Crime Thriller 18+

The Widow's Debt

by Steven

His debt. Her name. Her life.

Amara Hale has been married for fifteen years to a quiet, kind man who burns the toast and carries a river stone in his pocket. Then Daniel is found dead on the floor of a rented flat in a city he never mentioned, and no one can say how.

In the weeks that follow, a stranger drops a folded paper into his grave, a bank manager cannot meet her eyes, and a courteous old man with a loft of racing pigeons names a figure she cannot pay: six hundred and twelve thousand, four hundred and eighteen pounds, due in thirty days.

To save her house, her sister and her life, Amara must find the man her husband really was, and the one friend who knew all along.

Contains violence and disturbing scenes. 18+.

28 sections · about 89,000 words · about 7 hours to read