The Widow's Game - Paperback

by F. M. Lock (Author)

Some women collect recipes. Chloe Sterling collects versions of herself.

The world believes Chloe is a victim-a beautiful, tragic widow twice over. But beneath the facade of fragile sorrow is a cold, calculating mind, an architect of elaborate, flawless lies. Her second husband, David, was murdered in a staged break-in; her lover, Mark, was convinced to eliminate him before being neatly disposed of as a guilt-ridden suicide.

Now, Chloe is free, sitting in her multi-million pound house, ready for her final victory.

But two new players have entered the board:

• Detective Maria Rossi, a tenacious bloodhound who sees through the victim narrative and suspects the "accidents" are too tidy.
• A mysterious blackmailer named "Silent_Witness87," a next-door neighbor who possesses terrifying photographic evidence that places Chloe at the scene of the crime.

As Chloe races to eliminate the blackmail threat by making her neighbor the chief suspect in her lover's death, Detective Rossi closes in, following a forensic trail that threatens to expose Chloe's full, deadly history, including the "accidental" death of her first husband, James.

In a game where every player is a carefully manipulated pawn, Chloe must fight to protect her masterpiece, learning that the most dangerous secrets are always buried beneath the most pristine surfaces.