The Wife and the Widow is a mystery/thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, now a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside down when she’s forced to confront the evidence that her husband is a murderer. White paints a vivid and oppressive picture of winter island life that sets the tone for this tale of murder and secrets. Belport Island is a fictional island located in the Bass Strait off the coast of Victoria. Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, the setting plays a vital role in the novel. And as the ensuing days unfold, Kate unravels her husband’s final two weeks, leaving us glued to this exceptional thriller. Instead, he’d gone to Belport Island, the last place Kate would ever have expected him to return to. John has been at a conference in London for two weeks and they’ve decided to surprise him and pick him up from the airport. The Wife and the Widow opens with Kate and her daughter Mia waiting at the airport for her husband John, Mia’s father, to arrive from Singapore.
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