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The Fake Wife

By: Sharon Bolton
Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast, Frazer Hadfield
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About this listen

Olive Anderson is dining alone at a hotel when a glamourous stranger joins her table, pretending to be her wife. What starts as a thrilling game quickly turns into something dangerous. But as much as the fake wife has her secrets, Olive just might have more . . .

The Fake Wife is a thriller that will shock and surprise you like the best television boxsets. If you enjoyed Netflix shows like Behind Her Eyes, The Stranger and Obsession you will love The Fake Wife.

©2023 Sharon Bolton (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited Detective Domestic Thrillers Fiction Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Marriage Exciting Suspense Fake Relationship

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Critic reviews

'You'll never guess where this book is going' SAMANTHA DOWNING

'Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in' JP DELANEY

'A thriller that had me desperate for answers. I loved it!' HARRIET TYCE
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Overall I enjoyed it .But it was very bity and confusing but got there in the end. Wonderful narration

Avid reader Jean

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Kept me interested from the very start . I did guess the story about 50% through but the narration kept me involved .

GREAT STORY AND NARRATION

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Be prepared to have a strained neck! With so many plot changes, Sharon Bolton has the reader reaching for the nearest bannister.

As Olive sits down to dine in a hotel restaurant, her uninvited guest has more than one surprise up her sleeve.
This book time travels between the present and three years previously. It's a clever 'whodunnit' which will leave you guessing right up to the end.
I loved the dynamics between Garry and Lexy, the two police officers. Hopefully, we'll see more of them in the future.

I would recommend.

Full of twist and turns.

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This one took me a bit longer to get into than some of her other novels which I think was down to the narration rather than the story. Once I got into it I was hooked & really enjoyed it.

Another great story from Sharon Bolton

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I had no idea where this was going to end up! Twists and turns all over the place cleverly kept me guessing until all the ends were tied up- although not how I saw it coming! Loved this story from beginning to end! Best audiobook in a while! Definitely going to look out for more from Sharon Bolton and narration was perfect.

Excellent story

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