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The Fake Wife

By: Sharon Bolton
Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast, Frazer Hadfield
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Olive Anderson is dining alone at a hotel when a glamourous stranger joins her table, pretending to be her wife. What starts as a thrilling game quickly turns into something dangerous. But as much as the fake wife has her secrets, Olive just might have more . . .

The Fake Wife is a thriller that will shock and surprise you like the best television boxsets. If you enjoyed Netflix shows like Behind Her Eyes, The Stranger and Obsession you will love The Fake Wife.

©2023 Sharon Bolton (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Detective Domestic Thrillers Fiction Psychological Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Marriage Mystery Exciting Suspense Fake Relationship
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Critic reviews

'You'll never guess where this book is going' SAMANTHA DOWNING

'Totally gripping, with characters who draw you in' JP DELANEY

'A thriller that had me desperate for answers. I loved it!' HARRIET TYCE

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Avid reader Jean

Overall I enjoyed it .But it was very bity and confusing but got there in the end. Wonderful narration

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Not up to her usual standard.

I usually really enjoy Sharon Bolton’s books but this one isn’t up to her usual standard. On top of that, I found Fraser Hadfield’s narration torturous. The delivery was flat and one dimensional; a bit like listening to a school child reading aloud. I’ll be avoiding him in the future because, as we all know, the narrator can make or break a story.

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Great so far

It’s driving me mad how the narrator keeps mispronouncing Guisborough , pronounced Giz buh ruh . Surprised this wasn’t picked up
But still enjoying listening

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An intricate tale.

The shared narration helped a lot with the many characters.
It's a great read, many twists and turns.

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very twisty

another enjoyable plot from Sharon Bolton. lots of twisty bits, good revenge plot, bit confusing at times if one forgot to concentrate. enjoyed it overall. narration was good enough.

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Excellent story

I had no idea where this was going to end up! Twists and turns all over the place cleverly kept me guessing until all the ends were tied up- although not how I saw it coming! Loved this story from beginning to end! Best audiobook in a while! Definitely going to look out for more from Sharon Bolton and narration was perfect.

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Sharon Bolton is always excellent

An excellent story as always from Sharon Bolton, Eleven out of ten.

BUT oh the pronunciation of Guisborough!!! It isn’t ‘Guise’ as in ‘disguise’, it is ‘giz’ as in ‘giz a job’. How on earth did that slip through? I cringed every time it was mispronounced.

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Great as ever

I am a great fan of Sharon’s work but this one is particularly good for me as I come from the north east and it was lovely to hear all the places of my youth being m mentioned.

Like everyone else, the pronunciation of Guisborough was annoying to say the least.

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Good but not up to other SJ Bolton novels

Good plot but a bit bog standard unlike her other superior (imo) novels.
Also found the narrators a bit plodding.

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GREAT STORY AND NARRATION

Kept me interested from the very start . I did guess the story about 50% through but the narration kept me involved .

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