A strange and compulsive book. A real slow burner to begin with that I didn't know if I liked or not. Finn travels to Mallorca to regain his recently deceased father's property from his new Albanian stepmother and sister and gets caught up in a web of deceit and secrets. The plot twists and turns on every page. The final chapters are so convoluted and strange it is difficult to keep up and I found the ending very sudden and dissatisfying. One to come back to and read again in a year or two perhaps?
Thank you Netgalley, Quercus Books and JP Delaney for giving me the opportunity to read this book. All opinions are my own.

Finn is called by his sister asking him to travel to Mallorca to help sort the legalities of getting possession of the farmhouse his late father lived in. The only problem is that his father’s new wife and her daughter are still living there. Will he be able to persuade them to leave?

This book is a bit different to the usual thriller! I have read all of J.P. Delaney’s books and am always assured that I will be getting a unique, entertaining story and this fits the theme perfectly. I was never sure where the story was going or who to trust and found myself faced with several surprises.

The characters are well written and unlikeable, in a good way! I found myself physically cringing at some actions and enjoyed the themes of obsession, manipulation and suspicion. Overall this is definitely a book I will recommend and I can’t see what the author pulls out next. 4.5 stars! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this early copy.

An intriguing page-turner! I’ve loved all of JP Delaneys books so far and The New Wife was no exception. I was transported to Mallorca and didn’t want to leave! The ending was so different and unexpected, it would make for a great book club discussion!

Thank you so much Netgalley, Quercus and JP Delaney for this ARC.

I'm a big fan of JP Delaney's thrillers, they always bring something a bit different, The New Wife is no exception.

Finn receives a call informing him that his estranged father has died, placing the responsibility for sorting out the estate in Finn's hands. Finn's father lived a bohemian, artist lifestyle in a Mallorcan farmhouse, the farmhouse will pass to Finn and his sister, if he can convince his father's latest wife to leave.

It's rich in character and atmospheric local colour, the sights and scents, local language as traditions.

It's not the fastest book, but I enjoyed the vivid atmosphere and slow build. With a story with so few characters you need something big and unexpected, and this very nearly pulls it off.

Overall, I enjoyed it and it kept me entertained. It might not be for everyone and don't go in expecting a typical thriller.

Thanks to Netgalley and Quercus Books.

Set in beautiful Mallorca, this book lulls you into a sense of comfort which is quickly whisked away as you start to wonder if any of the characters is actually as they seem. Reminiscent of Rebecca, the author takes you down one path and then another before the satisfying conclusion is revealed.

Unfortunately I do not agree with the other posted reviews. I did not find this book interesting or even suspenseful. Honestly I had a hard time really finding a decent plot in the story. The ending doesn’t really reveal much either. I have really enjoyed Delaney’s books in the past but this one fell short.

Delaney's new book is a masterclass in misdirection, and overall, very entertaining. The first quarter of the book is a little slow, but once the story hits its stride, things become fastpaced and quite eventful.

Delaney has done a good job of foreshadowing events, but I guessed one critical twist in advance. Nevertheless, the story provides plenty of other twists and turns along the way, and there's more than enough to keep a reader engaged. The final segment is a little drawn-out, but the element of surprise it delivers makes up for that, too.

Finn and his sister Jess are far from devastated to find out that their selfish, abrasive father - who stayed on in Mallorca after the rest of the family returned to Britain when the children were teenagers - has died. Nicknamed the OB (Old Bastard) by his kids, their dad was a narcissistic man, and an artist who never lived up to his full potential.

He also remarried twice after divorcing their mother, leaving his third wife and her daughter in situ at his property in Mallorca, which has since been renovated into luxury tourist accommodation.

Jess and Finn are not overly worried about claiming their inheritance, because they know that their parents had come to an agreement many years ago that upon his death their dad's two children from his first marriage would inherit the property outright. So the duo agree that Finn will go to Mallorca and tactfully remove the father's third wife from the premises, so that the two siblings can sell it.

