by Chris Brookmyre · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349141329
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«Black Widow» is the psychological thriller by Chris Brookmyre, published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited in paperback (485 pages, in English).
Diana Jager, a surgeon and anti-sexism blogger, sees her life destroyed when her personal data is leaked online. She meets Peter and they marry within six months; six months later he dies in an accident and she is accused of murder. Lucy, Peter's sister, hires journalist Jack Parlabane to uncover the truth about the 'black widow'.
Seventh installment in the Jack Parlabane journalist series. The novel won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (2017) and the McIlvanney Prize (2016).
A read for fans of psychological thrillers and mystery, in the vein of The Girl on the Train and Disclaimer.
Christopher Brookmyre is a Scottish novelist whose novels, generally in a crime or police procedural frame, mix comedy, politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author. His debut novel was Quite Ugly One Morning; subsequent works have included All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye (2005), Black Widow (2016) and Bedlam (2013), which was written in parallel with the development of a first-person shooter videogame, also called Bedlam. He also writes historical fiction with his wife, Dr Marisa Haetzman, under the pseudonym Ambrose Parry.
