The Perfect Couple

By: Lisa Hall

Narrated by: Georgia Maguire

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

The perfect couple....

A match made in heaven or hell?

From the best-selling author of The Party and Have You Seen Her comes another utterly gripping listen....

When Emily applies to a job as a housekeeper for widower Rupert, it’s a chance to start over: a steady job and regular money means she can work towards her own place, not sharing a grimy flat with old mate Mags.

As Emily gets to know more about Rupert’s world - how he likes his supper when he comes in from work, who his friends are - she can make sure everything runs like clockwork for him.

Soon there’s a spark between them; Rupert likes Emily and invites her to stay. For good.

To the outside world, they really seem to be a perfect match. There’s just the small issue of what really happened to Rupert’s first wife.

A gripping, razor-sharp game of cat and mouse, from the best-selling author Lisa Hall.

©2020 Lisa Hall (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"Chillingly believable and utterly compelling with thrills aplenty - I loved this book." (Lucy Foley, number one best-selling author of The Hunting Party and The Guest List)

"The Perfect Couple is the perfect summer [listen]. A classy thriller that’s stylish, twisty and full of suspense, Hall’s novel is garnished with echoes of the classics such as Rebecca and Gaslight, but is very much a delicious cocktail all of its own." (Sarah Pinborough, number one best-selling author of Behind Her Eyes and Cross Her Heart)

"Think Rebecca, Body Heat, and Gaslight. Lisa Hall’s dark thriller plays on three classic tropes and does the seemingly unimaginable: it improves on them. You’re going to devour this one." (Christina Dalcher, best-selling author of Vox and Q)

Horrible production risk ruining story

Throughout the story there were lines that would repeat multiple times. It happened at pivotal times in the story which made the overall story less enjoyable.

Poor editing

The story is pretty good, and the narrator isn’t bad.... but the repetition of some sentences and phrases gets annoying.

What’s up with poor editing by professionals?

This book needs to go back to the publisher for editing. I counted at least seven times where the narrator repeated the same phrase/sentence. When publishers expect customers to pay for audiobooks, they need to have had the audio edited and proofed by others. Very disappointed in the quality of this narration.

Very good!

Great domestic noir with lots of twists and turns. The book flowed really well and the characters were amazing!! Easy to follow!

great book!!

I love the spins, twists, & turns. Especially the ending! :D I was really surprised!! (Thought I knew who “done it.” ; )

Loved it!

Wasn’t expecting that twist at the end…loved this book! It did repeat a few times but not a huge deal like all the other reviews were complaining about.

Edit required to this audible.

This audible badly needs an edit as narrator sometime says the same line two and three times This happens throughout the audible and is extremely off putting to the story. Other than that is was an ok tale.

Excellent

I thought this was a really engaging, intriguing story. My only thought was that the very ending was unnecessary. It was great without it.

Intriguing...

Great story line. Kept my interest. Could have ended several different ways...Nice twist. Did not see the conclusion before the Author shared the ending.

Kept waiting for the thrill

The plot line was quite predictable. Kept waiting for the twist, but it didn’t really come. The ending didn’t really piece together well. Audio editing was poor.