'Thrillingly suspenseful . . . Reveals its riches layers and secrets through effortlessly
elegant prose' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'A brilliantly original novel about family motherhood
identity and diaspora with a crime thriller twist' AFUA HIRSCH 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.An inventively told and keenly
observant thriller where nothing is as it seems The Nigerwife is a razor-sharp look at the
bonds of family the echoing consequences of secrets and whether we can ever truly outrun our
past.'The Nigerwife is an exceptional debut . . . pacy and unique. An absolute treat - it took
all my expectations and threw them to the wind.' JANICE HALLETT'A murderously good read' SARAH
LANGAN
