The Widow

'A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time. No one does it better' CHRIS WHITAKER

SHE NEEDS A LAWYER. HE NEEDS A PAYDAY.

Lawyer Simon Latch is struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.

Once he's hooked the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But it's a terrible mistake. Hidden secrets have a way of being found out, and when Eleanor is hospitalised after a car accident, Simon realises that nothing is as it seems.

As events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.

The Widow is classic Grisham courtroom drama combined with a confounding murder mystery that will enthral his legion of fans.

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, John Grisham, Grisham John
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2025
• EAN: 9781399703413
• ISBN: 978-1-399-70341-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; English, FICTION / Legal, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Thriller / suspense fiction, Literary studies: general, Crime and mystery fiction, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean