My Lovely Wife

By: Samantha Downing

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Instant number-one international best seller

USA Today best seller Edgar + ITW Thriller Award nominee for Best First Novel

“Think: Dexter but sexier.” (theSkimm)

“A dark and irresistible debut.” (People)

“Will shock even the savviest suspense readers.” (Real Simple)

Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose 15-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting....

Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored. We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with. We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive. Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.

©2019 Samantha Downing (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

Number-One Library Reads Pick!

Number-One Library Reads, IndieNext, and Amazon Best of the Month in Thriller

"The thriller we’re most excited to stay up with all night." (Entertainment Weekly)

"If you read one book this year, make it My Lovely Wife." (Betches)

“Wow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense.” (Harlan Coben, number-one New York Times best-selling author)

“Clever. Manipulative. Dark. Disturbing. What more can you ask for?” (Jane Corry, national best-selling author of My Husband’s Wife)

Twisted but GOOD

I selected this book (like most others) solely by the few latest reviews and without knowing any info about the storyline... and I was pleasantly surprised.

This book was interestingly dark and will make you look at your "perfect neighbors" with suspicion.

interesting twist to an interesting storyline

I wasn't so sure about the premise of this book when I got started, but then hung in for the psychological makeup of the whole family and wanted to stay for the outcome.
I don't want to give anything away, but I'll just say the author developed each character well enough for me to finish the book on my vacation (without being too rude w/my earbuds in...lol...I couldn't wait to get back to this book to see what was going to happen next, especially towards the end!!)
it was a little dark, but did not have lots of descriptive gore, and not really much sex; just a few scenes that were mentioned in passing between the few partners....enough for your own mind to wander if you wanted, ir continue on with the next chapter.
This was a dark, twisty thriller, with lots of twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end. The kids are great bonus characters!

slow start

very very slow start. got better toward the end but I'm not really excited about it

Amazing

This book was fantastic. Loved how the author gave great detail into what the characters were thinking and feeling. A must read!

Just WOW!

In a story line that is sometimes so unbelievable it’s believable this book reads like a Made for Lifetime movie. I had figured out the ending —at the ending!!

suspenseful, gripping, brilliant!! pop

I WILL DEF LISTEN TO MORE OF SAMANTHA DOWNING!
I have been listening to audio books for several years now and I have to say this has been my favorite! def credit worthiness!

Really entertaining BUT (Spoiler Alert!!)

Overall the book was really entertaining from start to finish. The problem was, the ending (stop reading if you don't want spoilers) the ending really pissed me off. The protagonist isn't a good guy, he's a bad guy, and a murderer. I wasn't rooting for him to succeed, so toward the end I was like - this is ridiculous, he SHOULD get caught, he's responsible for the horrific deaths of these women. And at no time does he ever actually own that, so it left me feeling sick. In Dexter, you get it - and you end up rooting for the bad guy because he's not THAT bad, but this guy IS that bad. Ugh.

Wow!! Talk about a thriller!

If you are looking for a book that will keep you guessing, this one is for you. It's a wild ride from start to finish from the prospective of a minor psychopath who has to keep jumping through hurdles of a major psychopath throws in front of him. And the dynamic of being married to each other is that much more intense. You get to know the inner workings of a family and how a serial killer tries to control every aspect of the family.

The main point of the story is can anyone truly know a person. There are secrets the couple share and then there are darker secrets that they both hold back from each other.

The book had me on my toes, that's for sure and I kept listening, not wanting to turn off the book because I needed to know what happened next. I had so much anxiety!

This is a book that will thrill anyone seeking a great suspense book.

Awesome

Really really good ! Never expected the story would be so addictive. I recommend it

Well written.....good story

I loved this book/ And I am glad I purchased it. The scenes were well written. I could picture everything that was happening while the narrator was speaking. Before I got this book, I had not ever heard of this author but now I will be definitely looking into more of her books.