The Lover
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The Lover
The unputdownable new domestic thriller from the instant Irish Times bestselling author of The Cleaner, about a woman accused of murdering her lover.
You never know what happens behind closed doors.
Rafe seems like your perfect man - intelligent, charming, attractive.
He also happens to be your boss.
You're too swept up to care for office gossip. In Rafe, you have found the one.
You go back to his house one evening and fall 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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780857506061
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 384
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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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