The Mother-in-Law

by Sally Hepworth

First published 2021

Diana lies dead, and everyone assumes the respected lawyer took her own life to escape terminal cancer. But the autopsy reveals no trace of disease. Lucy, Diana's daughter-in-law, becomes the prime suspect. For ten years, Lucy endured Diana's cold treatment, hoping to find a mother figure in the woman who devoted herself to helping refugees while remaining distant from her own family. Diana had recently changed her will before dying. Now Lucy must face questions about what really happened to the woman who should have welcomed her but never did. The investigation exposes the toxic dynamics beneath this seemingly perfect family's surface.

Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, family-drama

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: family-drama, unreliable-narrator

384 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Paperbacks

Content warnings: toxic-relationship

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