TheYounger Wife

Sally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, most recently The Good Sister (2020) which was an instant bestseller. Her novel The Mother-In-Law (2019) has been optioned for a TV series by Hollywood actress and producer Amy Poehler. Drawing on the good, the bad and the downright odd of human behaviour, Sally writes incisively about family, relationships, drama and identity. Her novels have been translated into 20 languages. Sally lives in Melbourne, Australia with her family.

'Another knockout - unputdownable and completely thrilling' TAYLOR JENKINS REID, bestselling author of Malibu Rising and Daisy Jones and the Six

'Smart, suspenseful, brimming with secrets. This is Sally Hepworth at her unputdownable best' KATE MORTON

'This beauty I read in a morning... Expect a lot of secrets and revelations' BELFAST TELEGRAPH

The moment she laid eyes on Heather Wisher, Tully knew this woman was going to destroy their lives.

Tully and Rachel Aston are murderous when they discover their father has a new girlfriend. The fact that Heather is half his age isn't even the most shocking part. Stephen is still married to their mother, who is in a care facility with end-stage Alzheimer's disease.

Announcing his plan to divorce and then remarry, the news of Stephen and Heather's engagement sets a chain a family implosion. With their mother unable to speak for herself, Tully and Rachel are determined to get to the truth about their family's secrets and what this new woman really wants.

Heather knows she has an uphill battle to win over Tully and Rachel, all the while carrying the burden of the secrets of her past. But, as it turns out, they are all hiding something.

A garage full of stolen goods. An old hot-water bottle stuffed with cash. A blood-soaked wedding. And that's only the beginning . . .

PRAISE FOR SALLY'S NOVELS:

'Completely compulsive' JANE HARPER

'Totally absorbing, brilliantly written and thoroughly enjoyable. An addictive, unputdownable read' Herald Sun
'Women's fiction at its finest' LIANE MORIARTY

'Clever, chilling and beautifully crafted' ADELE PARKS

'The characters are so beautifully drawn and it was an emotional read, but I couldn't put it down' HEIDI PARKS

'Sally demonstrates that you don't need outlandish situations and monstrous characters to write a thoroughly engrossing, suspenseful thriller, and her writing feels so effortless' EMMA CURTIS

'Cleverly plotted and completely compelling' NICOLA MORIARTY

Their father will do anything for her. His daughters will do anything to stop her.
Smart, surprising and full of suspense, The Younger Wife is the unputdownable new domestic drama from the brilliant Sally Hepworth.

Smart, suspenseful, brimming with secrets. This is Sally Hepworth at her unputdownable bestAt once familiar, wonderfully unpredictable and riveting. My kind of storyCompletely compulsive. Sally Hepworth delivers with this stay-up-late one-more-chapter gemThis beauty I read in a morning... Expect a lot of secrets and revelations.Another knockout - unputdownable and completely thrilling[An] appealing domestic suspense novel from bestseller Hepworth [with a] fast-moving plot. This often funny and affecting outing should win Hepworth new fansA warped tale [that] boasts Jane Harper's multilayered characters and Liane Moriarty's wealthy suburban world saturated with lies and deceit. With each domestic thriller, best-selling Hepworth shines brighter and draws in more readers