The Ex-Wives Club (Alibis collection)
When a celebrity chef and notorious womaniser is discovered frozen solid in his own walk-in refrigerator, suspicion falls squarely on the three women who knew him best and, arguably, had the strongest reasons to wish him gone. Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author behind Darling Girls, delivers a compact, sharp short story with real bite to it. Anita, Mary-Jane, and Rosie have made a habit of gathering every Friday at the very restaurant their shared ex-husband built his reputation in. They drink, they eat, they commiserate. It's their ritual. But when Ian Curley turns up dead, that cosy booth suddenly looks rather incriminating. Each woman carries a grievance. Each has a motive. And conveniently, each has an alibi too. A sharp detective, however, isn't entirely convinced. The puzzle tightens as the evening wears on. This story forms part of Alibis, a collection exploring lies, honesty, and the slippery business of deception, built around one quiet, unsettling question: what exactly can a person get away with? Short enough to finish in a single sitting, it's the kind of whodunit that keeps you second-guessing right up to the final reveal.
- Author: Sally Hepworth
- Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
- Genre: Thrillers & Suspense
- ISBN: 978-1662531378
- Pages: 83 pages