The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

Pull up a chair, pour something warm, and prepare to have your assumptions about family, love, and loyalty thoroughly shaken.

In The Younger Wife, bestselling author Sally Hepworth delivers a deliciously twisty domestic thriller that opens with a wedding… and a body. From there? You’ll be turning pages faster than the tide rolls in.

Stephen Aston is getting married again. The catch? His current wife, Pam, is still alive — though tucked away in a care facility, lost to dementia. His daughters, Tully and Rachel, are reeling. And his bride-to-be, Heather, is decades younger and harboring secrets of her own.

As the wedding day approaches, long-buried truths begin to surface. Is Stephen the devoted family man everyone believes him to be? Or is something far darker simmering beneath the surface of this picture-perfect family?

Why readers can’t put it down:

• A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Mother-in-Law and The Good Sister
• Praised by People magazine as “shocking” and “brilliantly constructed”
• A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller
• Told through three unforgettable women, each with her own agenda

Hepworth has a gift for slipping a knife between the ribs of a seemingly ordinary family — and twisting until everything you thought you knew falls apart.

This one’s perfect for a long afternoon on the porch, a rainy day curled up by the window, or a beach read down by the cove. Just be warned: you won’t want to be interrupted.

A propulsive, page-turning thriller that lingers long after the final chapter.