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The Perfect Couple

By: Jackie Kabler
Narrated by: Elaine Claxton, Hattie Ladbury
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THE BREAK-OUT NO.1 KINDLE BESTSELLER!

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Shari Lapena and Lisa Jewell

The perfect couple … or the perfect lie?

A devoted wife…
A year ago, Gemma met the love of her life, Danny. Since then, their relationship has been perfect. But one evening, Danny doesn’t return home.

A missing husband…
Gemma turns to the police. She is horrified by what she discovers – a serial killer is on the loose in Bristol. When she sees photos of the victims she is even more stunned…they all look just like Danny.

Who would you believe?
But the police are suspicious. Why has no one apart from Gemma heard from Danny in weeks? Why is there barely a trace of him in their flat? Is she telling them the truth, or is this marriage hiding some very dark secrets?

©2020 Jackie Kabler (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Critic reviews

"An intriguing and gripping psychological thriller that keeps you guessing as you frantically turn the pages." (Sunday Times best-selling author C. L. Taylor)

"This is a psychological thriller that has everything: intrigue, mystery and constant twists and turns. I couldn't put it down!" (Alex Lake, best-selling author of Seven Days)

"There is no let-up in this twisty-turny thriller...Just when you think you've cracked its secrets, your expectations are upended again." (Kate Riordan, author of The Heatwave)

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Pretty Good but not great

Would have given this a 5 except the police and detective writing was so bad. The author didn’t do much research on how to write insights into how police work it sounded like juvenile writing. The fact that the detectives jumped to conclusions without any evidence was just ridiculous.

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Excellent

From chapter 1 this story grabs you and takes you on a wild ride of twist and turns. Excellent story and plot and the characters were amazing.

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Great, Suspenseful

This will keep you guessing right up to the end!! Loved the title. Definitely worth a read/listen

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great long listen

this was a great long read/listen. Carried me through many hours of travel. I recommend this page turner

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Nails Bitten To The Quick..!!

Alright Jackie,..!!!.. you owe me a full manicure and a day at the spa to work out my taut muscles,..!!
Completely enthralling and riveting.!

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Loved this book!

Very much enjoyed listening to this book. Narrator was perfect too. I enjoyed that till the end I didn't know how the mysteries would turn out. Also nice that our heroine may have missed some things, but she didn't seem like a completely clueless female, as is the case in so many of my favorite domestic drama books

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It was ok

Just ok. Wasn’t that suspenseful to me. Wasn’t worth my credit. Didn’t have me on the edge of my seat. It was just ok.

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Enjoyed but needed to fast forward

I think this was generally a good storyline, gave it middle of the road markings for everything though. I believe it would have been more suspenseful if it wasn’t so slow. During the last two hours, I kept fast forwarding to get to another point of the story… It was a little bit dragged out which causes me to lose interest.

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Didn’t add up

The premise of the story excellent, parts of the story very well developed, my disappointment comes with how little digging the detectives did to solve the crime, how easy they pointed a finger at the one who was only trying to help, the one who should have been the detective.
Narration was very well done, by Elaine and Hattie.

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surprisingly good

this was a once you start, you gotta find out what happens next & then b shocked but pleased with story all the way to the end. EXCELLENT author!!!!

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