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The Fake Wife

By: Sharon Bolton
Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast, Frazer Hadfield
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About this listen

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 Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Marriage 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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Overall I enjoyed it .But it was very bity and confusing but got there in the end. Wonderful narration

Avid reader Jean

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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.

Not up to her usual standard.

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Liked the used of local accents and north narrators supplied a various range of characters.
Good story; genuine thriller with a clear narrative stream that built the tension.

Really liked the character of Garry.

Good balance between the two narrators brought story to life.

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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

Great so far

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

An intricate tale.

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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.

Sharon Bolton is always excellent

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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.

Great as ever

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

Good but not up to other SJ Bolton novels

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

GREAT STORY AND NARRATION

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Guisborough is pronounced GISborough not guysborough.Irritating,but not enough to put me off.The female reader is not the best, strange intonation.

enjoying so far

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