The Perfect Father cover art

The Perfect Father

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Perfect Father

By: Charlotte Duckworth
Narrated by: Katherine Press, Oliver Hembrough
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

THE PERFECT HUSBAND . . .

After a difficult pregnancy, Esther is grateful that her husband Robin offers to put his career on hold so that she can return to the job she loves.

But Esther finds leaving her daughter Riley behind more challenging than she'd thought. And soon the new imbalance in her relationship with Robin brings old tensions to the surface.

OR A PERFECT LIE?

Then one day Esther arrives home from work to find Robin and Riley are missing. As the police investigate their disappearance, it becomes clear that nothing about this modern-day family is what it seems...

Is Robin the perfect father everyone thinks he is? Or was it all a perfect lie?

©2020 Charlotte Duckworth (P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Wrong Mother cover art
The Rival cover art
The Perfect Girlfriend cover art
The Lodge cover art
What We Leave Behind cover art
Her First Child cover art
The Doctor's Wife cover art
Happily Married cover art
The Visitors cover art
The Girlfriend cover art
The Bedroom Window cover art
The Trophy Wife cover art
The Wedding Day cover art
The Passenger cover art
The Widow cover art
The Lie cover art

Critic reviews

"Compulsively readable and with an ending you will not see coming." (Woman & Home)

"A real thrill ride." (Heat)

"The perfect read. Surprising and original." (Lesley Kara)
All stars
Most relevant
A great listen. Based around a couple, and a child. Keeps you guessing and is full of suspense. Felt the plot lacked a little something though. But all in all, well worth the credit. Good narration too.

Twists and turns

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
One of my best reads. From the beginning you think you are listening to a humdrum book but it hooks you by the two main characters, drawing you in to each other’s side of the story. The Perfect Dad begins “Perfect” he’s likeable for a while…. The twist and turns are so clever and not what you expect.
It makes you question every situation “ what would YOU do?”
Hooked by this clever story I couldn’t leave it for just a casual listen, every opportunity I had to hear more…

Soft beginning, but hang in there!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The story overall is quite far fetched in its ideas but it keeps you guessing and whilst I guessed certain twists, others i had no clue about! Most characters were likeable, but some were briefly mentioned in parts but not delved into. Overall its worth a listen but it's a bit chaotic at times (the beginning especially) so you do have to focus!

far fetched but keeps you hooked

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Binged the whole book in 3 days, so many unexpected twists and turns , keeps you wanting to know what’s next right up to the last chapter . Gutted it’s finished . Highly recommend

Gripping storyline

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An Interesting read. Narrator’s believable. Would recommend. I felt perhaps more explanation as to why Robin and Esters previously loving relationship unraveled so easily and quickly. But overall I enjoyed it.

Enjoyable.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews