The marriage of Jodie and Todd is at a critical juncture. A lot is at stake, including their comfortable life in a beautiful apartment in Chicago by the water, as they both head at breakneck speed towards the main event. He lives a double life. She lives and breathes denial. He decides to leave. She has nothing left to lose.

Through the alternating voices, The Silent Wife speaks of a marriage falling apart, of a couple heading towards destruction, of concessions that are impossible to make, of promises that will never be fulfilled...

“With her elegant and skillful pen, she outlines the opposing psychological portraits of two lovers turning into a presumed murderer and unlucky victim, in a story that no one will soon forget. I couldn't put the book down.” Elizabeth George

“A chilling portrait of a relationship that went terribly wrong. A breathtaking story that will keep you over the book until very late at night, wide awake long after you reach the last page.” New York Times

“Reading The Silent Wife is a guilty pleasure!” Kate Atkinson

“Like a tiny crack in the glass of fate, The Silent Wife examines the ultimate collapse of a thoroughly civilized marriage. Intense, captivating, and absolutely compelling, Harrison’s pen pushes her characters to exceed their limits and step into a world where anything is possible, even murder.” Elizabeth Brundage

“AWESOME… Better than Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.” Sophie Hannah