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Harry Walker's Wife [Kindle Edition]

Tim Roux (Author)
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Keith and Chrissie McGuire are determined to create a perfect life for themselves and their two children.

Everything is going well: Chrissie is a lawyer, Keith is an up-and-coming architect, and the children are well-loved and well provided for.

However, when Keith and Chrissie decide to visit a hypnotherapist to address some residual childhood issues, Keith emerges from his hypnotic trance as Harry Walker, a petty gangster loathed by everybody who knows him, including his wife and child, and locked in deadly rivalry with Planty, a notorious local hard man.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 397 KB
  • Print Length: 261 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1470046180
  • Publisher: Night Publishing (6 Feb 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0076OL6DS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #396 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is one of those books which make you want to kick yourself for not reading it sooner. Pressure of work prevented me reading Harry Walker's Wife when I first got my hands on it, and how stupid was that? As soon as I started the book, I was gripped. I read it in one sitting when I should have been buying/wrapping Christmas presents, and felt that I had made a discovery.
Tim Roux is an author whose name should be known throughout the reading world. He is a skilled writer, able to move, amuse, thrill and terrify within a few sentences. His characters are likeable when he means them to be likeable, even when they end up doing unlikable things. And his plot -wow! I spent most of the book wondering how on earth he was going to resolve this fantastic situation without using the old cop-out, 'And then Keith woke up.' But not a bit of it. Mr Roux is not afraid to tackle the incredible and make it believable, and he resolves his plot in a way which is truly satisfying.
Tim Roux gives us a new twist on previous books on this type of subject, like Vice Versa. This is not a straight body swop. Part of the iniquitous Harry Walker remains, sharing his own body with its new inhabitant, Keith, and encouraging him to do things Keith would never have done. So Keith, recovering his own body and life, is faced with a moral problem - did he do some of those evil things, or can he put the blame on Harry? Fascinating.
But the most obviously striking thing about this book is the speed with which the plot moves along, and the page turning skill with which Tim Roux keeps us gripped and impelled to read on.
I love this book. I think millions should be reading it. And I think Mr Roux should put some of the time, and the skills he now has, which he uses in publishing and publicising other writers' books, into pushing this one - and then we'll see what we will see!
Very warmly recommended.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The reviewers below have summarised the plot far better than I can, so I'll just say that I enjoyed every page of this wonderful novel. Tim Roux has an uncanny ability to present original and complex themes in an eminently readable way. Very few writers can pull that off without sounding too high-brow or pretentious.

Many people say that every story that can be told has already been told. Read Tim Roux's works, and you'll soon realise that's not true at all. And what a bargain buy for Kindle lovers, by the way.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a mesmerising read. The opening scene is stunningly unique not only in its concept and the beautiful writing, but in the way it entices you into the story leaving you no option but to keep reading.

Tim Roux has the natural ability of a really good writer to combine in just the right proportions plenty of eye-bulging action and dialogue with pearls of philosophical and psychological wisdom, interwoven into the story by the ill-fated first-person narrator, Keith McGuire, without ever appearing over-intellectual or out of place. I found myself nodding my head in approval on many occasions throughout the book.

He also manages to endear you to Keith - in spite of the shocking anti-social acts he is driven to commit in his endeavour to protect his real wife and children when he finds himself in the body of Harry Walker, an ugly, thuggish criminal with no moral principles.

The combination of romance, paranormal and crime thriller works brilliantly, and the paranormal aspect is so cleverly constructed that to me it never seemed contrived, but perfectly realistic. The earlier back-story of how Keith and his lovely wife Chrissie grew up in a care home and fell in love and have remained in love ever since is told with a poignancy that will stay with me for a long time.

Not only is this an unputdownable read, but there is much to be learned and thought about in this exceptional novel.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
My worst read?
This book is based on a stupid premise, which is never explained (for obvious reasons)and which I refuse to comment upon. Read more
Published 13 days ago by LCS
a bit weird for me
this story revolves around a charcter who goes for hypnosis and ends up in hull with a different wife/ family and an apparent gangster lifestyle, whereas he started the book as a... Read more
Published 20 days ago by lovemykindle
Not a good read
This book did nothing for me, in fact altho the blurb sounded promising I just couldn't finish it. The one star is simply because I can't review it otherwise.
Published 23 days ago by Mags
Quite a weird tale!
Downloaded this book for free after seeing some favaourable reports. Great opening sequence followed by the backtracking of how this came about. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Markarmada
I gave up
I have to say this started well. Usually if I get throuth the first few chapters I'm in. But I gave up after chapter 5. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kazza
so far fetched should be in fantasy section
As the.plot thickened through the book the storyline lost credibility completely, would not recommend this book. Even fiction needs to have an element of believe-ability. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Graham Powell
Dissapointing
I too had much hope for this book, it had the potential to be amazing but I've nowgiven up half way through, persevering in the hope that it would recover but sadly it didn't. Read more
Published 3 months ago by sarahll
Utter Drivel
This had a certain amount of promise at the beginning. A tale doesn't have to be completely original to be well told after all. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Andy
Tense and dramatic!
The 'body swap' concept isn't a new one, but Tim Roux puts his own distinctive spin on it with this absorbing tale of a successful and respectable architect suddenly finding... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul T.
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This had good reviews so I thought I'd try it out. Luckily, it was free when I got it. Very glad I didn't pay. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Becca
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