BOOKS 2026 #The widow

Simon Latch is a lawyer in a rural Virginia town, struggling to make ends meet while his marriage slowly crumbles. Until one day, Eleanor Burnett, an elderly widow who needs a new will, walks into his office. It turns out that her husband left her a fortune, but no one knows about it... When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon finds himself on trial for a murder he claims he never committed.