The perfect wife - JP Delaney

'Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant'
CJ Tudor, author of The Chalk Man

'Chilling . . . compulsive and deeply thought-provoking'
Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home

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"There's something I have to explain, my love," he says, taking your hand in his. "That wasn't a dream. It was an upload."

Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man by her side explains that he's her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative startups. He tells Abbie she's a gifted artist, a doting mother to their young son, and the perfect wife.

Five years ago, she suffered a terrible accident. Her return from the abyss is a miracle of science, a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that has taken him half a decade to achieve.

But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband's motives - and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together for ever? And what really happened to her, half a decade ago?

A gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and The Wife Between Us.

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See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest name in psychological thrillers:

'DAZZLING' - Lee Child
'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express
'DEVASTATING' - Daily Mail
'INGENIOUS' -
New York Times
'COMPULSIVE' - Glamour Magazine
'ELEGANT' - Peter James
'SEXY' - Mail on Sunday
'ENTHRALLING' - Woman and Home
'ORIGINAL' - The Times
'RIVETING' - Lisa Gardner
'CREEPY' - Heat
'SATISFYING' - Reader's Digest
'SUPERIOR' - The Bookseller
'MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS' - Sunday Times

And if you loved The Perfect Wife, you'll love JP Delaney's sensational new thriller, Playing Nice - out now in paperback.

JP Delaney's first psychological thriller, The Girl Before, was an instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide. His subsequent books Believe Me, The Perfect Wife, and Playing Nice were also top ten bestsellers, while Playing Nice was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Recently, JP Delaney has been heavily involved in the television adaptation of The Girl Before, as lead writer and co-executive producer.

www.jpdelaney.co.uk

One of the most ingenious books you'll read this year... A thrilling examination of what it is to be human
Daily Mail

First-rate psychological suspense
Observer

The kind of novel words like 'unputdownable' were invented for . . . Delaney pulls it off brilliantly, with an intoxicating knack for suspense . . .
captivating, deeply engrossing
Independent

The narrative complexity, characterisation and gradual unravelling of the truth is a triumph of pacing and suspense
Woman & Home

Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant
CJ Tudor, author of The Chalk Man

The twists are primed and deployed with a master craftsman's skill
Sunday Express

A tour-de-force. A chilling and uniquely disturbing 21st-century twist on the unreliable narrator makes for a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking psychological thriller
Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home

A completely original psychological thriller that grabs you and doesn't let go
Karen Cleveland, author of Need to Know

Scarily believable and utterly thought-provoking. I genuinely feared for Abbie and couldn't figure out who to trust in this unputdownable thriller

Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend

Dynamic, razor-sharp and thought-provoking . . . The Perfect Wife is a cutting-edge suspense novel unlike any you've read before.
A must read!
Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl

This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . This year The Girl Before will be that book
InStyle

I was instantly gripped and held captivated by the pace and elegant writing. I devoured it in two straight sittings
Peter James

Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller
Lee Child

Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I've read in years. Twisty, turny, and with an ending not to be missed!
Lisa Gardner

The tension is built up subtly, leading to a devastating climax. A really clever thriller . . . [the film] will no doubt become the third big 'Girl' film
Daily Mail

Slick, sexy, suspenseful and smart
Mail on Sunday

Original and entertaining
The Times

A deeply addictive literary thriller that deserves to be one of this year's biggest successes
Daily Express

Get hooked on this hair-raiser about a woman who scores what seems like her dream home . . . until she finds out the mysterious fate of the previous tenant
Cosmopolitan

Creepy . . . The buzz around this could not be fizzier
Heat

The Girl Before is deservedly anointed the 'top girl' of this season's suspense novels
The Washington Post

A compulsive, sexy thriller that's set to soar
Glamour Magazine Online

Constantly cranking up the suspense . . . a thoroughly satisfying read
Reader's Digest

Enthralling
Woman and Home

A guaranteed best-seller
Red Magazine

The most intriguing plot idea I've seen in a good while
The Spectator

Genuinely eerie . . . beautifully handled . . . the pages fly
USA Today

Riveting . . . Writing with precision and grace, Delaney strips away the characters' secrets until the raw truth of each is revealed
Publishers Weekly