The Perfect Wife: A Novel

JP Delaney

Aug 2019 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by JP Delaney, Saskia Maarleveld, Graham Halstead, and Euan Morton

About this audiobook

The perfect life. The perfect love. The perfect lie. From the bestselling author of The Girl Before comes a gripping psychological thriller. . . .

“Mind-bending . . . Delaney takes domestic suspense beyond its comfort zone.”—The New York Times Book Review

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY • A COSMOPOLITAN NEW MUST-READ

Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He’s a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley’s most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss.

She is a miracle of science. 

But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins to question her husband’s motives—and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what really happened to her, half a decade ago?

Beware the man who calls you . . .
 
THE PERFECT WIFE

Ratings and reviews

When Abbie wakes she has no memory of who she is or what has happened to her. She is told by a man who says he is her husband that she had an accident 5 years ago and thanks to a technological breakthrough she has been brought from near death. He tells her she is an artist, a surfer, the mother of a young son ... the perfect wife. She is a miracle of science. But Abbie isn't so sure of what he's telling her. She comes to doubt what he says ... but what his motive be? His version of events just doesn't add up to what she believes. What really happened to her 5 years ago? THE PERFECT WIFE seems, to me, to be more science fiction than thriller. This was a disturbing story and frightening in thinking of these things in today's world. I wonder ..is this what comes next in future technology ... or has it already happened? It kind of put me in mind of the Stepford Wives. The ending left me in goosebumps. Many thanks to the author / Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine / Netgalley for the digital copy of this most intriguing book. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

About the author

The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before and Believe Me, JP Delaney has previously written fiction under other names.