The Lover: did she kill him? The jaw-dropping new domestic thriller from a Sunday Times bestselling author

Mary Watson

Jun 2026 · Transworld Digital · Narrated by Jessica Regan

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From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Cleaner...

A heart-pumping psychological thriller about the dark side of love and obsession – an unmissable read for fans of Frieda McFadden, Lucy Foley and Jeneva Rose

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...

Rafe seems like your perfect man – intelligent, charming, attractive.

You think you've met the one.

You go back to his house one evening and falls asleep in his arms.

When you wake, you reach out for him. But something feels cold beside you...

Rafe is dead – murdered in bed as you lay next to him – and everyone is going to think you did it.

'Absolutely thrilling - kept me guessing until the end.' EDEL COFFEY, #1 best-selling author

'This book gets under your skin. An unputdownable thriller.' JEN BRAY

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Cleaner... A heart-pumping psychological thriller about the dark side of love and obsession – an unmissable read for fans of Frieda McFadden, Lucy Foley and Jeneva Rose YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS... Rafe seems like your perf...

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About the author

Mary Watson is from South Africa and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town, where she taught for many years. She won the Caine Prize for African Writing for her adult publishing in South Africa, and in 2014 was named on the Africa39 list of writers under 40 with the potential to define trends in African literature. Her YA novels have been nominated for the Irish Book Awards and the Carnegie medal. Her adult debut, The Cleaner, was an instant Irish Times bestseller.

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