The Second Woman
By (Author) Charlotte Philby
HarperCollins Publishers
The Borough Press
9th September 2022
3rd February 2022
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Espionage and spy thriller
Political / legal thriller
Narrative theme: Interior life
Thriller / suspense fiction
823.92
Paperback
384
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm
270g
A timely, gripping and morally complex thrillerMAIL ON SUNDAY
Two women are found dead.
Both had a secret.
Both had a choice.
Artemis leaves her home in Greece to start a shiny new life with her wealthy husband, Clive Witherall, in 1990s London. Finally she has escaped the ghosts of her past. Until she is discovered hanging from the stairs of their beautiful family home.
Two decades later, the apparent suicide of heiress Anna Witherall uncannily mirrors Artemis mysterious death.
What is the web of deceit that binds these two women And what deadly secrets were they hiding
Philby is a skilled and evocative writerFINANCIAL TIMES
Seriously stylish LUCY FOLEY
Im addicted to the deadly glamour of Charlotte Philbys novels ERIN KELLY
Gripping CRIME MONTHLY
A page-turning thriller Philby has created a new sort of spy novel approaching this world of skulduggery and intrigue from an entirely unique perspective. This is a clever, gripping, unsettling and thoroughly entertaining read HOLLY WATT
Her thrillers have been a game-changer for the spy novel DAILY EXPRESS
A gripping novel that spans decades and continents DAILY MIRROR
A stylish, heart-racing thriller YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY
Brilliant BELLA MAGAZINE
Following on fromPart of the FamilyandA Double Life, this finely worked novel concludes Charlotte Philbys triptych about the choices women might make when under pressure THE TIMES
Im addicted to the deadly glamour of Charlotte Philbys novels ERIN KELLY
A timely, gripping and morally complex thrillerMAIL ON SUNDAY
Each of Charlotte Philbys novels bring a thought-provoking new angle to her characters with old favourites and new intrigues emerging. The Second Woman is a page-turning thriller, but again, Philby has created a new sort of spy novel approaching this world of skulduggery and intrigue from an entirely unique perspective. This is a clever, gripping, unsettling and thoroughly entertaining read HOLLY WATT
Following on fromPart of the FamilyandA Double Life, this finely worked novel concludes Charlotte Philbys triptych about the choices women might make when under pressure THE TIMES
Brilliant BELLA MAGAZINE
Gripping CRIME MONTHLY
Charlotte Philby worked for the Independent for eight years, as a columnist, editor and reporter, and was shortlisted for the Cudlipp Prize at the 2013 Press Awards for her investigative journalism. Founder of the online platform Motherland.net, she regularly contributes to the Guardian and iNews, as well as the BBC World Service, Channel 4 and Woman's Hour. She has three children and lives in London. Charlotte is the granddaughter of Kim Philby, Britain's most famous communist double-agent.