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The Dead Husband's Secret

by Sue Fortin

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A widow’s past intersects with a detective’s unresolved case

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A widow’s past intersects with a detective’s unresolved case

Five years after Sasha Bolotnikov’s death in a car accident, his widow Tina has rebuilt her life in her south-coast hometown while raising their young son. But a police investigation into a Russian gang—and the reported return of Sasha’s brother to the UK—brings hidden connections from her husband’s past into view. DS John Nightingale, still pursuing the people responsible for his former partner’s death, is assigned to the case. As Tina becomes entangled in the inquiry, the novel joins a family secret with a criminal investigation and an increasingly complicated relationship between Tina and John. Originally published as The Half Truth.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult readers of romantic suspense
  • Fans of crime investigations linked to family secrets
  • Readers interested in stories involving a widow’s hidden past

Themes

BereavementHidden identities and secretsRussian organized crimePolice investigationRomantic entanglement

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Book overview

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Lied and Sister Sister...

She thought she knew her husband.

She thought their past was the truth.

She was wrong.

Tina Bolotnikov, widowed after her husband Sasha was killed in a car accident, relocates to her hometown on the south coast to bring up her young son. Her life back in London is now a distant memory.

DS John Nightingale saw his partner killed in the line of duty and has made it his mission to bring the Russian gang responsible to justice. Five years on, the killer is still free but as reports come in of Sasha Bolotnikov's brother returning to the UK, John is tasked with tracking him down.

Before long Tina finds herself an unwitting connection to a world she knew nothing about. As the investigation draws her closer to DS Nightingale, professional lines are blurred and crossed, and only he holds the key to her future.

*Previously published as The Half Truth*

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