Secret lives of murderers’ wives. Elizabeth Arnold. 2026.

It’s a baking hot summer in 1960s California and three women have formed an unlikely friendship. They may look like they lead idyllic lives but behind the false smiles and glittering pools lies the truth: their husbands were some of the country’s most notorious serial killers.

Amid neighbourhoods gossip and pointed fingers, Beverley, Elsie and Margot are fighting to forge new paths for themselves. But when a string of local killings hits the news, the women - underestimated and overlooked = are hurled into an investigation of their own. After all, who better to catch a killer than those who have share their lives with one?