A gripping legal thriller packed with twists and moral tension. Lawyer Simon Latch is drowning in debt, gambling problems, and a failing marriage when an unexpected client walks into his office. Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, claims to possess a hidden $20 million fortune?and no one else knows it exists. Seeing a chance to save himself, Simon quietly helps keep her wealth concealed. But when Eleanor is critically injured in a car accident, dangerous secrets begin to surface. As suspicion grows and events spiral out of control, Simon finds himself accused of murder?a crime he insists he didn?t commit. Blending high-stakes courtroom drama with a dark, confounding mystery, The Widow is a compulsive, fast-paced novel about greed, deception, and how one bad decision can destroy everything.
