The Younger Wife

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What to expect

'Smart, suspenseful, brimming with secrets.' KATE MORTON

The moment she laid eyes on Heather Wisher, Tully knew this woman was going to destroy their lives.

Tully and Rachel Aston are murderous when they discover their father has a new girlfriend. The fact that Heather is half his age isn't even the most shocking part. Stephen is still married to their mother, who is in a care facility with end-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Announcing his plan to divorce and then remarry, the news of Stephen and Heather's engagement sets a chain a family implosion. With their mother unable to speak for herself, Tully and Rachel are determined to get to the truth about their family's secrets and what this new woman really wants.

Heather knows she has an uphill battle to win over Tully and Rachel, all the while carrying the burden of the secrets of her past. But, as it turns out, they are all hiding something.

A garage full of stolen goods. An old hot-water bottle stuffed with cash. A blood-soaked wedding. And that's only the beginning . . .

PRAISE FOR SALLY'S NOVELS:

'Completely compulsive' JANE HARPER

'Women's fiction at its finest' LIANE MORIARTY

'Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted' ADELE PARKS

'Sally demonstrates that you don't need outlandish situations and monstrous characters to write a thoroughly engrossing, suspenseful thriller, and her writing feels so effortless' EMMA CURTIS

'Cleverly plotted and completely compelling' NICOLA MORIARTY

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critics Review

Smart, suspenseful, brimming with secrets. This is Sally Hepworth at her unputdownable best
Kate Morton
At once familiar, wonderfully unpredictable and riveting. My kind of story
Rosalie Ham
Completely compulsive. Sally Hepworth delivers with this stay-up-late one-more-chapter gem
Jane Harper
This beauty I read in a morning... Expect a lot of secrets and revelations.
Belfast Telegraph
Another knockout - unputdownable and completely thrilling
Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six
[An] appealing domestic suspense novel from bestseller Hepworth [with a] fast-moving plot. This often funny and affecting outing should win Hepworth new fans
Publishers Weekly
A warped tale [that] boasts Jane Harper's multilayered characters and Liane Moriarty's wealthy suburban world saturated with lies and deceit. With each domestic thriller, best-selling Hepworth shines brighter and draws in more readers
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