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The perfect life
A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York—including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
The perfect lie
Nina's secret life began 18 years ago. She had looks to die for, a handsome police-officer husband, and a carefree life in Key West. When she learned she was pregnant with their first child, her happiness was almost overwhelming. But Nina's world is shattered when she unearths a terrible secret that causes her to run for her life and change her identity.
The perfect way to die
Now, years later, Nina risks everything she's earned to return to Florida and confront the murderous evil she fled. In a story of wrenching suspense, James Patterson gives us his most head-spinning, action-filled story yet—a Hitchcock-like blend of unquenchable drama and pleasure.
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June 27, 2011 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781607886860
- File size: 212060 KB
- Duration: 07:21:47
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- English
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Reviews
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Elaina Davis captures the suspense of this Patterson thriller with fully believable tones of fear. Twenty years ago Nina Bloom discovered that her husband, a cop's cop, had a dark secret. She faked her own death, making herself look like a victim of the Jump Killer--who was on the loose at the time--fled to Chicago with her unborn child, changed her identity, and became a successful attorney. Now an innocent man is scheduled for execution for crimes she knows he couldn't have committed. And her former husband discovers she's alive. The pace is relentless--although bizarre coincidences strain believability. However Davis's narration more than makes up for anything the plot lacks. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine -
August 29, 2011
In Patterson and Ledwidge’s bestselling thriller, lawyer Nina Bloom seems to have the perfect life in New York. And she’s willing to lie to anyone and everyone to keep it that way and protect herself and her daughter from her dark past. But when an innocent man is accused of murder, Bloom is forced to confront the life she thought she’d left behind. Elaina Erika Davis’s narration is crisp and well paced; her tempo accelerates during the book’s many suspenseful moments, adding impact to this literary thrill ride. Additionally, Davis provides complex vocal interpretations of the main and supporting characters. Her rendition of Nina adds maturity, sophistication, and emotional depth to the character. And Davis’s choice of a chipper—almost jolly—Boston accent for the book’s villain makes him all the more monstrous. A Little, Brown hardcover. -
May 1, 2011
This latest crime thriller from the tireless Patterson and frequent collaborator Ledwidge has all the ingredients of a page-turning, summer beach read: bite-size chapters, the irresistibly colorful backdrop of Key West, and a heroine hiding a tortured past. She is a carefree college student soaking up the Florida islands party atmosphere during spring break when her life takes a disastrous turn. After stealing her cheating boyfriends Camaro in a jealous rage, she hits and kills a wayward drunk. Luckily, the officer on the scene, Peter Fournier, not only hides the body but in short order becomes her adoring husband. Yet her troubles begin anew when she learns that Peter murdered his first wife. Eighteen years later, after she fled and reinvented herself as Nina Bloom, becoming a successful Manhattan attorney, she is forced to confront her tainted past. Including an intriguing, intertwined story involving Ninas efforts to free an innocent man on death row, Patterson and Ledwidges tale is fun, if ultimately forgettable. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The latest from record-breaking best-seller Patterson and company (who seem to produce a book every two weeks) will keep the cash registers clinging .(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)
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