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The Woman He Loved Before

what secrets was his first wife hiding?

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The Woman He Loved Before

By: Dorothy Koomson
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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 'Another masterpiece from Dorothy Koomson ... will have you gripped' Heat

From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls and All My Lies Are True comes a totally unputdownable thriller, full of twists and turns.

'If you're reading this, it's likely I'm dead. Probably murdered'

After a car crash leaves Libby close to death, she starts to question everything - especially if her husband, Jack, has ever really loved her.

Stuck at home recovering from her injuries, Libby starts to obsess over the untimely death of Eve, Jack's beautiful, perfect first wife.

When Libby finds Eve's diaries, though, she discovers 'perfect' Eve had a secret. And now Libby knows that secret her life may be in serious danger, too...

(P) 2011 Hachette Digital Contemporary Domestic Thrillers Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Marriage Exciting

Critic reviews

Another masterpiece from Dorothy Koomson... A must- read that will have you gripped *****
Social conflict, deception, the nature of marriage itself are all themes in this multi-tiered and satisfying mystery story
It has us all gripped from start to finish
Forget everything except devouring this wonderfully crafted thriller that twist and turns with gut-wrenching intrigue from the first chapter until the last.
Gripping and compelling
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It starts as a romance and develops into a thriller carrying you along so fast that you find chores to do just so that you can keep listening. Dorothy Koomson seems to get into the very soul of her characters. You live the highs and the lows with the characters until there is nothing but lows, some of which are seriously harrowing. The story of desperation leaves you wondering if you would be so strong as for every good time there seems to be the let down deeper into the mire of hidden suffering each time.

Adjoa Andoh is one of the narrators that I will look for as I cannot be sure if I would have enjoyed the story had I read it myself. She pitches it just right getting the tone of the character she is reading to pitch out the emotion adding a layer that you would not get from the words alone.

This is my second audio book of this pairing - I'll be looking for more.

Such an insightful thriller

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Dorothy Koomson is a first class writer and this book kept me gripped from start to end. The ending was unexpected and excellent. Adjoa Andoh is probably one of the best narrators I have ever listened to with a fantastic range of accents and tones. I loved this book and will be looking out for more.

First class writer

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This is a brilliant book, I had to listen to it for hours everyday as it was so gripping. A story of love, loss and family deception, highly recommended!

Gripping story

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Audio books make housework bearable and so they need to be entertaining enough to get through several hours! This one came up trumps - full of twists and turns. I did guess the end but that wasn't a spoiler at all just nice to be proved right! Beautifully read.

Twists and Turns

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This is not the sort of book I usually listen to. However, I was impressed by the reviews both here and on Amazon - and I am glad I took the chance. Although the details of Eve's life are explicit and fairly distasteful, I found this did not detract too much from an engrossing story, well told and much enhanced by the excellent reader.

Engrossing

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