The Perfect Wife audiobook by JP Delaney

Narrated by Euan Morton, Saskia Maarleveld, Graham Halstead & JP Delaney

Euan Morton is part of the ensemble cast narrating JP Delaney's psychological thriller The Perfect Wife (2019), alongside Saskia Maarleveld, Graham Halstead, and the author himself. The multi-narrator format mirrors the novel's alternating perspectives: an AI companion robot reconstructed in the image of a missing woman, and the employees of her husband's Silicon Valley robotics company.

The Perfect Wife book cover by JP Delaney

Abbie wakes with no memory of who she is or how she came to be in this condition. The man at her side identifies himself as her husband, Tim Scott, founder of one of Silicon Valley's most successful AI robotics start-ups. He tells her she had a terrible accident five years ago and that he has spent that time engineering her return. As Abbie pieces together her memories, she begins to question his account of events—and his motives.


Critical reviews

"Maarleveld performs the majority of the audiobook, taking on the parts told from Abbie's perspective, clearly signaling the empathetic, intelligent companion bot's transformation as she begins to think beyond her programmed memories. Halstead and Morton deliver the sections told from other points of view, conveying appropriate reactions to Abbie's story, ranging from support for Tim's creation to distrust of his motives. As a group, the narrators build suspense and avoid foreshadowing the twisty ending."
— Kirkus Reviews (audiobook review)
"A tour de force. The Perfect Wife is a chilling and uniquely disturbing twenty-first-century twist on the unreliable narrator that makes for a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking book. It asks troubling questions about selfhood and 'souls' and what makes us human."
— Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home, via Penguin Random House

Recognition


Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Public Library (2019).


About JP Delaney

JP Delaney is the pseudonym of British author Tony Strong, who has previously published fiction under other names, including Jonathan Holt for the Carnivia Trilogy, a series of three standalone thrillers set in contemporary Venice, published in more than 20 countries. His debut as JP Delaney, The Girl Before (2017), was an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, adapted by the author as a BBC and HBO Max television series in 2021. Subsequent novels include Believe Me (2018), The Perfect Wife (2019), Playing Nice (2021), My Darling Daughter (2022), and The New Wife (2023).


Publication Details

The Perfect Wife

Audio ISBN
9780525522911
Publisher
Ballantine Books (print)
Random House Audio (audio)
Release Date
August 6, 2019
Audiobook Length
10 hours

Links

The Perfect Wife: Audible | Apple Books | Amazon

Visit JP Delaney's official website for more information about the author and his works.