Perfect Match
the international bestseller about the strength of a mother's love
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'The ending!! Just wow! Such a good book!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'What a master storyteller!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This is my absolute favourite Jodi Picoult book... I read it in one sitting' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The heartwrenching and complex international bestseller of the strength and depth of a mother's love from master storyteller Jodi Picoult.
As a career-driven Assistant District Attorney, Nina Frost's life is dedicated to balancing being a mother to five-year old son Nathaniel and seeking justice to keep those who commit the most unthinkable of all crimes behind bars.
But this delicate balance is upset when Nina and husband Caleb find out that Nathaniel has fallen victim to the same crime she strives to fight.
Broken and angry, Nina is determined to seek justice for her son.
But as her desire for vengeance drives her to the brink, the lines between justice and crime threaten to blur forever...
Readers are gripped by Perfect Match:
'I was HANGING MY MOUTH OPEN at some of the big twists in this book... I highly recommend!!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Heartbreaking... I got so emotional all the time during reading... Incredible story with great writing with WOW factor' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Grabs you within the first few chapters and refuses to let go... A roller coaster of emotions and twists... I couldn't put it down. It was just so good!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Excellent thought-provoking book by an excellent author. Couldn't put it down' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Up until the very last page, I was 100% invested and STILL was thrown a curve ball!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A gut-wrenching tale of a mother's love... Contains enough blind alleys and red herrings to keep even the most astute readers on their toes' Daily Express
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One plot element a case of child molestation involving a Catholic priest in Picoult's latest novel (after Salem Falls) now seems eerily prescient, but that's only part of the saga she weaves, which is primarily an indictment of the current criminal justice system. Nina Frost, an assistant district attorney in Maine, knows how hard it is to obtain a conviction for a sex crime when the victim is a juvenile, so when her five-year-old son, Nathaniel, identifies their priest as being the man who raped him, Nina's grievances with the system become personal. Frustrated by the threat of an unsatisfactory legal outcome, she takes the law into her own hands, killing the priest in open court. Awaiting her own trial, a startling fact emerges from the DNA: the priest was innocent. Will Nina be able to prove to a jury that her actions were justified, particularly since she killed the wrong man? Picoult adeptly renders Nina's feelings impotence, guilt, the drive for retribution but Nina is herself an unsympathetic heroine, from her initial accusation of her husband to her arrogant vigilante stance, which does little to persuade the reader that an act of premeditation should be recast as maternal instinct. While the argument that the current system is flawed is solid, the only alternative offered is an iffy form of frontier justice that many readers may find unpalatable.
