Jacqui Rose - who is now collaborating with Martina Cole - stuns with The Good Wife, a heart-pounding thriller perfect for fans of urban crime.

Psychologist Ava Barclay wants to be a good wife.

Ava keeps a lot of her clients’ secrets, but no-one, especially her cop husband, Tony, has any idea how many secrets of her own she is hiding. Fuelled by past trauma, she is on a path to self-destruction: drinking too much, making bad choices, and numbing her pain with one-night stands.

When her father, Billy, is attacked and left for dead, Ava discovers that her problems are about to get a lot worse. She must head into the dark streets of Soho and into a seedy world of fear and mistrust if she is to find the truth about her family.

All Ava ever wanted was to be a good wife, but she may be about to learn that being bad is in her genes . . .

Praise for Jacqui Rose:

‘A cracking good read’ – Jessie Keane

‘Gritty and gripping’ – Kimberley Chambers

‘One of my favourite authors’ – Mel Sherratt

‘Thrilling and gripping’ – Roberta Kra

Gritty and gripping – by a star in the making -- Kimberley Chambers, author of Backstabber, on Trapped
A captivating read from one of my favourite authors -- Mel Sherratt, author of Taunting the Dead, on Fatal
A thrilling and gripping novel -- Roberta Kray, author of Cheated, on Dishonour

Jacqui Rose was born in Manchester and grew up in a small village in South Yorkshire. Always a daydreamer, her love of books and writing started as a child. She is now the author of over a dozen gritty bestselling British crime novels including The Streets and The Women. Jacqui lives in a quiet part of England with her children along with lots of dogs and cats and horses.