The Fake Wife - by Sharon Bolton (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

'I honestly believe this is one of the best books that I've read this year!' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

You're not who you say you are. But neither is she.

Olive Anderson has accepted that tonight she'll be dining alone, without her husband. So when a beautiful stranger appears at Olive's dinner table, telling the waiter she's her wife, Olive is immediately unsettled.

But the stranger wants to talk, and isn't this what Olive wants on this lonely winter night? To vent to a perfect stranger? She's too ashamed to tell her real friends the truth - six months into the marriage they all warned her against, her life is a living nightmare.

Perhaps Olive should have asked the fake wife who she's really married to. Perhaps she should have known this chance encounter had something to do with her secretive husband. Because there is a string of missing women connected to Mr Anderson, and by the morning, Olive will be the latest...

The Fake Wife is an unputdownable thriller that will shock and surprise you like the best television boxsets. If you enjoyed Netflix shows like Behind Her Eyes, The Stranger and Obsession you will love The Fake Wife.

Read what everyone is saying about The Fake Wife:
'OMG this latest book by Sharon Bolton is so good, definitely worth reading' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'You'll never guess where this book is going' SAMANTHA DOWNING

'I swear the twists and turns you will not see coming!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in' JP DELANEY

'One thing Sharon Bolton knows how to do is write a compulsive page-turner, and The Fake Wife is just that' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A thriller that had me desperate for answers. I loved it!' HARRIET TYCE

'Sharon Bolton has written another cracker! The twists! The tension! The characters!' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Review Quotes

A slick, utterly gripping thriller. Fabulous stuff!--Caroline Green, author of THE WHISPER HOUSE

The Fake Wife fooled me over and over again - I loved it. Sharon Bolton is a supremely talented plotter who creates unforgettable characters, and this story is one of her best--Jane Casey

The Fake Wife had me at page one - utterly addictive and absorbing. I had no idea where it was going, and couldn't stop reading until I found out--Rachel Abbott

The Fake Wife totally gripped me. A pacy, page turning read with a cracker of a twist--Heidi Perks

A book that had me desperate for answers. I loved it!--Harriet Tyce

A darkly unpredictable thriller with shocking secrets at its core - I couldn't put it down!--Isabel Ashdown

A killer opening that unspools into a brilliant mystery. Out in November and very highly recommended!--Chris Ewan

An absorbing, gripping read, with genius plotting and a pace that will simply take your breath away--Lisa Ballantyne

Full of the most delightful twists, where nothing and no one is exactly what they seem, this is a thriller of the highest quality that underlines how superb a storyteller Bolton has become. This is Patricia Highsmith territory - and there can be no higher praise.--Daily Mail

Pulse-pounding, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff: The Fake Wife had me turning pages at breakneck speed--Carol Wyer, author of the DI Kate Young series

Sharon Bolton is the queen of thrills and suspense - The Fake Wife is gripping and pacy with twists to shock even the most seasoned thriller reader. It kept me on my toes from the first page to the last--Lisa Hall

This book was wild! I really enjoyed reading this. It was such a roller-coaster.The Fake Wife is a thriller that shocked me more than once! An engrossing story with wild twists, you'll never guess where this book is going. Sharon Bolton is an amazing, gifted writer--Samantha Downing

Thoroughly original, brilliantly plotted and utterly thrilling.--Catherine Cooper

Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in and twists you won't see coming--JP Delaney

About the Author

Sharon (formerly S J) Bolton grew up in a cotton-mill town in Lancashire and had an eclectic early career in marketing and public relations. She gave it up in 2000 to become a mother and a writer.
Her first novel, Sacrifice, was voted Best New Read by Amazon.uk, whilst her second, Awakening, won the 2010 Mary Higgins Clark Award (part of the prestigious Edgars) in the US. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, the CWA Silver Dagger, the Theakston's Prize for Best Thriller, the International Thriller Writers' Best First Novel award, the Prix Du Polar in France and the Martin Beck award in Sweden.