Recipe for a Perfect Wife: A Daily Mail Book of the Week

by Karma Brown

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'A bold, intoxicating, page-turner' Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six

When Alice Hale leaves a career to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in the basement, she becomes captivated by its previous owner: 1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. As Alice cooks her way through the past, she realises that within the pages Nellie left clues about her life.

Soon Alice learns that while a Baked Alaska may seem harmless, Nellie's secrets may have been anything but. When Alice uncovers a more sinister, even dangerous, side to Nellie's marriage, and has become increasingly dissatisfied with her own relationship, she begins to take control of her life and protect herself with a few secrets of her own.

A Daily Mail Book of the Week
The #1 Toronto Star Bestseller
The #1 Globe and Mail Bestseller
A Cityline Book Club Pick
A WI Life Magazine Book Club Pick

Featured in The New York Times, Parade, Crime Reads, Refinery29, Westport Magazine, The Every Girl.

  • ISBN10 1789559790
  • ISBN13 9781789559798
  • Publish Date 4 February 2020 (first published 31 December 2019)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Legend Press Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English