Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
In this ingenious stand-alone thriller from the internationally bestselling author and "razor sharp" master of suspense (People), a grieving wife is forced to ask: Which is worse - infidelity or murder?

Ellie Falkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband, Greg, died in a car crash -- and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone, a woman Ellie's never heard of. But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her. Maybe it's the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was -- and prove Greg wasn't having an affair. And soon she is chillingly certain their deaths were no accident.

Are Ellie's accusations of murder her way of avoiding the truth about her marriage? Or does an even more sinister discovery await her?

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies. A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062876096 (June, 2021), 368 p., $16.99, eBook $13.99.

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Ellie Faulkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellie's never heard of.

But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her. Maybe it's the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was - and prove Greg wasn't having an affair.

And soon she is chillingly certain their deaths were no accident. Are Ellie's accusations of murder her way of avoiding the truth about her marriage? Or does an even more sinister discovery await her?

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies. Penguin, ISBN: 9780141020921 (March, 2010), 343 p., £6.99.

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
'This is not my world. Something is wrong, askew. It is a Monday evening in October. I am Ellie Falkner, 34 years old and married to Greg Manning. Although two police officers have just come to my door and told me he is dead...'

It's devastating to hear that your husband has died in a horrific car accident. But to learn that he died with a mystery woman as his passenger is torment.

Was Greg having an affair?

Drowning in grief, Ellie clings to Greg's innocence, and her determination to prove it to the world at large means she must find out who Milena Livingstone was and what she was doing in Greg's car. But in the process those around her begin to question her sanity ... and her motive. And the louder she shouts that Greg might have been murdered, the more suspicion falls on Ellie herself.

Sometimes it's safer to keep silent when someone dies...

Suspicion, paranoia and gutwrenching deception are at the heart of Nicci French's gripping new thriller.

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies. Michael Joseph, ISBN: 0718147863 (March, 2009), 343 p., £12.99.

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
'This is not my world. Something is wrong, askew. It is a Monday evening in October. I am Ellie Falkner, 34 years old and married to Greg Manning. Although two police officers have just come to my door and told me he is dead...'

It's devastating to hear that your husband has died in a horrific car accident. But to learn that he died with a mystery woman as his passenger is torment. Was Greg having an affair?

Drowning in grief, Ellie clings to Greg's innocence, and her determination to prove it to the world at large means she must find out who Milena Livingstone was and what she was doing in Greg's car. But in the process those around her begin to question her sanity ... and her motive. And the louder she shouts that Greg might have been murdered, the more suspicion falls on Ellie herself.

Sometimes it's safer to keep silent when someone dies...

Nicci French: What To Do When Someone Dies. Michael Joseph, ISBN: 0718147871 (September, 2008), 343 p., £12.99.