Widows-in-Law
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4.2 • 44 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
After the sudden death of her ex-husband Brian, Lauren helps Brian’s much-younger widow, Jessica, arrange the funeral and settle his affairs. Although they were once adversaries in the battle for Brian’s heart, Lauren agrees to pitch in for the sake of their troubled sixteen-year-old daughter, Emily. But Lauren gets much more than she bargained for when information comes to light about Brian’s shady business deals with his old college friend Jordan Connors and the crime lord Jorge Arena, jeopardizing Brian’s estate and throwing the women into the world of high-stakes illegal gambling.
With only a few days to find out where Brian hid millions of dollars in bonds and in fear for their lives, Lauren, Jessica, and Emily must set aside their differences and work together to secure their inheritance and evade Jorge Arena’s murderous crew.
Widows-in-Law is a gripping tale of mothers and daughters, wives and ex-wives, broken and remade families, and unlikely partners-in-crime. Most of all, it is a moving story about the women left behind to clean up the messes men make.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Near the outset of this overly ambitious thriller from Miller (The Thirteenth Step: Zombie Recovery), New York City family court prosecutor Lauren learns that her ex-husband and class action lawyer, Brian, has died in a hotel fire while on a business trip to Miami. Lauren and Brian's current wife, Jessica, prepare to deal with Brian's estate, but his law partner isn't returning their calls. Lauren and Jessica decide to team up to make sure their interests and those of Lauren and Brian's 16-year-old daughter, Emily, are protected. As they dig deeper into Brian's business transactions, they discover a series of shady real estate deals, and suspect his death isn't an accident. When Jessica is held at gunpoint, she discovers that Brian owes a crime lord $12 million. In order to stay alive, and to protect Emily, Lauren and Jessica must find a way to locate the money and return it. A surfeit of subplots touch on such matters as weapons smuggling, money laundering, internet gambling, the Mafia, sex and drug addiction, and a corrupt congressman. Readers will struggle to stay interested in the fates of the book's stock characters.
Customer Reviews
Great read
This was so good! Loved the ending and all the strong female characters. Well done!
Loved this book!
I've never read anything by this author before, but I definitely will be now. Characters were believable and full of surprises. The plot was full of twists and turns, and I was hooked from the start.