Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria, and a glamorous group of friends. She left London and a troubled family past behind to become part of the Nigerwives: a community of foreign women married to wealthy Nigerian men.

But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her auntie Claudine flies to Nigeria to take matters into her own hands. As she digs into her niece’s life, she uncovers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation and violence. But the more she finds out about Nicole, the more claudine's own buried history threatens to come to light.

The Nigerwife is a razor-sharp and inventive debut novel about the bonds of family, the echoing consequences of secrets, and the fight for freedom in a world where nothing is as it seems.