A woman gradually begins to suspect that her husband is responsible for a child's disappearance in The Widow by Fiona Barton.
Barton's novel is at both times a portrait of a marriage and a psychological thriller, and the story ratchets up the tension by peeling back the onion through one revelation after the next. Although I saw the ending coming, it was sufficiently suspenseful throughout.
The Widow benefits from having various chapters told from alternating points of view, mostly from an ambitious reporter and a dogged police detective, but also including the mother and the husband.
I listened to a very good audiobook recording (on loan from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond Indiana) that took great advantage of the multiple POVs by having different voices read the parts, adding value.
The Widow tries to land in the same range as The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl, with pretty good results. For fans of thrillers.
Barton's novel is at both times a portrait of a marriage and a psychological thriller, and the story ratchets up the tension by peeling back the onion through one revelation after the next. Although I saw the ending coming, it was sufficiently suspenseful throughout.
The Widow benefits from having various chapters told from alternating points of view, mostly from an ambitious reporter and a dogged police detective, but also including the mother and the husband.
I listened to a very good audiobook recording (on loan from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond Indiana) that took great advantage of the multiple POVs by having different voices read the parts, adding value.
The Widow tries to land in the same range as The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl, with pretty good results. For fans of thrillers.
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