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The Guilty Wife

By: Elle Croft
Narrated by: Victoria Fox
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Wife. Mistress. Murderer.

If you were being framed for murder, how far would you go to clear your name?

The debut psychological thriller for fans of Apple Tree Yard, Behind Closed Doors and Double Jeopardy.

I'm not guilty of murder.

Bethany Reston is happily married. But she's also having an affair with a famous client. And no one can ever know.

But that doesn't make me innocent.

When Bethany's lover is brutally murdered, she has to hide her grief from everyone. But someone knows her secret. And then one day the threats begin. With an ever-growing pile of evidence pointing to her as the murderer, the only way she can protect her secrets is to prove her innocence. And that means tracking down a killer.

An incredibly taut, tense game of cat and mouse - with a twist you'll never see coming.

©2017 Elle Croft (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group Limited Action & Adventure Amateur Sleuths Contemporary Contemporary Romance Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Murder Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Psychological Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Adventure Women's Fiction Law Technology Detective Exciting Adventure

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I really enjoyed this book. Was easy to listen to and kept you guessing till the end. I had it on in the gym, my car and even at work when I was on my own

Loved it

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Brilliant book, was enthralled from the beginning.
Definitely recommend it. Sad I finished reading it.

Brilliant

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The Guilty Wife is a short but very well-formed psychological thriller that crackles along at a quite electric space. An illicit affair turns into a nightmare scenario for a young professional photographer and her situation unravels at a bewildering pace. It’s full of twists and turns without ever really getting too complicated. It never worries too much about detail or any great levels of character development. It’s a book that I wanted to keep reading and enjoyed very much with a very good narrator to boot.

It’s just about perfect if you want a quick-fire piece of escapism and are happy to overlook a few plot holes that do appear, especially in the last part of the book. Possibly not so good if you’re looking for something a little more deeper and well-developed. Just have fun with it.

A Sparkling Little Jewel of a Thriller

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This was so gripping listen to it in one day loved it wish there was a second book on it

loved it

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Reasonable story, but became very frustrated with the main character, who makes a lot of stupid decisions. Guessed the killer, but only half the motive! Feel it was unfinished so needs a sequel.

Mediocre

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But unless there is a sequel coming out soon the end is a tad bit disappointing.

Loved the story

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Always been a bit sceptical about the “whodunnit” genre of books. This story was ok but quite predictable and anticlimactic. Thoroughly disappointed with the whole “killer reveals all in a lengthy over-detalied diatribe right at the end”, cause it just seems like no real craft or complexity went into the structure of the overall plot. The book was highly recommended to me but it didn’t live up to the hype. I liked the setting and particularly enjoyed that it was set in my own everyday suburbs of London, including where I live and work, but that was just a coincidence and not something I could expect everyone to take extra interest in. Again, it was ok, not a long book but heaps of room for improvement!

Meh

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it was an amazing book it Drew me in every chapter and near the end I was very surprised of the outcome.

great

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Very enjoyable. Defo recommend. well worth a listen. Narration was good and so was performance and story.

Fab

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Some of the narration was annoying especially the simpering women. And there was only on character that I liked. It was a really good story but I knew quite early what happened. However, it was still enjoyable waiting to see how it played out.

So good, but...

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