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    The Perfect Couple
    The Perfect Couple
    The Perfect Couple
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Perfect Couple

    Written by Lisa Hall

    Narrated by Georgia Maguire

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    About this audiobook

    The Perfect Couple… A match made in HEAVEN or HELL?

    ‘Chillingly believable and utterly compelling’ Lucy Foley, No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party
    ‘The perfect summer read. A classy thriller. Stylish, twisty and full of suspense’ Sarah Pinborough, No.1 bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes

    When Emily applies for a job as a housekeeper for widower Rupert, it’s a chance to start over – a steady job and regular money means she can work towards her own place, not sharing a grimy flat with old mate, Mags.

    As Emily gets to know more about Rupert’s world – how he likes his supper when he comes in from work, who his friends are – she can make sure everything runs like clockwork for him.

    Soon there’s a spark between them; Rupert likes Emily and invites her to stay. For good.

    To the outside world, they really seem to be a perfect match. There’s just the small issue of what really happened to Rupert’s first wife…

    A gripping, razor-sharp game of cat and mouse, from the bestselling author, Lisa Hall.

    Praise for The Perfect Couple:

    ‘Chillingly believable and utterly compelling with thrills aplenty — I loved this book’ Lucy Foley, No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party

    ‘The perfect summer read. A classy thriller that’s stylish, twisty and full of suspense, Hall’s novel is garnished with echoes of the classics such as Rebecca and Gaslight, but is very much a delicious cocktail all of its own’ Sarah Pinborough, No.1 bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes

    ‘Razor-sharp’ The Sun

    ‘Chock-full of menace, red herrings, and well-drawn characters who pull you one way, then hurl you in the opposite direction. I had my theories – they were all wrong! Highly recommend’ Caz Frear, No.1 bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies

    ‘Think Rebecca, Body Heat, and Gaslight. Lisa Hall’s dark thriller plays on three classic tropes and does the seemingly unimaginable: it improves on them. You’re going to devour this one’ Christina Dalcher, bestselling author of Vox and Q

    ‘A sharp game of cat and mouse with a brilliant, twisty plot. Unputdownable!’ Candis

    ‘Darkly addictive and impossible to predict, this is Lisa Hall at her absolute best’ CWA Dagger-winning author Chris Whitaker

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateAug 20, 2020
    ISBN9780008356477
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    • 3/5
      I enjoyed it enough to continue listening... it was odd.. I really enjoyed lisa hall's 'between you and me' this one not as much. I really don't like the name 'carro' much and hearing it over and over and over in reference to his dead wife was so grating! Every character throughout the book continuously used the dead wife's name! It felt like the name 'carro' made up a quarter of the book!! Ok rant over sorry... other than that it was ok. I felt a bit like the relationship lacked some depth.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      An OK story, but it was slow midway through. The ending was predictable.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Definitely not one of the best thriller books I’ve ever heard, actually really bordering on lame. I just kept listening because I really couldn’t believe it would actually be as boring as it was, I kept believing against all hope that it would get better. IT DIDN’T. Narrator was good but some sentences get repeated, I actually thought I was imagining it at first.
      Slow. No depth to the characters. Uninteresting. Repetitive.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Meh, it was just ok, probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Very predictable plot and cringe worthy as a whole. My expectations were not high but this book definitely fell short. Wouldn’t recommend it.

