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The Woman He Loved Before

what secrets was his first wife hiding?

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The Woman He Loved Before

By: Dorothy Koomson
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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'Another masterpiece from Dorothy Koomson ... will have you gripped' Heat

From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls and All My Lies Are True comes a totally unputdownable thriller, full of twists and turns.

'If you're reading this, it's likely I'm dead. Probably murdered'

After a car crash leaves Libby close to death, she starts to question everything - especially if her husband, Jack, has ever really loved her.

Stuck at home recovering from her injuries, Libby starts to obsess over the untimely death of Eve, Jack's beautiful, perfect first wife.

When Libby finds Eve's diaries, though, she discovers 'perfect' Eve had a secret. And now Libby knows that secret her life may be in serious danger, too...

(P) 2011 Hachette Digital Contemporary Domestic Thrillers Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Marriage Exciting
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Another masterpiece from Dorothy Koomson... A must- read that will have you gripped *****
Social conflict, deception, the nature of marriage itself are all themes in this multi-tiered and satisfying mystery story
It has us all gripped from start to finish
Forget everything except devouring this wonderfully crafted thriller that twist and turns with gut-wrenching intrigue from the first chapter until the last.
Gripping and compelling
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Wasn't expecting such a spine chilling listen. As Libby, the second wife found and read the diaries of Eve the dead first wife I thought I could guess where this story was going...how wrong I was, much to my delight! The narration was brilliant, the delivery added to experience, I am sure had I been eye reading I would have given excited animated voices which would have been very wrong.The ending, again not the expected gave me great satisfaction, a quiet justice. I recommend this listen to everyone, didn't even come close to guessing.

Expect the unexpected.

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Well I was expecting just a gentle romance story - but this book is much better than that. The characters were so real and the things that happened to them. The narration superb - she really brought everyone to life, especially Eve. As the story moves on so does the tension. A few twists in the story towards the end. I really didn't want to stop listening to this one and forever had my earplugs in, I even fell asleep listening. If I had read it in book form I would describe it as unputdownable!

unputdownable!

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Fantastic! Another great read!! omgsh this book took me through so many emotions this needs to be a film, series whatever it needs to be done. The twists & turns, the development of all the characters so much happened in this book but what I loved the most is that I never got lost .... actually I did get lost in the book I could not stop listening. The whole story telling was amazing and so beautifully done. Another one of Koomson's finest!

You won't be able to put this one down!

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really enjoyed this book, was hooked from within a few chapters. definitely recommend this book

enjoyable

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eve who did everything to survive. jack who at 15 was taken to choose his first sexually conquest. libby his second wife oh what a web was weaved in the life of thee 3 persons with the assitance of hi dad mum and the inspector. interesting and believable

eve

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