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The New York Times bestseller
Having nothing left to lose changes everything.
Todd and Jodie have been together for more than twenty years. They are both aware their world is in crisis, though neither is willing to admit it.
Todd is living a dual existence, while Jodie is living in denial. But she also likes to settle scores. When it becomes clear their affluent Chicago lifestyle could disintegrate at any moment, Jodie knows everything is at stake. It's only now she will discover just how much she's truly capable of...
Shocking and compelling in equal measure, THE SILENT WIFE is a chilling portrayal of two people in turmoil and the lengths they will go to in order to protect themselves.
Revue de presse
This perfectly pitched debut offers sharp insights into the grievances that accumulate over a long relationship, and the lengths to which a woman will go when her world collapses (
Sunday Times)
'This summer's blockbuster novel' (Celia Walden
Daily Telegraph)
'Utterly believable, complex, and compelling' (Jojo Moyes)
Well balanced, painfully perceptive and very dark,
The Silent Wife is as riveting as a slow-motion car crash (
Guardian)
Beautifully written and deeply unsettling, this darkly funny examination of what happens when you've got nothing left to lose is also brilliantly addictive. It left me almost breathless as I raced towards the devastating finale (S.J. Watson, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP)
This will be the book everyone will be talking about by the end of summer, it will be the number one choice for book clubs and well-thumbed copies will be passed between friends and work colleagues with glowing recommendation... The term "must-read" is often bandied around and not always deservedly.
The Silent Wife justifies the plaudit without question (
Sunday Express)
SUPERB... As a novel about the dark side of marriage and relationships, it's better than Gillian Flynn's
Gone Girl. A must read (Sophie Hannah, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of KIND OF CRUEL)
The slow, murderous disintegration of a marriage is all too believable in A.S.A. Harrison's first - and final - novel... As the novel advances into treacherous territory, Harrison's elegant, incisive prose gets dirtier, more dangerous' (
Observer)
Sharp, witty, dark as hell and totally engrossing... A worthy rival to
Gone Girl in its psychological complexity and accomplishment (
Daily Mail)
The Silent Wife is so poised, so fully composed, so inward in its knowledge of its characters, it's unmistakably the work of a writer who had finally discovered her true talent... If [it] is not quite so high concept as
Gone Girl, it is more precise, plausible and unnerving and just as compelling... Don't miss this one (
London Evening Standard)
It is inevitably being compared with last year's mega-hit, Gillian Flynn's
Gone Girl...
The Silent Wife is psychologically more interesting (
The Times)
The Silent Wife is one of those books you hate to put down. Harrison writes well with a light touch, but her touch is devastating nonetheless... Profoundly disquieting (
Guardian.co.uk)
After Gillian Flynn's
Gone Girl, novels about toxic marriages are suddenly in vogue.
The Silent Wife is the classiest of the bunch... A smart psychological chiller (
Mail on Sunday)
'A gripping psychological thriller' (
Saturday Magazine, Daily Express)
A hit... and you can see why (
The Sun)
Beautifully written and superbly paced, not to mention full of ingenious twists. Fans of
Gone Girl will love it (
Sunday Mirror)
A sizzling debut and a chilling psychological thriller - 9/10 (Press Association)
Well plotted, fast-paced and hugely addictive (
Stylist)
Sharp, psychological and intricate, if you've ever wondered just how far you'd go if you had nothing left to lose, this will make you do a double-take (
Harper's Bazaar online)
[A] deliciously wicked pleasure... A very clever, very funny comedy of manners spliced with a domestic thri
