The Lagos wife / Vanessa Walters.
By: Walters, Vanessa.
Publisher: London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2024Description: 368 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781529153262 (hbk.) :; 1529153263 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Thriller | Thriller | Modern & contemporary fiction | Classic crime fiction | Thriller / suspense fiction | Nigeria -- FictionGenre/Form: Suspense fiction.Summary: Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a dark family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives - a community of foreign women married to wealthy Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her Auntie Claudine decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria, she digs into her niece's life and uncovers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation, and even violence. But the more she discovers about her niece, the more Claudine's own buried history threatens to come to light.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Haydock Library Thriller | Issued | 23/05/2024 | 38055400027383 |
Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a dark family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives - a community of foreign women married to wealthy Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her Auntie Claudine decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria, she digs into her niece's life and uncovers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation, and even violence. But the more she discovers about her niece, the more Claudine's own buried history threatens to come to light.