Fiona Barton is a British journalist who, while working for the Sunday Mail and the Daily Telegraph, spent a great deal of time in court covering trials. This exposure provided the creative spark for Fiona’s debut novel.
The Widow focuses on three people: Jean Taylor, the wife of the prime suspect in a criminal case; Kate Waters, a journalist who is part of the media circus camping out at Jean’s front door; and Bob Sparkes, a detective working the case. A child has gone missing, and Glen Taylor, Jean’s husband, becomes the primary suspect in what appears to be an abduction.
The search for the truth—both in the past and in the present—takes shape through the interlocking narratives of these three characters. Each one tells a story, but some may be more truthful than others.
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Linwood Barclay’s thrillers have been international bestsellers. Trust Your Eyes, an intriguing novel with a unique premise, has been optioned for film. The Associated Press said, “Linwood Barclay has established himself alongside the masters of suburban fiction.”
We know him as John Sandford, but that’s his nom de plume. As journalist John Camp, he won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for his five-part series about an American farm family faced with an agricultural crisis. He eventually turned to writing thriller novels, and his twenty-fourth Prey novel, Field of Prey, featuring Lucas Davenport, will be available everywhere on May 5th, 2014. Lucas and his team must use all possible resources to try capturing an elusive killer or killers who claim at least twenty victims over a course of years.