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The Detective's Wife: An absolutely gripping and unputdownable psychological thriller packed with nail-biting twists
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781807221140
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: Sep 24 2026
Pages: 398
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Everyone stares in admiration at my husband. As he accepts his award for excellence in service, his warm smile draws everyone in. Until a reporter shouts, Detective Slater, did you kill your ex-wife?
When I first heard about Hannah Slater's death, my heart stopped: we had the same auburn hair, brown eyes and difficult childhoods. It could have been me in that grave. Then I met Conor. Soon, I was putting Hannah's clothes in the attic and raising his children while he was out fighting monsters.
He looks over. I couldn't have gotten through this year without Han... He catches himself. Without my beautiful wife, Jo, and my two children.
Beside me, the children go still. I want to walk out-keep walking until I hit the Tennessee River. Instead, I smile: the supportive wife, who understood, when she married him, exactly what she was getting into.
Except I didn't. There are parts of Conor Slater I didn't account for-that keep me up at three a.m., listening to him breathing.
Then a voice rings out: Detective Slater, did you kill your ex-wife?
Every head turns toward me.
Did you know you married a murderer?
But the question isn't whether I believe Conor Slater killed his first wife. It's how I know that he did. And why I married him anyway.
An unbelievably twisty psychological thriller from international multi-million-copy bestseller Mary Stone that will have you gasping out loud. Fans of The Housemaid, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will be completely addicted.
What readers are saying about Mary Stone:
Oh My Heck! All the thrills and chills... had my heart pumping!... I had to stop reading momentarily to just absorb what had just happened. Love, love, loved it! Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
GRABS YOU FROM THE FIRST AND DOESN'T LET GO TILL THE END. Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
W-O-W!!! AWESOME!! I couldn't put it down... Waiting on bated breath for the next... GREAT!! Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
Omg where do I start... 1st off best story line ever!!! Never have I been so riveted to a story... You will not want to put this book down!!! Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
One of the best psychological thrillers I've read in a very long time!!! Kept my heart racing constantly and couldn't put it down! Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
Absolute binge-worthy book. I devoured in 24hrs. Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
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