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Me and Will. Will and Me. A perfect match. He said he would always be there for me, but it’s been a year since he drained his coffee, walked out the front door and vanished.

Did he leave me? Or did something terrible happen? I’m scared someone finally found out about what happened on the drive home that night...

I lie awake at night trawling the internet for rental properties, desperate for an escape. Until I see my husband’s gorgeous face smiling back at me from a photograph on the fireplace in someone else’s home, and something inside of me snaps.

At the house, I find no trace of him and the woman who lives there has no idea who I am. But I’m certain she’s hiding something behind the locked door upstairs. I know that if I want answers, I have to stay.

You might think that what’s inside that room is the answer to all my questions and the end of all my pain. But it’s only the beginning…

Nail-biting and completely gripping, The Happy Couple will make you question how well you really know the ones you love. Perfect listening for anyone who adored The Wife Between Us, The Girl on the Train or Gone Girl.

©2020 Samantha Hayes (P)2020 Bookouture Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction
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I enjoyed reading the 📚 but I just feel like the ending was rushed. It took the writer a while to get to the point and all of a sudden too many things happened at once and then the end.

Great Read

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On the whole the story was ok & held my interest but I felt that it ended a bit strangely & it should have gone on a bit further

A bit of a strange ending

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The Happy Couple is most pleasantly narrated by Ellie Heydon. She has a sweet, calm and attractive voice, but sadly isn't right when speaking as in a male character, as Simon or Will. She makes her voice hoarse and rough for them but it doesn't work. I wish the production team could insert a man's voice for those occasions. Simon is a smashing chap, strong and sensible, with no side, but he sounds like a twit.

The plot is full of twists and turns, sometimes I really wanted to shout at Jo, I wished she would wake up and stop being so silly and self centred. Slow, too, at times to think others, often strangely speaking her last thoughts out loud, definitely selfish and full of 'I want'. There are two sides to every story and we got them sorted by the end. I enjoyed it a lot, I am only nit picking about the voices really. Worth a listen!

Kept me involved for days in lockdown

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I loved the book. Poor very last bit at the end which was a shame.

Great story

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I didn’t think I was going to like the book. The narrator whilst pleasant I found boring at first. But the book drew me in and I found myself trying to guess the ending. There are a few inconsistencies but easy enough to ignore, worth listening too if you like a mystery.

Enjoyable

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