Emma meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, but as their relationship moves fast, Emma's friends worry she might be exploited. Adele Parks' new thriller is a gripping read with twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end. Readers love the ending and the tension that racks up.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

‘Devious and dizzying, with twist after twist after twist – I loved it Louise Candlish Wonderfully dark and sinister The Sun Deliciously twisty Crime Monthly HIS FIRST WIFE DIED. NOW THERE S A VACANCY… When Emma meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, he seems to be just what she needs. Yet as their relationship moves fast, Emma's friends worry Emma might be exploited. She's a rich woman after all. Emma doesn't care that Matthew has no money. But as the memory of his perfect first wife hangs over them, Emma does have one tiny doubt. If Matthew's wife hadn't died, he wouldn't be with her. And Emma wonders if she's second best. Can she ever fill the dead woman's shoes? As jealousy and suspicion blossom between Emma and Matthew, events take a darker, dangerous turn. Suddenly Emma doesn't know who she can trust. Her friends? Her husband? Or even herself…? This sensational new thriller from the Number One bestseller Adele Parks will have you gripped until the very last page. Readers love First Wife's Shadow: "The second half of the book was so gripping it was hard to stop reading. Twists after twist! I loved the ending. A must read!" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of those thrillers where you think you know how it's going to end, then bam another twist. I can't wait to recommend this to everyone!" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "The tension racks up and the twists keep coming... the ending certainly wasn't what I was expecting!" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Tense, creepy, twisty... this brilliant new psychological thriller from Adele Parks gets right under your skin from the start" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was a rollercoaster of a thriller, thinking you kind of know the direction it was going before a swerve to another direction you haven't even considered!"… A fantastic book.

Devious and dizzying, with twist after twist after twist – I loved it Louise Candlish

Wonderfully dark and sinister

The Sun

Deliciously twisty

Crime Monthly

HIS FIRST WIFE DIED. NOW THERE S A VACANCY…

When Emma meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, he seems to be just what she needs. Yet as their relationship moves fast, Emma's friends worry Emma might be exploited. She's a rich woman after all. Emma doesn't care that Matthew has no money. But as the memory of his perfect first wife hangs over them, Emma does have one tiny doubt. If Matthew's wife hadn't died, he wouldn't be with her. And Emma wonders if she's second best. Can she ever fill the dead woman's shoes? As jealousy and suspicion blossom between Emma and Matthew, events take a darker, dangerous turn. Suddenly Emma doesn't know who she can trust. Her friends? Her husband? Or even herself…?

This sensational new thriller from the Number One bestseller Adele Parks will have you gripped until the very last page.

Readers love

First Wife's Shadow:

"The second half of the book was so gripping it was hard to stop reading. Twists after twist! I loved the ending. A must read!"

Reader review

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"One of those thrillers where you think you know how it's going to end, then bam another twist. I can't wait to recommend this to everyone!"

Reader review

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"The tension racks up and the twists keep coming... the ending certainly wasn't what I was expecting!"

Reader review

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Tense, creepy, twisty... this brilliant new psychological thriller from Adele Parks gets right under your skin from the start"

Reader review

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"This was a rollercoaster of a thriller, thinking you kind of know the direction it was going before a swerve to another direction you haven't even considered!"

... A fantastic book.

Weight: 602g
Dimension: 242 x 160 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008586270