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The Lover
- Author
- Mary Watson
- Narrator
- Jessica Regan
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 18 June 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Cleaner...
A heart-pumping psychological thriller about the dark side of love and obsession – an unmissable read for fans of Frieda McFadden, Lucy Foley and Jeneva Rose
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...
Rafe seems like your perfect man – intelligent, charming, attractive.
You think you've met the one.
You go back to his house one evening and falls asleep in his arms.
When you wake, you reach out for him. But something feels cold beside you…
Rafe is dead – murdered in bed as you lay next to him – and everyone is going to think you did it.
'Absolutely thrilling - kept me guessing until the end.' EDEL COFFEY, #1 best-selling author
'This book gets under your skin. An unputdownable thriller.' JEN BRAY
© Mary Watson 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critics Review
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Absolutely thrilling. Mary Watson is fast establishing herself as one of the most sophisticated and elegant contemporary domestic thriller writers around.
Edel Coffey
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I was hooked from the first page. Pacy, twisty and full of suspense.
Lisa Hall
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I absolutely loved this book - didn't see the twist coming at all. Beautiful pacing and a gripping read.
Emma Mason
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A gripping twisty whodunnit exploring the line between love and obsession, care and coercion. An entirely thrilling read with a punch of an ending. Loved it!
L. D. Smithson
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The Lover is a thrillingly fast-paced and addictive read. Hallie’s voice pulls you in from the very first page and breathlessly drags you along for the ride.
Deborah Masson, author of I'll Be Watching You
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I DEVOURED The Lover!
Michelle McDonagh, bestselling author of There’s Something I Have to Tell You
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Tight, tense and beautifully written and very human - my favourite kind of thriller.
Kitty Murphy, author of the Dublin Drag Mysteries
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The Lover is the kind of book that gets under your skin — in the best way. Mary Watson has delivered another unputdownable thriller!
Jen Bray, author of The Lies Between Us
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A hooky, twisty psychological thriller. It kept me turning the pages until the satisfying end.
Fiona Gartland
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No one does creeping domestic noir like Mary Watson. Tense and truthful – with a killer ending.
Gill Perdue, author of If I Tell
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Details
- Author
- Mary Watson
- Narrator
- Jessica Regan
- Duration
- 8 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781529971286
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Synopsis
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Cleaner...A heart-pumping psychological thriller about the dark side of love and obsession – an unmissable read for fans of Frieda McFadden, Lucy Foley and Jeneva RoseYOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...Rafe seems like your perfect man – intelligent, charming, attractive.You think you've met the one.You go back to his house one evening and falls asleep in his arms.When you wake, you reach out for him. But something feels cold beside you…Rafe is dead – murdered in bed as you lay next to him – and everyone is going to think you did it.'Absolutely thrilling - kept me guessing until the end.' EDEL COFFEY, #1 best-selling author'This book gets under your skin. An unputdownable thriller.' JEN BRAY© Mary Watson 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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