A deadly secret.
An island town.
A storm brewing.
Set against the backdrop of an island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and the Widow is a thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local who is forced to confront the evidence that her husband is a murderer.
But nothing on this island is quite as it seems. Only when these women are pushed to the edge can they uncover the whole, crashing truth about the men in their lives.
The Wife and the Widow is another mind-bending power read from Christian White. It’s a brilliant tale of deception and sacrifice from Australia’s most exciting new crime writer.
About the Author
Christian White is an Australian author and screenwriter whose projects include feature film Relic. The Nowhere Child is his first book and one of Australia's bestselling debut novels ever. An early draft of this novel won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Since publication The Nowhere Child has been shortlisted for major awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards' General Fiction Book of the Year and Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, and the Indie Book Awards' Debut Fiction Book of the Year. Rights to The Nowhere Child have been sold in 17 international territories, and has been acquired for a major screen deal.
Clickbait, a television series Christian co-created with Tony Ayres (The Slap) is currently in production for Netflix. Christian's keenly awaited second book, The Wife and the Widow, was published by Affirm Press in 2019 and became an instant bestseller.
Industry Reviews
'White is a master of the art of misdirection … he writes like a dream. The Wife and the Widow is one of the most original crime novels of the year and White is clearly a rising international star. Prepare to be dazzled.'
The Age
'The Wife and the Widow is a ripping page-turner that stays with you long after you put it down.'
Domain
'An exciting page-turning thriller with mechanisms that are all but invisible, and pace that is perfectly calibrated.'
The Australian
'A meditation on grief and trauma as much as it is a gripping novel, The Wife and the Widow is to be especially recommended for its inventiveness and risk-taking in terms of plot. It is a risk that handsomely pays off for the attentive reader.'
Australian Book Review
