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The Fake Wife
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast, Frazer Hadfield
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
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.
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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- kathleen gibb
- 10-11-23
enjoying so far
Guisborough is pronounced GISborough not guysborough.Irritating,but not enough to put me off.The female reader is not the best, strange intonation.
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- Mrs C Penman
- 15-11-23
Sharon Bolton is always excellent
An excellent story as always from Sharon Bolton, Eleven out of ten.
BUT oh the pronunciation of Guisborough!!! It isn’t ‘Guise’ as in ‘disguise’, it is ‘giz’ as in ‘giz a job’. How on earth did that slip through? I cringed every time it was mispronounced.
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- Gillian
- 14-12-23
Not up to her usual standard.
I usually really enjoy Sharon Bolton’s books but this one isn’t up to her usual standard. On top of that, I found Fraser Hadfield’s narration torturous. The delivery was flat and one dimensional; a bit like listening to a school child reading aloud. I’ll be avoiding him in the future because, as we all know, the narrator can make or break a story.
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- Nomadicdragon
- 26-11-23
very twisty
another enjoyable plot from Sharon Bolton. lots of twisty bits, good revenge plot, bit confusing at times if one forgot to concentrate. enjoyed it overall. narration was good enough.
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- reader
- 11-11-23
Great so far
It’s driving me mad how the narrator keeps mispronouncing Guisborough , pronounced Giz buh ruh . Surprised this wasn’t picked up
But still enjoying listening
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- Little Nyx
- 13-12-23
An intricate tale.
The shared narration helped a lot with the many characters.
It's a great read, many twists and turns.
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- Rae Radford
- 07-01-24
Full of twist and turns.
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.
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- Rebecca C
- 07-12-23
Another great story from Sharon Bolton
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.
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- Mrs. Karen Proctor
- 22-02-24
Not very convincing
Well read, an easy listen but lacked direction and conviction. Not one of her best books but ok
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- Yvonne Creevy
- 19-11-23
Great as ever
I am a great fan of Sharon’s work but this one is particularly good for me as I come from the north east and it was lovely to hear all the places of my youth being m mentioned.
Like everyone else, the pronunciation of Guisborough was annoying to say the least.
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