The Perfect Lie

De: Jo Spain

Narrado por: Sophie Jo Wasson

He jumped to his death in front of witnesses. Now his wife is charged with murder.

Five years ago, Erin Kennedy moved to New York following a family tragedy. She now lives happily with her detective husband in the scenic seaside town of Newport, Long Island. When Erin answers the door to Danny's police colleagues one morning, it's the start of an ordinary day. But behind her, Danny walks to the window of their fourth-floor apartment and jumps to his death.

Eighteen months later, Erin is in court, charged with her husband's murder. Over that year and a half, Erin has learned things about Danny she could never have imagined. She thought he was perfect. She thought their life was perfect.

But it was all built on the perfect lie.

Discover DI Tom Reynolds in the first instalment of Jo Spain's acclaimed detective series, With Our Blessing.

For even more Jo Spain, check out her most exciting and gripping thriller yet, Six Wicked Reasons.

©2021 Joanne Spain (P)2021 Quercus Editions Limited

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A fabulous page-turner that will keep you guessing and guessing." (Cara Hunter)

"Intense, clever writing and packed with twists and turns." (Dervla McTiernan)

"Another twisty and intense thriller from the great Jo Spain." (Adrian McKinty)

The Perfect Lie….the perfect book!

I have had audible for a couple years, listened to tons of books….and have never written a review until now. This was hands down one of the best books I have ever read/listened to! Couldn’t take my ear buds out….made my runs longer to keep listening, couldn’t sleep last night not wanting to turn it off….it’s great & would definitely recommend it!

So Good!!!

I was hooked from the beginning. Such an intriguing and captivating story. Multiple threads that appear unrelated seamlessly come together to unveil a great twist and answers to so many questions. Character development was great. Definitely an excellent listen!

Narration was really good capturing all the characters, their nuances, and emotional range. Really added to how good the audio was!!

Wow just wow!

This author really impressed me. I almost want to read it again to see if I missed any clues! It had a believable story line. Surprise ending and great ending! Definitely recommend this book!

just too long!

the book well written with an original plot,. It was very enjoyable but could be considerably shorter.

Twisted!

Had me riveted the entire time! Really well crafted with interesting characters that grew along the way. More please!

Fabulous!!!

This book is sooo good . I’ve been recommending it to everyone ! I never figured it out until almost the very end.

Great Mystery

Interesting characters and story line. Great narration, although as others have mentioned the Irish accent slips into the American characters but I liked it. Finally a story where the women are just real people instead of simpering idiots. Kept me entertained.

We Can always use more of Jo Spain!

I usually don't write reviews but was so incensed by the 'idiot' review written before mine (Tawny) that I would just like to say that I love my Country and to call this book anti-American is about as intelligent as the person who wrote it and then decorated it w/American flags and vomiting emoji's. Also, there have always been books that criticize the entitled and the wealthy. I could name them for you but I am certain it would be pointless but read The Great Gatsby for a start. It's not much longer than a People magazine. I am not entitled but I have enough to buy anything I need. Jo Spain doesn't deserve her excellent writing criticized by the obviously entitled, who can't take criticism themselves and need to use vomiting characters to make their point. Her writing is always worth reading.

A real page turner!

This is the first time I’ve listened to anything by this author and I’m going to go back and listen to all of the previous novels. This novel, in particular, should be made into a movie. It has a Hitchcockian quality, leaving the reader never quite sure of who is who and what really happened until the end.

My only feedback is as follows:

(1) The tagline on the front cover of the book is truly misleading.

(2) I’ve gotten pretty frustrated lately with authors writing stories that take place in America and not having Americans review it for the nuances of American English prior to publication.

Here are some American nuances.

We don’t say “in hand”. We say on hand. For example, Gloria says “ he probably used whatever wrapping paper he had in hand”.

We don’t say “compensation prize“. We say “consolation prize“.

Last but not least, Americans don’t say “he should have done”. This is definitely British English. Americans would just say “he should have”.

great, riveting writing, one flaw

I found the trial dialogue unbelievable. They would use names. I know it's to keep the reader guessing, but I found it distracting and annoying.