The Perfect Couple
The perfect couple…or the perfect lie?
A year and a half ago, Gemma met the love of her life, Danny. Since then, their relationship has been like something out of a dream. But one Friday evening, Gemma returns home to find Danny is nowhere to be seen.
After two days with no word from her husband, Gemma turns to the police. She is horrified by what she discovers – a serial killer is on the loose in Bristol. When she sees the photos of the victims she is even more stunned…they all look just like Danny.
But, the police aren’t convinced by Gemma’s story. Why has no one apart from Gemma seen or heard from Danny in weeks? Why is there barely a trace of him in their flat? Is she telling them the truth, or are there more secrets and lies in this marriage than meets the eye?
Gemma's husband Danny goes missing three weeks after they move from London to Bristol. Things start to get more interesting when none of the neighbours appears to have seen Danny during those three weeks. In fact none of their friends or family appear to have heard from him in that time and he also backed out of a new job he was starting.
After that it starts to become a farce. A couple of murders take place locally of men who look alike and look like Danny and also have been using a dating app. Then they find blood in their old apartment, which hadn't been checked since they moved out. As a landlord I find that hard to believe. You check it over before handing back the deposit and there is a legal time limit on handing it over, small point but you have to do your research.
Gemma needed a good shaking at times. Why wait so long to inform the police he is missing, you don't have to wait 24 hours to report a missing person.
It's fiction, but it's not believable that the procedures the police used were correct. Some things were so obvious as to be laughable. I think the author got carried away with her murders and twists and turns.
Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for my ARC in return for an honest review.