The unputdownable new domestic thriller from the instant Irish Times bestselling author of THE CLEANER, about a woman accused of murdering her lover. You never know what happens behind closed doors. Rafe seems like your perfect man - intelligent, charming, attractive. You think you've met the one. You go back to his house one night and fall asleep in his arms. When you wake, you reach out for him. But something feels cold beside you. Rafe is dead - murdered in bed as you lay next to him - and everyone is going to think you did it...

Praise for The Lover * - : *
I found this story absolutely thrilling. Mary Watson is fast establishing herself as one of the most sophisticated and elegant contemporary domestic thriller writers around. I was wrong-footed at every turn by the cleverly-plotted twists. Taut, sinister and tense, The Lover brilliantly explores the darker side of love and intimacy, and how they can be turned against us. It kept me guessing until the deeply satisfying end. Sharp and sexy. * Edel Coffey *
Brilliant! Tight, tense, beautifully written and very human, very raw. I was swept into Hallie’s mind and I stayed with her the whole time - my favourite kind of thriller. * Kitty Murphy, author of the Dublin Drag Mysteries *
Praise for Mary Watson * : *
A heart-thumping thriller packed with exciting twists. * Daily Mail *
Thrilling and otherworldly. * Sunday Times *
A masterclass in tension. Plotted like an intricate spider's web, I was glued to the page for the entirety. * Jennie Godfrey, Sunday TImes bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things *
Revenge is a dish best served up spotless...The relentless attention to detail is wonderfully claustrophobic. * Sunday Independent *
Domestic noir at its finest. * i Paper *
A modern fairy tale – beautiful, dark, visceral, truly spellbinding. * Sunday Times and Irish Times No. 1 bestselling author Andrea Mara *

Mary Watson is from South Africa and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town, where she taught for many years. She won the Caine Prize for African Writing for her adult publishing in South Africa, and in 2014 was named on the Africa39 list of writers under 40 with the potential to define trends in African literature. Her YA novels have been nominated for the Irish Book Awards and the Carnegie medal. Her adult debut, The Cleaner, was an instant Irish Times bestseller.