Who were her brother and his wife, really? And why did her brother die with the name George on his lips? The English Wife is another stunning novel by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig that bestselling author Jennifer Robson calls 'her best book yet.'Willig creates a story that is full of rich historical details.A dark, romantic mystery full of twists and turns.' - Kirkus Reviews 'The English Wi 'Willig creates a story that is full of rich historical details.A dark, romantic mystery full of twists and turns.' - Kirkus Reviews But the more she learns about her brother and his wife, the more everything she thought she knew about them starts to unravel.

Bay's sister, Janie, forms an unlikely alliance with a reporter to try and uncover the truth, convinced that Bay would never have killed his wife, that it must be a third party. But then Bayard is found dead with a knife in his chest on the night of their Twelfth Night ball, Annabelle goes missing, presumed drowned, and the papers go mad. Yes, there are rumours that she's having an affair with the architect, but rumours are rumours and people will gossip. Īnnabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life in New York: he's the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor house in England, they had a fairy-tale romance in London, they have three-year-old twins on whom they dot, and he's recreated her family home on the banks of the Hudson and named it Illyria. But then Bayard is found dead with a knife in his chest on the night of their.

Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life in New York: he's the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor house in England, they had a fairy-tale romance in London, they have three-year-old twins on whom they dot, and he's recreated her family home on the banks of the Hudson and named it Illyria.

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