The SelfMade Widow, Fabian Nicieza
The SelfMade Widow, Fabian Nicieza
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The Self-Made Widow

Author: Fabian Nicieza

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 11 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/21/2022


Synopsis

From the cocreator of Deadpool and author of Suburban Dicks comes a diabolically funny murder mystery that features two unlikely sleuths investigating a murder that reveals the dark underbelly of suburban marriage.

    After mother of five and former FBI profiler Andie Stern solved a murder—and unraveled a decades-old conspiracy—in her New Jersey town, both her husband and the West Windsor police hoped that she would set aside crime-fighting and go back to carpools, changing diapers, and  lunches with her group of mom-friends, who she secretly calls The Cellulitists. Even so, Andie can’t help but get involved when the husband of Queen Bee Molly Goode is found dead. Though all signs point to natural causes, Andie begins to dig into the case and soon risks more than just the clique’s wrath, because what she discovers might hit shockingly close to home.
 
    Meanwhile, journalist Kenny Lee is enjoying a rehabilitated image after his success as Andie’s sidekick. But when an anonymous phone call tips him off that Molly Goode killed her husband, he’s soon drawn back into the thicket of suburban scandals, uncovering secrets, affairs, and a huge sum of money. Hellbent on justice and hoping not to kill each other in the process, Andie and Kenny dust off their suburban sleuthing caps once again.     
 

About The Author

Fabian Nicieza is a comic book writer and editor who is best known as the co-creator of Marvel's Deadpool and for his work on titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable, and Thunderbolts. He is the author of Suburban Dicks, a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on March 25, 2022

In the sequel to Suburban Dicks, two suburban dicks (investigators) find more suburban dicks (dicky people in the suburbs) doing dickish behavior in the suburbs. After breaking her water on camera at a press conference after the events in book #1, Andie Stern is back in relative shape...and relative......more

Goodreads review by Karen on October 29, 2024

When I saw this book on the shelf at the local library, I was intrigued. I didn’t realize at the time that it is the second book in the series that follows mother and former FBI profiler, Andrea (Andie) Stern, and journalist, Kenny Lee. I decided to read it anyway. And, although I think the author d......more

Goodreads review by Derek (I'M BACKKKK!) on April 04, 2023

The follow up to last year's surprise hit Suburban Dicks falls a little short of it's predecessor. Andie and Kenny return to dig their noses where it's not wanted: a closed-case death. Except this time, the dead body is the husband of Andie's close friend. The humor and witty dialogue is in a simila......more

Goodreads review by Joe on June 23, 2022

Fabian Nicieza returns to that bastion of crime and corruption, West Windsor, NJ, in The Self-Made Widow, the riotous follow-up to the chart-topping, guilty pleasure, Suburban Dicks. Coupling Jersey-style sarcasm with floor-to-ceiling expletives, Widow is the fun return of housemom/profiler Andi......more

Goodreads review by Jess (oracle_of_madness) on May 21, 2022

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for this Arc! I didn't realize this book was a sequel. However, as I read, the story contains plenty of information about the MC and her past plus what has led up to this book that I was able to fully understand pretty much everything. And, one thing is for sure, I l......more


Quotes

Nicieza has made a successful leap to crime fiction (Suburban Dicks, 2021). His latest is a satirical suburban mystery that offers a brilliant blend of searing social commentary, acerbic wit, and heart wrenching tragedy…. This is an outstanding domestic thriller that effectively combines suburban comedy with a surprise-filled plot."
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