The Perfect Wife
an explosive thriller from the author of THE GIRL BEFORE
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Publisher Description
'Seriously brilliant' CJ Tudor
'Chilling and compulsive' Cara Hunter
"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. By her side is her husband Tim, the driven British founder of one of the world's most ground-breaking tech companies. They met when she joined his startup as artist-in-residence, their marriage a Silicon Valley fairy tale.
But as Abbie's memories return, she realises there's something missing from Tim's version of events. Because, five years ago, Abbie Cullen-Scott was pronounced dead . . .
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'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
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'SUPERIOR' The Bookseller
'MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS' Sunday Times
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A twisty domestic thriller with timely sci-fi themes, The Perfect Wife opens with Abbie waking after what she thinks was a terrible accident. But her tech innovator husband Tim tells her she’s actually a lookalike companion robot uploaded with memories from his late wife. While Abbie tries to make the best of this new lease on life—especially a reunion with her beloved son—she begins to remember things that lead her closer to the truth about her demise. Told in second-person narration that brings us right into Abbie’s fraught reawakening, this novel explores the dark potential of AI while painting a realistic portrait of a family in strife.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This compulsively readable psychological thriller from bestseller Delaney (Believe Me), a pseudonym of British adman Tony Strong, asks some provocative questions. Did Silicon Valley visionary Tim Scott, the founder of Scott Robotics, murder his wife, Abbie Cullen-Scott? Or did the free-spirited artist and devoted mother drown while surfing one night near their California beach house? Her body was never found. Five years after her disappearance, and four years after murder charges against Tim were dismissed due to lack of evidence, a woman sees someone who could be Abbie in a San Francisco computer store. When the woman asks this Abbie look-alike what happened, Abbie says she doesn't remember. Furthermore, Abbie doesn't deny that she's back with her husband. Though the woman is pleased to have confirmation that Tim didn't kill Abbie, she calls the police to report that the missing celebrity has seemingly returned from the dead. The ensuing publicity has devastating consequences for the resurrected Abbie, eccentric genius Tim, and their now nine-year-old son, Danny. Delaney keeps the suspense high throughout. The highly unusual setup sets this one above the thriller pack.