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    • 5/5
      So many twists and turns. Kept me on my toes trying to figure out the ending.
    • 5/5
      Loved it and I wasn't expecting the twist at the end!
    • 3/5
      Book was good, not the best suspense story ever. The recording though has a lot of issues (repeated phrases, etc)
    • 4/5
      The ending came together nicely. I enjoyed it.Nice one?
      I got tired of “Caro’s” name tho
    • 5/5
      Brilliant domestic thriller- it is the story of Emily and Rupert. I had so many theories about what was happening and they constantly changed . So clever and unpredictable. Highly recommend.
    • 3/5
      Where do I start? The Perfect Couple sums itself up pretty well with that cover. Jackie Kabler has no qualms with instantly placing the reader into the center of a perplexing mystery. Gemma arrives home to realize that Danny, her husband, is missing. No sign of foul play, no missing items, just…. gone. Even worse for her, the police start to suspect that she is the one behind his disappearance. After all, she’s the only one who has seen him in weeks. Who’s to say that she isn’t trying to cover up something nefarious? What follows is a slow burn chase, with Gemma trying desperately to figure out what on Earth is going on.Now I have to say that I definitely enjoyed Gemma’s character. She, unsurprisingly, starts the story out in a whole heap of shock and feels unable to do much. However as the story progresses, I found myself wholeheartedly cheering her on. She was unwilling to rely on the police to solve things. Gemma was smart. Let me tell you. If I were in her position, I don’t think I would have had half the amount of tenacity and stubbornness that she did. Her determination was refreshing, and I loved how outside of the box her personal investigations were.I also very much enjoyed the way that the plot was laid out. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything for all you potential readers out there. Still I feel that it’s safe to say that this book has a good handle on slowly laying out the clues and the facts, allowing the reader to feel like they are uncovering things right alongside Gemma. The pacing was pretty solid, and it was nice that there were other characters that made their way into Gemma’s story that felt like they fit in perfectly. If this book was a puzzle, it would have been a challenging one but also one that felt like all the pieces were meant to be there.So, why the three star rating? My biggest hang up with this story was just that it felt too long for its own good. There were chapters that I ended up just skimming, because most of it was dialogue between the police that were on the case and none of it really seemed to add anything new to the case. This doesn’t change my earlier thought that the pacing was good. It was. There were just some portions that I think could have easily been shortened without losing the overarching mystery plotline. By the time I reached the ending I had actually figured out what was going on, mainly because the filler chapters gave me so much time to mull things around. I’m starting to see that, in most cases, shorter is better when it comes to mystery and thriller books.All of that aside, this was an enjoyable way to while away a few hours. I kept picturing myself reading this next to a fireplace, snuggled under a comforter, with a cup of hot cocoa. That’s the vibe that it gives off. I hope that you’ll all enjoy it as well!
    • 4/5
      The Perfect Couple was a really enjoyable, page turning read that kept me guessing until the end. One of my favorite things about this book was that it felt like the perfect blend of domestic suspense and police procedural. The story was told from two different viewpoints: one from Gemma's point of view where she was dealing with the fact that her husband had gone missing and the second point of view was from the lead inspector who was trying to solve the two recent deaths that had recently occurred and then also gets drawn into the case of Gemma's missing husband. The fact that there were two recent deaths of men that looked like Gemma's missing husband really had me guessing. I could not figure out what was going on and was kept guessing the entire time. I love the way the author set this book up. I found myself trusting Gemma and rooting for her...then questioning her...then trusting her all over again. It made up for a really fun reading experience in the end. Even when I started to "think" that I knew what probably had happened, there were still twists that I didn't expect as well as the fact that I couldn't figure out the why's behind it all. The night I finished this book I fully intended on getting things done - instead I sat wrapped up in my book until I turned the last page. I was just completely immersed in the best of ways. Also, I love the way this book ended! I won't say anymore for fear of spoilers but it just gave me a very eerie feeling. I cannot wait to read more by this author!Overall, I'm sure that you can already tell that I really enjoyed my time reading this book! I think that readers that enjoy domestic suspense, those readers that enjoy police procedurals, and those readers who enjoy a page-turning, suspenseful read should definitely pick this book up! This is an author that I plan on reading more of and will be watching for future releases! An easy book to recommend.Bottom Line: A suspenseful read that kept me turning the pages as fast as I could!Disclosure: I received a copy of this book thanks to the publisher as part of a TLC book tour. Honest thoughts are my own.
    • 5/5
      Life has been perfect for Gemma and her husband Danny. The successful journalist and IT specialist have decided to flee busy London and settle in Bristol in a nice home where the quality of living is higher. When Gemma returns one Friday evening only three weeks after their move, she expects Danny to be at home waiting for her with dinner. However, their house is deserted, no sign that her partner has been at home after work. First, she is only slightly concerned, working overtime is not unusual in his job, but not getting hold of him makes her wonder. After changing his job, he hasn’t gotten a new mobile phone and thus, they only communicate via e-mail which he doesn’t answer. Gemma bravely waits two days, becoming increasingly frightened before she contacts the police for filing a missing persons’ report. What she learns then is that two men looking like Danny’s twins have been murdered in the area and soon she finds herself prime suspect in a serial killer case as strangely, there is not the least sign in her home of Danny ever having lived there with her. What is she actually hiding?Jackie Kabler’s mystery novel starts quite typical for a thriller, you are immediately thrown into the plot and discover the vanishing of her husband together with Gemma. Thus, you get her growing concern first hand and can easily follow her thoughts. When the police’s side of the story is told, the author switches the point of view and leaves you quite quickly in the positing where you wonder if either you were fooled by Gemma who seemingly has set up some very good murder plot or if the woman suffers from some kind of serious mental troubles and even only imagined to have a husband whom strangely hardly anybody seems to have known. On the other hand, there is some creepy feeling that Danny might have taken advantage of Gemma for some scheme of his own, they haven’t been married that long and he proposed only weeks after they had gotten to know each other.I totally adored the constant insecurity about whom to trust and what to believe; the more you learn about the characters and the further the events develop, you have to adapt your opinion and change sides more than once. Some unexpected twists and turns keep you hooked to the novel and make it hard to put it down. “The Perfect Couple” is a psychological thriller with an interestingly drawn protagonist and a surprising storyline which make a thrilling and gripping read.