The Other Mrs. Calloway

She didn't confront him. She befriended his other wife.

When Jo Calloway sees her husband lift a small boy onto his shoulders outside a school gate in the next town, she knows two things at once. The boy is not hers. And the man she has been married to for fifteen years is a stranger.

Jo is a school bursar. She counts money, checks figures and spots the false entry. So she doesn't scream and she doesn't leave. She opens a black notebook and walks into a florist's shop in Kingsmead under a false name, to meet the woman who is also Mrs Calloway.

Rachel is warm, funny and watchful, and she may be the only person who can help Jo. She may also be the most dangerous person Jo has ever trusted.

Over one cold winter, the two women meet in secret and swap burner phones. They follow a trail of unpaid debts, forged signatures and a first wife who died on her own staircase. Together they build a case against the man they both married, one careful page at a time. But every lie Daniel tells them has a twin, and not every secret in this story is his.

Then comes a Saturday night at the weir, a message that arrives at 11.20, and a truth that changes everything you thought you knew.

The Other Mrs. Calloway is a slow-burn domestic thriller told in two voices. It will appeal to readers of psychological suspense, "wronged wife" revenge stories and unreliable-narrator twists. Expect two women, one man and a finish you will want to read again.

Perfect for fans of The Wife Between Us, Big Little Lies, The Silent Patient and Gone Girl.

If you love a clever twist, a woman with a plan and an ending you won't see coming, buy it now

📖 443 pages