THE PILOT'S WIFE

Brilliantly captures the sense of a person succumbing to the shock of an emotional tidal wave Lynne Truss, THE TIMES

As a pilot's wife in the New England mill town of her birth, Kathryn Lyons has learned to expect intense exhilaration, occasional boredom and long spells apart from her husband - but nothing

prepares Kathryn for the late-night knock at the door informing her

that he has died in a crash.

Even before the plane is located in waters off the coast of Ireland, the tragedy becomes the subject of a media feeding frenzy. Could there be any truth to the bizarre, disturbing rumours that Jack Lyons led a secret life? Struggling with her grief, and fighting the urge to protect herself and her precocious daughter from the mystery surrounding the crash, Kathryn is determined to learn who her husband really was, whatever that knowledge may cost.

A gripping analysis of how even the closest bonds never permit us to know another person entirely'

OBSERVER

'Shreve's prose is astonishing; this is a powerful story, beautifully written

SUNDAY TIMES