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The Imperfect Murder

By: James Patterson, J.D. Barker
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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Wife. Writer. Murderer?

When Denise Morrow is discovered standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them, Detective Declan Shaw thinks it’s an open-and-shut case.

But Denise is no ordinary murder suspect. She’s a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate. And how they get away with it.

Then, Declan discovers the subject of Denise’s next book – the violent murder of a girl called Maggie Marshall. A case that Declan worked on. A case that has haunted him for years.

Denise knows much more about Declan than she’s letting on, and she might just be the slipperiest suspect he has ever encountered . . .

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Loved the book. Different great ending. Highly recommend to people that like mystery .Hoping for another one soon

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every & nothing. Couldn't put it down. I can't write 15 words to describe how good this book was.

typical J. Patterson novel

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One of a kind. Never listened to anything quite like it. Can't wait to read next book.

Fabulous

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A different storyline with great characters that is full of twists that you don't see coming!

Something different!

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I binged listened this story! Very well told. Great story line. Thoroughly enjoyable! Keeps you guessing!

Great twists and turns

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Gave up trying to follow the storyline halfway through. Trying to keep track of whether the story was current time or recorded from a different period of the story

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