite their morally questionable decisions. You know how we always say 'I laughed out loud' but people hardly ever do? I ACTUALLY DID! A lot!'
This book had me HOOKED! A wicked plot, a fierce cast of female characters and all of the charm and wit I've come to love in a Vine book. The twist shook me to my core and the entire book was an addictive, endearing joy from start to finish, with real heart and gravitas.
A fabulously enjoyable romp full of badly-behaved women you can't help but root for, with a real heart lurking under all the Porsches and pink fizz. Everyone who reads this is a winner.
The perfect blend of darkness and humour. Fast-paced and hilarious with a twist that you never see coming. Absolutely delicious.
A darkly fun and funny read, with an emotional depth that I didn't see coming. The escapism I didn't know I needed.
If anyone can put the fun in thriller its Elly Vine! A hilarious, twisty and hugely satisfying crime novel. You'll be batting for Paula and co from the off.
First Wives Club meets Bad Sisters in this effortlessly readable, laugh-out-loud funny crime debut from Elly Vine. With a page-turning story, a zany eye for the absurd and a killer twist, I was entertained from first page to last. But what left a lasting impression was its moving and insightful celebration of women who refuse to be overlooked.
Hilarious, funny, surprising, warm and brilliant. A perfect read.
A gripping, heart-wrenching and lively caper that will make you laugh, cheer and weep - sometimes all at once - packed with fabulous characters you'll long to drink champagne with.
This book is excellent, offering plenty of twists, turns and gasp-out-loud moments with bags of fun and warmth too. A true joy to read. Is it okay to consider joining my own Lottery Winner Widows Club? Asking for a friend . . .
The perfect mix of comedy and drama, I adored it!
This darkly hilarious ride through wealth, widowhood and female bonding is brilliant. If you binged Bad Sisters on TV, you'll adore this.
This is a deliciously dark revenge-fest, whose sharp wit and female camaraderie never underplay the dangers so many women face behind closed doors from the men in their lives. Vine takes a deadly serious issue and turns it into deadly action; we can't help cheering all the way.
Glam, sassy and oh so dark, The Lottery Winner Widows Club combines witty barbs with characters that keep you turning the page. You're in for a treat with this humorous thriller that still keeps its edge. I am officially an Elly Vine fan!
Reading this book is like winning the jackpot: heady, explosive and exciting in the extreme. It starts with a dead husband and went absolutely nowhere I expected until the triumphant ending. Elly Vine has created a pacy, hilarious thrill ride, full of glamorous settings and funny women who are hellbent on revenge. It's We Solve Murders meets First Wives Club and I devoured it in days. A big welcome to new crime queen Elly Vine!
Expect laughs, sobs and cheers in Vine's crime caper. Paula and the Widows might be my all-time fave girl gang. Hijinks, humour and heartache in bucketloads - I will be thinking of the Widows forever!
Hilarious and full of heart, The Lottery Winner Widows Club is a twisty, dark-edged comedy thriller with a cast of unlikely heroines I wished I could befriend. Super-smart and genuinely moving - I adored it.
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