But things don't work out quite as planned. Finn develops the beginnings of an infatuation for his stepmother's daughter, Roze, and decides to spend the summer there - to Jess's horror. She is well aware of her brother's weaknesses, and fears where this will lead.

As it turns out, Jess's fears are quite justified. But then, no one could really have predicted just how badly the best-laid plans can go off-road in the mountains of Mallorca...

Love the twists and turns in Delaney’s book and the New Wife has you on the edge of your seat waiting for that inevitable jaw dropping moment that you simply didn’t see as coming, a real grippable read.

Very excited to acquire this new novel by JP DElaney. I loved the series with Gugu Mbatha Raw and I’m sure this novel will be just as enthralling. Not my usual drama, but we appeal to many different types of reading preferences here and these books do not disappoint and keep readers on the edge of their sears. Will be sharing a full review and thoughts very soon!

This is an excellent, absolutely brilliant psychological thriller set in Mallorca relating to inheritance issues. It's creepy. We have an accidental poisonous death, asylum seeker's marriage of convenience. Lies and secrets, what/who to believe? It also tugs at the heartstrings, but is balanced with humour.
I found it extremely gripping with twists, turns and surprises galore. The author's note at the end is very relevant and important to the story and helped to make sense of it all.
Highly recommended.

Thanks for the chance to read JP Delaney's newest thriller! it jumped straight to the top of my reading list as soon as I was approved. and I read it in one hit.

Two adult siblings Finn and Jess are set to inherit their father's rundown Mallorcan finca when he dies, but as he has married again, they have to tread carefully around the new widow and her adult daughter Roze whilst the legal situation is sorted out.

Finn flies out to get things moving but when he starts to develop feelings for Roze, he decides to see if there's another way forward. Is he being played or is he manipulating the situation?

Fantastically twisty, the truths shift underneath your feet at every turn of the page, and what you were sure was the case in one chapter can be completely inverted just a few pages on.

One of his best books to date - well worth a read!

Thank you Quercus books and NetGalley for this amazing read from JP Delaney, out in the world on 20th July!
When Finn gets a call from his sister Jess to say their father has passed away in Spain and the house he’s been living in is now officially theirs, Finn goes to Mallorca with the intention of finalising the legalities for the house. What he finds is his father’s third wife- now a widow- and her daughter, in a house that is unrecognisable from the one he grew up in.
There begins the story- a slow burn, constant suspicious of everyone and everything, some twists that literally made me gasp, and some dark themes around prostitution and trafficking, all set in the beautiful backdrop of Mallorquín farmlands.
This was an absolutely stellar read that I’m sad to be finished -
JP Delaney never disappoints!!

This is an impeccably written thriller about love, lust and greed, and how they are often intertwined. The story follows a pair of siblings whose father has recently passed away and their inheritance is at risk due to his potentially gold-digger wife.

When Finn Hensen hears of his father’s death, he isn’t overcome with grief. The passing of his abusive father means that his villa in Mallorca now passes to Finn and his sister Jess. Happy days. Except for one thing. The villa is occupied. Finn’s father’s third and last marriage was to an Albanian woman, Ruenza, who now lives in the roomy farmhouse along with her daughter Roze. Finn flies out to meet them but it’s strictly business, just wrapping up the legalities and paperwork. Nothing else. Well….

Finn’s sister Jess wants to move right along and cautions Finn against getting in over his head. After all, Roze is young, attractive and seemingly, a victim of circumstances not of her own doing. And, she wouldn’t be telling fibs, would she? And the events leading to Finn’s father’s death, all over board and absolutely not suspicious in any way? Well, the Spanish Police do have some questions for Finn but that can be put down to Spanish bureaucracy surely? And the local village gossip? Sour grapes, nothing more than that. Right?

I loved the island setting, the creeping narrative and the feeling that lifts from the pages, like knowing you are running out of breath but deciding to stay under the water as you think you can go just a little bit further. A clever story that has you wrapped in knots from the off.