Cate Quinn

"I had the right husband--and the wrong wives." --One of Blake Nelson's widowsThe DrymeetsThe Handmaid's Talein this fascinating story of wife and death. Against the wishes of his family and the laws of the elders of the Mormon church, Blake Nelson has adopted the old polygamous ways and lives alone with his three wives, miles from anywhere, in rural Utah. Blake and his wives kept to themselves--and kept most folks out. That is, until his dead body is discovered. Black Widowsis told in the three voices of Blake's very different wives, who hate each other, and who sometimes hated their husband. Blake's dead. Did his wife kill him? And if so, which one?

Black Widows

Meredith kirby

I struggled to get into the book. I almost gave up but I truly had a desire to know who killed him. I wish I would’ve been prepared for some of plot points this story takes. I know some could be very triggering for some and I hope they don’t get taken by surprise like I was. Overall the book was fine I suppose the ending was decent enough can’t say I didn’t see it coming though.

Thank you SOURCEBOOKS Landmark & Cate Quinn for providing me with an advanced copy of Black Widows in return for an honest review. 

The story covers life in a polygamist lifestyle and the abuses that occur for many women & children. 

Blake Nelson and his three wives; Rachel who was the original wife, Emily, who is the youngest and unprepared to be a wife and Tina who is everything that the other 2 are not. 

The three sister wives get along to a point but there's some serious jealousy amongst them. 

Blake is found dead and the three wives are suspected of killing him. He had enemies outside the marriage and
there are plenty of plot twists that keep you guessing as to who killed him and why.

Taylor Stevenson

Anna Bush

Talia Loredo 

Christine W

Blake's dead. His wife killed him. The question is, which one? Rural Utah is a vast, empty landscape where whole communities can be forgotten. Against the wishes of his family and the laws of the Mormon church elders, Blake Nelson has adopted the old polygamous ways and lives alone with his three wives on an isolated homestead miles from anywhere. That is, until his dead body is discovered. Rachel, Emily and Tina - Blake Nelson's former sister-wives - are the only suspects. Who else would have been able to find Blake so far from the rest of civilisation? But as the investigation into Blake's murder intensifies, so spins a web of lies, secrets, and long-repressed trauma so complicated that it threatens to drag everyone involved in Mormon Utah's old ways into its dark and horrifying clutches. And as the sister-wives try desperately to prove that somebody else murdered their husband, will they discover that the women they've been sharing a husband with aren't the women they thought they knew at all?

Samantha Bowes

Kathy Rodger 

Katelyn Broad

The only thing the three women had in common was their husband. And, as of this morning, that they're each accused of his murder. Blake Nelson moved into a hidden stretch of land - a raw paradise in the wilds of Utah - where he lived with his three wives: Rachel, the chief wife, obedient and doting to a fault. Tina, the other wife, who's everything Rachel isn't. And Emily, the youngest wife, who knows almost nothing else. When their husband is found dead under the desert sun, the questions pile up. What are these women to each other now that their husband is dead? Will the police uncover the secrets each woman has spent her life hiding? And is one of them capable of murder...?

Black Widows

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