• The Perfect Husband

  • FBI Profiler, Book 1
  • By: Lisa Gardner
  • Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (7,260 ratings)

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The Perfect Husband

By: Lisa Gardner
Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
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What would you do if the man of your dreams hides the soul of a killer?

Jim Beckett was everything she'd ever dreamed of...But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped - and the most dangerous game of all begins....

After a lifetime of fear, Tess will do something she's never done before. She's going to learn to protect her daughter and fight back, with the help of a burned-out ex-marine. As the largest manhunt four states have ever seen mobilizes to catch Beckett, the clock winds down to the terrifying reunion between husband and wife. And Tess knows that this time, her only choices are to kill - or be killed.

©1998 Lisa Baumgartner (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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I was very disappointed with this audiobook. So many good reviews and I just don't get it. To me it was a cross between a bad Lifetime movie and a cheesy action movie. Very unrealistic and over the top in so many ways. The sex scenes did nothing for it, in fact there was nothing romantic about it at all. Wish I'd used that credit on something else. The narrator was great though (for what she had to work with!)

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Romantic Mystery

I loved the psychological thriller aspect. I felt the "romance" distracted from the true story.

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A gripping thriller

Loved it.. A nail biting thriller.. finished it two days... Binge heard it :)

Great narrator. Great writer loved the it keeps you wanting for more..

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loved the book

great book, story line was good. now one of my favorite julie garwood books. loved it. will listen to it again

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This needs to be made into a movie!

Hollywood and Lisa here me now!!! This book needs to be on the big screen!! Mark Walberg should play JT, Rachel McAdams should play Tess , Charlize Theron should play Marion and Charlie Hunnam should play Jim!!!


Excellent story, excellent narration! Exciting, suspenseful, a little romance.... very well done!!

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Great story

This is my first Lisa Gardener book and I'm glad I chose it. Great characters, suspenseful, good storyline. I will be listening to more.

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love it

as always great work and ended well I definitely would recommend it I would love to prequel of how he got caught the 1st time

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great storyline

this is a very engaging book. I'd recommend it for mature audiences. definately a good story

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Awesome!!

This book was intense and I loved it!! Kept me on my toes the entire time and I couldn’t stop listening to it.. so I listened to it at work, in my car then at home while doing chores. One of the best books I’ve read/listened to in a longgggg time!!!

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Page turner

I don’t leave reviews….but had to make an exception for this one. This book is definitely for all the psychological thriller lovers. Serious page turner. You will be on the edge until the end.

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