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My Lovely Wife

By: Samantha Downing
Narrated by: David Pittu
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing, read by David Pittu.

Introducing the next generation of domestic thriller...


Every marriage has secrets. Everyone has flaws. Your wife isn't perfect - you know that - but then again nor are you.

But now a serial killer is on the loose in your small town, preying on young women. Fear is driving your well-behaved young daughter off the rails, and you find yourself in bed late at night, looking at the woman who lies asleep beside you.

Because you thought you knew the worst about her. The truth is you know nothing at all.


PRAISE FOR MY LOVELY WIFE

"The twist at the end of the first chapter made me read through the night. Clever. Manipulative. Dark. Disturbing. What more can you ask for?"-Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife

"An assured and deliciously engrossing debut. You'll surely devour My Lovely Wife, but it will linger long after you've reached the last page." Sarah Pinborough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes

"You'll never look at your neighbors the same. I couldn't pull myself away from this story...Make sure you clear your schedule before you pick it up. Absolutely unputdownable." Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

"My Lovely Wife is a knockout. It's not just a novel about serial killers. It's family drama, about a marriage, about kids out of control, about infidelity, and about the news media; and it's also about the folks next door. It's an effortless page-turner." Publishers Weekly

"The twist at the end of the first chapter made me read through the night" Jane Corry

©2019 Samantha Downing (P)2019 Penguin Audio
Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Marriage Crime Scary Murder

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Good book but took a while to get to the climax of the story, right at the end. Unexpected twist at the end.

Personally I just couldn’t enjoy the narrator (just not for me), the American accent was so strong, and his voices of other characters put me off actually listening.

Slow burner

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Very good story, and even though it's dark there's beautiful character development so that you can't help but begin to care about the characters. Just a huge shame about the ending - in a book full of twists and turns the ending was weak and clichèd.

let down by the ending

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I thought as a whole it was quite solid, but left down by itself.

A small issue was time. Not the length of time the book is or anything, but in world time. I have no idea how far apart anything was, or when it happened in relation to the other, etc. I know of the time in context, i.e. " last week, a few weeks ago" etc, but it just seems like everything bled together and I wasn't sure how far from we had come from the first page, to, three quarters of the way through. Maybe that's on me though!

Small nitpick for me though was the whole News situation. I just kept thinking " news isn't presented like that, they don't interview like that", etc. Everytime those parts came up I was wishing they would be over.

Finally, that third act though. Jesus. That was all over the place and rushed! That ending threw me through a loop and has left me questioning the true character of the protagonist and the whole third act of the story! Poor form there.

I liked the main protagonist though. He was well fleshed out I thought and I understand him as a character ( or thought I did until the ending....). You get a sense of his moral compass, his insecurities, his loves, his failures. He was great!

The first act was good. A solid foundation for the story and the second act was a good continuation and built well the first act (even if it did go a touch longer than it should have done).


Also, a note about the narrator, David Pittu. He was good and I was never brought out of the story at any point, nor did I think anything about him while listening. A fine choice.

As I say though, overall I thought it was a solid story let down by a poor third act.

A good story overall.

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I could have done with more psychological interaction between the two main characters., however worth a listen.

A little mundane in places

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I liked that the author told the story from a different perspective for a change but felt the ending was predictable and tied up too conveniently.

Interesting premise & good narration

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