Speak of the Devil

By Rose Wilding

Book Overview

Seven women, inextricably linked by one man, must figure out which of them killed him in order to protect one another in this electrifying debut thriller.

New Year's Eve, 1999.

Seven women are gathered in a hotel room at midnight; a man's head sits in the center of the floor. They all had a motive to kill Jamie Spellman. They all swear they didn't. But in order to protect one another, they have to find out who did.

The ex, who drowns her darkest secret in a hip flask as the woman she loves drifts further away.
The wife, living out her fairytale marriage in a house tucked into woods so thick no one can hear a scream.
The widow, praying to a past she no longer knows whether she can trust.
The teenager, whose wide-eyed crush has trapped her in an unrecognizable future.
The mother figure, battling nature versus nurture under the weight of her own guilt.
The friend, forced to choose sides over and over, until she learns the price of choosing wrong.
And the journalist, who brought them all together--but underestimated how far one of them would go to keep believing the story they'd been told.

Against the ticking clock of a murder investigation, each woman's secret is brought to light as the connections between them converge to reveal a killer. Marking the debut of an extraordinary new talent, Rose Wilding's Speak of the Devil explores the roles into which women are cast in the lives of terrible men...and the fallout when they refuse to play pretend for one moment longer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250886937
• ISBN13: 9781250886934
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Too many pov to keep track of

I read this book with my book club I felt it was hard to keep track of all the main characters and the timeline. And after taking notes and annotating just to keep them straight, made me realize I didn’t like or care about any of these characters. I mostly skimmed the pages eager to be done with it I really felt the ending was rushed and anti-climactic. I was really hoping for a big twist like none of the women killed him.