Till Death, or a Little Light Maiming, Do Us Part: A Hilarious and Raunchy Romp from the Wickedly Witty Bestselling Author

By Kathy Lette

One dead husband. Three grieving widows.

When she hears a man has been killed by a Great White shark, Gwen races to the beach only to find that all that remains of her husband is his swimming cap and a piece of torn, blood-stained wetsuit. Her grief is soon interrupted by Tish, screaming for information about the accident. When Gwen reassures her that it's her husband, Jason Riley, who's perished, Tish's response is earth-shattering for them both: Jason was her husband too.

The women's mutual animosity is not assuaged when they learn that Jason recently sent all his - make that their - money to a mysterious 'business partner' in Egypt called Skye. But when they fly to Cairo to confront her, they find another grieving widow whose life-savings have gone missing...

As this double-crossed threesome cross continents in their search for truth and retribution, they start to realise they're embarking on a journey of self-discovery, renewal and friendship too.

Praise for Kathy Lette:
'Fabulous, fast-paced, funny & unapologetically female. Nobody does it better.' DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE, THE GUILTY FEMINIST
'Deliciously rude and darkly funny, but with compassion and humanity at its heart. Read with relish.' NICOLE KIDMAN
'Kathy Lette can turn from raunchy farce to the most tender emotion in a trice.' STEPHEN FRY

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1035906325
• ISBN13: 9781035906321
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Aria
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Wild but too long

The premise sounded grand but as I was reading this story, which is chockful of wild, off the wall characters, lots of sightseeing on the chase to locate the absolute bum of a husband who marries women then steals their money and vanishes, I felt it really start to drag and I kept looking to see how much further to the end. That is never a good sign though I did have to keep reading because I needed to know if the women could catch Jason. I feel it would have been better as a shorter book because while the sights were fun to hear about, it was irritating to see Gwen, Tish, and Skye come so close to getting Jason, when he slips away again and again. Plus the insults traded among the women got very repetitive. The final twist was pretty fun though and the lessons learned along the way of the chase about not being afraid to live and take chances but also be a bit responsible and not just give your money to someone with a pretty smile made this book okay in the end. Will, I read this again? Probably not because I have read similar stories which took this concept and did a better job but it had good parts so I will rate this three stars.