The Third Wife is “an emotionally intelligent, brilliantly plotted and beautifully written examination of a very modern family that will keep you gripped to the end” ( London Daily Mail). The large extended family, including both ex-wives, celebrate holidays together and are viewed as everyone getting along well.

Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc. While investigating the cause of Maya's suicide, Adrian is forced to come to terms with the decisions that he has made in his life. She closed her eyes for a moment, but without vision, her balance went and she could feel herself begin to sway. She rides in the backseat of the car and the two ex-wives don't involve her in meal planning or preparation.Another unforgettable novel from top 10 bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs. He is on a third, younger (and beautiful) wife Maya, but his previous wives and their five kids all remain in contact, share babysitting chores and even all go on holiday together. The story orbits around one man, Adrian; a man who’s never been alone once in his entire adult life; a man who comes to the realization that he doesn’t know how to live life all alone, until his third wife passes on. First of all, I'd like to thank Random House UK, Cornerstone for allowing me to read and review this book via Net Galley. When, four years ago, Adrian left Caroline for Maya, he made every effort to keep the family intact—all of them holiday together (three wives, five children) and happily share custody.

His children seem to be resilient and coping with their lives and all seems to be moving along wonderfully, However, as in most things dealing with perceptions and real life, things are not so very wonderful. We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).

I have never written anything other than a brilliant review for Lisa's books and I feel terrible that this book just didn't do it for me. Then the person, a woman, yes, in red shoes, tutted again and walked away, her heels issuing a mocking clack-clack against the pavement as she went. It's one of those books that makes you think after you have read it so I waited for all the "brain dust" to settle. Like Liane Moriarty, she manages the perfect blend of women’s fiction and nail-biting suspense,” hails Booklist. Lisa Jewell presents us with yet another emotionally intelligent, brilliantly plotted and beautifully written examination of a very modern family that will keep you gripped to the end.