Married to the Black Widow: A chilling true story of lies and deception

Married to the Black Widow is a novel that was shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2024. It is a psychological thriller that tells the story of Rob, who was married to Victoria, a woman who manipulates, suffocates, and isolates him from the outside world. Rob's life is destroyed, but he finds the courage to leave Victoria through his baby daughter, Grace. Victoria continues to haunt and torment his life, culminating in approaches to several different men with requests to help her murder Rob.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 20 July 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2024

* AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4's 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY
* Not many people know how much their life is worth. I do.

The value of my life, or more specifically, the cost of ending it, can be measured on a sliding scale based on method, reliability, and efficiency. Fifteen thousand pounds would buy you plausible deniability and a brick across the back of the head from a London-based professional hitman. Or, if you're on a budget, five grand for some nutter to come down from Glasgow.

Rob and his now ex-wife, Victoria, met at university. Their relationship started off happily, they moved to Falmouth in Cornwall before getting married. However, it quickly descended into a nightmare marriage of psychological manipulation, coercive control, and emotional abuse - all from the woman who was supposed to love him.

Rob's life was gradually destroyed as Victoria extended a web of lies around him, manipulating, suffocating, and isolating him from the outside world. It was only through his baby daughter, Grace, that he found the courage to leave Victoria. But even then, Rob could never really escape, and Victoria continued to haunt and torment his life. In fact, her actions became more and more extreme, culminating in approaches to several different men with requests to help her murder Rob.

As featured in Channel 4's 24 Hours in Police Custody, Married to the Black Widow is both a bone-chilling, real-life, psychological thriller and a powerful and honest true story of a father's unrelenting battle for freedom and justice.

Weight: 542g
Dimension: 166 x 243 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399603829