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Her Perfect Life

By: Sam Hepburn
Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
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Summary

How far would you go to create the perfect Life?

Gracie Dwyer has it all: the handsome husband, the adorable child, the beautiful home and the glittering career. The perfect life. Her new friend, Juliet, doesn't exactly fit in. She's a down-on-her-luck single parent with no money and not much hope. So just what is it that draws Gracie and Juliet together? And when the cracks start to appear in Gracie's perfect life, can both of them survive?

©2017 Sam Hepburn (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

''A psychological rollercoaster.'' ( Glamour)
''This would make a brilliant TV series.'' ( Prima)
''Deftly woven and deliciously chilling. A superb thriller.'' (Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go)
''A gripping read that kept me up until the early hours - brilliantly plotted with all the ingredients of a great psychological thriller.'' (Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer)
''Brilliant and addictive with an explosive conclusion, Her Perfect Life will keep you guessing until the end.'' (B. A. Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors)

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Head and shoulders above the rest, best thriller for a long time!

I really enjoyed this audiobook which also featured one of the best narrators I have heard for a long time who gave a wonderful performance. I love a good thriller but find so many these days are sketchy affairs which seems to have been dashed off without much thought. However Her Perfect Life had real meat on its bones to get stuck into with well developed charaters, great plots and sub plots and really intelligently and thoroughly thought out. In fact so many interwoven plots I am really hoping that there will be a sequel as certainly I would love to see where the main character goes from here and find out the remaining mystery. Excellent all round and I am hoping perhaps this sort of standard of writing and narration will be sought after by publishers in future now the bar has been raised.

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Could not carry on listening

I started this book 3 times over, as it kept seeming to not make sense, but then I realised that's just the way the book is. Its like trying to listen to 4 different books at once and wondering why they don't 'gel together'. Too many peoples names were being mentioned, people that I didn't have a clue who they were, or where they came into it. Also the narrator's voice sounded the same for every character, male/female, young/old which just added to all of the above. I think maybe just reading this book would be better than trying to listen to it

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Good listen

The story never flagged. Even though you knew what was happening it had me gripped

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Loved this book.

I didn't want the book to end, unexpected twists, leaves you wanting more. Wonderful narrator.

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Good enough for a holiday read

Would you try another book written by Sam Hepburn or narrated by Stephanie Racine?

Possibly

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Not the ending I was prepared for - not necessarily the one I would have liked either!

Have you listened to any of Stephanie Racine’s other performances? How does this one compare?

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Was Her Perfect Life worth the listening time?

Yes - I enjoyed listening to it in the car

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Enjoyable, but confused by end

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I enjoyed this book, and there was a good amount of intrigue built up during it. I worked out the 'twist' fairly early on, but the ending left me confused! Don't want to put spoilers, but I just didn't get, other than a wild guess, who might have sent the postcard? Is the author deliberately leaving the way open for a sequel??!.....

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loved it

lots of twists and turns right to the end. easy to listen to, great story

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Beautifully written gripping thriller!

Lovely narration and character separation. Really enjoyed the unfolding plot and fantastic ending did not disappoint- great listen!

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What a book!

I could not leave this book for long. Almost listened non stop.
An incredible story, so well handled with intricate manoeuvres. I did not see the outcome until the very end...and then a twist appeared. Stephanie Racine narrated the story perfectly and I felt as though I was living it alongside the action throughout. Thank you.

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Brilliant!! Excellent story..kept me guessing

Could not stop listening,genuinly a really good story, buy it!! I would love the author to write a sequel to this.All absorbing escapism at the touch of a button.

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