The Good Wife

Author: Jacqui Rose

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All she wanted was to be a good wife, but deep inside she knows she isn't - and now her past is about to blow her life apart. Another gritty urban thriller perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers and Manadsue Heller from bestseller Jacqui Rose, co-author of Martina Cole's Loyalty.

All she wanted was to be a good wife, but now her past is about to blow her life apart. A gritty urban thriller, perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers and Manadsue Heller, from bestseller Jacqui Rose, co-author of Martina Cole's Loyalty.

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All Ava ever wanted was to be a good wife. But now, her father is taking her down a path more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible. Jacqui Rose's The Good Wife is a heart-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.Psychologist Ava Barclay wants to be a good wife. The wife that she knows her cop husband, Tony, deserves.Ava keeps a lot of her clients' secrets, but no-one, especially Tony, has any idea how many secrets of her own she is hiding. Fuelled by the emptiness left by her absent mother, who walked out when Ava was just a baby, she is on a path to self-destruction: drinking too much, making bad choices - including lying to her husband about her whereabouts - and numbing her pain with one-night stands.When her father, Billy, is attacked and left for dead, Ava learns that her problems are about to get a lot worse. Tony finds out that her father isn't who he has told everyone he is, he doesn't exist and now Ava must head into the dark streets of Soho and into a seedy world of hate, fear and mistrust if she is to find the truth about her father, and her family.

Critic Reviews

Gritty and gripping – by a star in the making -- Kimberley Chambers, author of The Brothers on Trapped
A captivating read from one of my favourite authors -- Mel Sherratt, author of Don't Look Behind You on Fatal
A thrilling and gripping novel -- Roberta Kray, author of Cheated on Dishonour

About the Author

Jacqui Rose was born in Manchester and grew up in a small village in South Yorkshire. Always a daydreamer, her love of books and writing started as a child. She is now the author of more than a dozen gritty bestselling British crime novels including The Streets. Jacqui lives in a quiet part of England with her children along with lots of dogs and cats and horses.