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The Lover
  • Published: 4 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529929027
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
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The Lover

  • Mary Watson
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Tr. Paperback
2 June 2026
EBook
4 June 2026
Audiobook
4 June 2026
Hardback
4 July 2026
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The next compelling, atmospheric domestic thriller from the instant Irish Times bestselling author of THE CLEANER, about a woman who becomes the number one suspect after the man she had lodged a grievance against is found dead.

You say he harassed you.
They say you murdered him…

Maia has always kept her eyes firmly on the prize of her career, never allowing herself to be distracted by love. Then she meets Jacob. He is intelligent, charming, attractive. He also happens to be her boss.

For a while, they enjoy a whirlwind romance. Then things between them turn sour and she tries to end it, but he won’t leave her alone. She lodges a formal grievance, but the harassment only gets worse. Calls in the middle of the night; her precious work sabotaged. She decides to have it out for him once and for all.

The very next morning, he is found dead – and Maia is top of the list of suspects. Unless she can unravel the mystery of his murder, she’ll go to prison for the rest of her life.

But maybe, with his killer now on her trail, that’s where she’d be safest…
  • Published: 4 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529929027
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352
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Praise for The Lover

Praise for Mary Watson

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A heart-thumping thriller packed with exciting twists.

Daily Mail

Thrilling and otherworldly.

Sunday Times

A masterclass in tension. Plotted like an intricate spider's web, I was glued to the page for the entirety.

Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things

Revenge is a dish best served up spotless...The relentless attention to detail is wonderfully claustrophobic.

Sunday Independent

Domestic noir at its finest.

i Paper

A modern fairy tale – beautiful, dark, visceral, truly spellbinding.

Sunday Times and Irish Times No. 1 bestselling author Andrea Mara

Tense from the first page, the pressure builds inexorably. A multifaceted tale of secrets, obsessions and betrayals.

Sam Lloyd, bestselling author of The Memory Wood

Absolutely thrilling. Mary Watson is fast establishing herself as one of the most sophisticated and elegant contemporary domestic thriller writers around.

Edel Coffey

Tight, tense and beautifully written and very human - my favourite kind of thriller.

Kitty Murphy, author of the Dublin Drag Mysteries

The Lover is the kind of book that gets under your skin — in the best way. Mary Watson has delivered another unputdownable thriller!

Jen Bray, author of The Lies Between Us

A hooky, twisty psychological thriller. It kept me turning the pages until the satisfying end.

Fiona Gartland

No one does creeping domestic noir like Mary Watson. Tense and truthful – with a killer ending.

Gill Perdue, author of If I Tell

The Lover is a thrillingly fast-paced and addictive read. Hallie’s voice pulls you in from the very first page and breathlessly drags you along for the ride - every twist and turn taken at high speed - until you reach its shocking destination.

Deborah Masson, author of I'll Be Watching You