The Perfect Wife
On sale
9th November 2023
Price: £9.99
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‘Seriously brilliant’ CJ Tudor
‘Chilling and compulsive’ Cara Hunter
“There’s something I have to explain, my love,” he says, taking your hand in his. “That wasn’t a dream. It was an upload.”
Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. By her side is her husband Tim, the driven British founder of one of the world’s most ground-breaking tech companies. They met when she joined his startup as artist-in-residence, their marriage a Silicon Valley fairy tale.
But as Abbie’s memories return, she realises there’s something missing from Tim’s version of events. Because, five years ago, Abbie Cullen-Scott was pronounced dead . . .
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See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest name in psychological thrillers:
‘DAZZLING’ Lee Child
‘ADDICTIVE’ Daily Express
‘DEVASTATING’ Daily Mail
‘INGENIOUS’ New York Times
‘COMPULSIVE’ Glamour Magazine
‘ELEGANT’ Peter James
‘SEXY’ Mail on Sunday
‘ENTHRALLING’ Woman and Home
‘ORIGINAL’ The Times
‘RIVETING’ Lisa Gardner
‘CREEPY’ Heat
‘SATISFYING’ Reader’s Digest
‘SUPERIOR’ The Bookseller
‘MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS’ Sunday Times
‘Chilling and compulsive’ Cara Hunter
“There’s something I have to explain, my love,” he says, taking your hand in his. “That wasn’t a dream. It was an upload.”
Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. By her side is her husband Tim, the driven British founder of one of the world’s most ground-breaking tech companies. They met when she joined his startup as artist-in-residence, their marriage a Silicon Valley fairy tale.
But as Abbie’s memories return, she realises there’s something missing from Tim’s version of events. Because, five years ago, Abbie Cullen-Scott was pronounced dead . . .
**********
See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest name in psychological thrillers:
‘DAZZLING’ Lee Child
‘ADDICTIVE’ Daily Express
‘DEVASTATING’ Daily Mail
‘INGENIOUS’ New York Times
‘COMPULSIVE’ Glamour Magazine
‘ELEGANT’ Peter James
‘SEXY’ Mail on Sunday
‘ENTHRALLING’ Woman and Home
‘ORIGINAL’ The Times
‘RIVETING’ Lisa Gardner
‘CREEPY’ Heat
‘SATISFYING’ Reader’s Digest
‘SUPERIOR’ The Bookseller
‘MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS’ Sunday Times
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Reviews
A guaranteed best-seller
One of the best thrillers you'll read in 2017
Compulsively readable . . . The highly unusual setup sets this one above the thriller pack
Genuinely eerie . . . beautifully handled . . . the pages fly
The Girl Before is a cat-and-mouse game that toys with our expectations and twists our sympathies. At times almost unbearably suspenseful, it keeps us guessing from the first page to the very last. Don't miss it
The narrative complexity, characterisation and gradual unravelling of the truth is a triumph of pacing and suspense
Original and entertaining
The kind of novel words like 'unputdownable' were invented for . . . Delaney pulls it off brilliantly, with an intoxicating knack for suspense . . . captivating, deeply engrossing
A guaranteed best-seller
Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller
The Girl Before is deservedly anointed the 'top girl' of this season's suspense novels
Original and brilliantly written
A great thriller and one that instantly hooks you in, in the very first line, and never lets you go . . . utterly compelling and very satisfying . . . A wonderful portrayal of psychological obsession at its creepy best
Enthralling
Riveting . . . Writing with precision and grace, Delaney strips away the characters' secrets until the raw truth of each is revealed
The tension is built up subtly, leading to a devastating climax. A really clever thriller . . . [the film] will no doubt become the third big 'Girl' film
Addictive
Slick, sexy, suspenseful and smart
Creepy . . . The buzz around this could not be fizzier
The Girl Before is more than worthy of the accolades . . . a complex triangle of twisted obsession . . . say goodbye to your nails
Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant
Dynamic, razor-sharp and thought-provoking . . . The Perfect Wife is a cutting-edge suspense novel unlike any you've read before. A must read!
This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . This year The Girl Before will be that book
The most intriguing plot idea I've seen in a good while
The plotting is exceptionally well thought-through
A completely original psychological thriller that grabs you and doesn't let go
Constantly cranking up the suspense . . . a thoroughly satisfying read
An intriguing novel of ideas . . . plays with its themes (from AI and art to autism) just as absorbingly as recent literary fiction withsimilar preoccupations
First-rate psychological suspense
One of the most ingenious books you'll read this year... A thrilling examination of what it is to be human
A compulsive, sexy thriller that's set to soar
Scarily believable and utterly thought-provoking. I genuinely feared for Abbie and couldn't figure out who to trust in this unputdownable thriller
I was instantly gripped and held captivated by the pace and elegant writing. I devoured it in two straight sittings
A tour-de-force. A chilling and uniquely disturbing 21st-century twist on the unreliable narrator makes for a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking psychological thriller
JP Delaney builds the suspense
A deeply addictive literary thriller that deserves to be one of this year's biggest successes
The twists are primed and deployed with a master craftsman's skill
Ingenious
A crisp psychological thriller
Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I've read in years. Twisty, turny, and with an ending not to be missed!
A masterfully crafted spellbinder . . . guaranteed to astonish
Readers who liked Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson will enjoy The Perfect Wife
Get hooked on this hair-raiser about a woman who scores what seems like her dream home . . . until she finds out the mysterious fate of the previous tenant