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The Serial Killer’s Wife

By: Alice Hunter, Kristin Atherton
Narrated by: Sarah Paul, James MacNaughton
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Publisher's summary

Every marriage has its secrets....

Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood—they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family.

When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by now—what if he’s crashed his car? She fears the worst.

But the worst is beyond imagining.

As the interrogation begins, Beth will find herself questioning everything she believed about her husband.

They’re saying he’s a monster. And they’re saying she knew.

©2021 Alice Hunter (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"A one-sitting read that absolutely gripped me from the first page." (C S Green)

"The final double twist is well worth waiting for." (My Weekly)

"Hooks you in to the drama straight away and does not let you go, even on the last page." (The Sun)

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Awesome Book!

Never dull and perfectly written. Alice Hinter is my new favorite writer. Great unique plot.

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Well written with a nice twist at the end i didnt see coming🤩

Performance and pace was well balanced. A good one time listen. Good
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Silvia sounds…yuck!

The main female narrator makes lots of juicy mouth sounds. It sounds like she is sucking on something or constantly licking her lips. It was very distracting. The book was good. The narrator not so much.

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Great Throughout

This kept my attention the whole time and was great throughout. Loved the narration and the plot.

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Better than I thought it would be!

So, I really didn't care for Beth's narrator, only because she spoke too slowly and took very long pauses between sentences that shouldn't have been there (or maybe ot was the editing?) But the story was great! The ending, truly unexpected. I usually take a week or so to listen to a book, but this I finished in 4 days. I would definitely recommend this to mystery/suspense lovers.

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Good story. can't stand the reader

The person reading this is so irritating. with her deep breaths into the mic and constantly swallowing. I can't stand it anymore

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Narration, plot, and characters: A+

I’m pretty picky about thrillers, so i don’t write reviews unless I was obsessed. The story had a good pace, hints were dropped along the way but nothing too obvious. Would recommend it

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Don't know if I can finish it.

The female narrator was no good. she smacks her words at the end and it was so distracting and gave me so much anxiety. I'm not really into the story. so far I feel like it was a wasted credit.

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Listened to the whole thing

Listened to the whole book despite the narrator’s slurping and cringe-worthy accents. Story-line hooked me!

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enjoyed story; awkward pauses and all

I enjoyed the story, pretty fast paced storyline. Just as it seemed it was ending, it twisted again. I always listen to books through my earbuds and this is the first time I've picked up on odd pauses and faint background noises - not enough to distrupt but enough to notice. Overall, a good experience.

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