num_pages: 507
description: She kissed her daughter turned out the light and entered her own room. Too late to run she stood frozen as a figure stepped out from behind the door and a hand covered her mouth. Fear was a bomb in her chest ready to explode. Her children. Theyd already lost their daddy; they couldnt lose her too.When young widow ilis Lawlor disappears in the middle of the night with her two little children asleep in their beds it is a chilling case for Detective Lottie Parker. Since her husbands tragic death ilis is all her children have and when Lottie sees iliss house keys and phone still lying on the kitchen counter she is terrified for the vulnerable mothers safety.Then iliss broken body is found by a nearby lake wrapped in an unfamiliar yellow dress her mouth sealed with duct tape  and Lotties worst fears are confirmed. Someone wanted this beautiful widow dead.Desperate to find the person behind this brutal crime Lottie discovers that ilis was a member of a support group for widows. And when Jennifer a close friend of iliss from the group is found on a rubbish heap wrapped in a yellow dress Lottie vows to get justice.Lottie dives into Jennifers past and learns that she had lived a reclusive life since her husband died. She hadnt been seen at work for months and had sheltered inside her immaculate home only emerging for meetings with the group. But when Lottie questions the other women about Jennifers isolation they claim to know nothing.Lottie is certain that the remaining widows are hiding something. Can she uncover the truth before another innocent life is lost?
language: English
title: Three Widows
publisher: Bookouture