- Paperback: 329 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books (Dec 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553813730
- ISBN-13: 978-0553813739
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,279,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cosmopolitan
'Jane Wenham Jones has written the story you've always wanted to read about infidelity - and how to get away it'
B magazine
'Original and lots of fun!'
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because I was quite intreagued to see how one can get away with infidelity. If there was an agency like P.A. anywhere I am sure it would be packed every day. This story, even if it is a product of imagination and creativity on behalf of the author, has been approached so well and with a lovely storyline that I could not put it down. I was anxious to see what would happen with the heroin, Stephanie and was pleasantly surprised to see that even though infidelity was the main aspect of this book it does not praise it in any way. Very well written and the author's humour and talent are clearly her best asset.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Stephanie, 39, fast approaching 40, feels unfulfilled and unloved. Her husband, George, pays more attention to the dog than to her. Her children pay her even less. When ex-lover, Troy, re-appears in her life she is is soon on the slippery slope to adultery. And then there's Perfect Alibis, a secret agency for adulterous wives. Is every woman in town cheating on her husband? So it would seem.
The novel begins as a hilarious romp peopled with a monstrous regiment of women. But Jane Wenham-Jones is too clever a writer to leave it at that. Stephanie learns that although love may no longer be the thrilling adventure it once was, what she has is far more precious and fulfilling.
Like Jane's first novel, Raising The Roof, Perfect Alibis manages to be hilarious and serious in the same breath. Jane has some very wise things to say about modern marriage and motherhood but she never lets a good joke pass her by. I can't wait to see where her third novel will take her.
To me, she is the next Jilly Cooper, but without the toe-curling puns.
7 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a local resident in Kent and buying the book at the authors signing, I was looking forward to it.
I hate to say it was very dissapointing, with a weak shallow and unbelievable plot and characters that you couldn't feel any empathy with.
The idea of perfect alibis is very clever, I don't think it was carried off very well and having "orgasms" mentioned every couple of pages doesn't make me laugh or make it very sensual either!
I hate to say it was very dissapointing, with a weak shallow and unbelievable plot and characters that you couldn't feel any empathy with.
The idea of perfect alibis is very clever, I don't think it was carried off very well and having "orgasms" mentioned every couple of pages doesn't make me laugh or make it very sensual either!
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absolute classic!
Read it some years ago and liked it a lot.Very clever story ,it has been translated to Greek also.After this book my wife is questioning why I keep reading 'female'books! Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by Vasilios Pandis
Chick lit with a twist!
Jane Wenham-Jones, for those of you that haven't heard of her before, is the 'agony aunt' for Writing Magazine. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by Lucy Felthouse
A tale of the unexpected
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Raising The Roof, I approached this new novel with not a little trepidation. With its subtitle of "How to have an affair and get way with it... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2003 by Mrs. Sarah Crabtree
Moving and funny
This is a lovely book. I was looking forward to Jane Wenham-Jones' second novel and I'm not disappointed. It's moving and funny and beautifully written. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2003
Brilliantly original
Perfect Alibis is a brilliantly original concept. Peopled with rich and fruity characters Perfect Alibis is fun, but with many deeply poignant moments too. Read more
Published on 20 May 2003 by Linda Mitchelmore
A wonderful, witty and satisfying read...
..with a heroine every woman can relate to. Downtrodden wife and mother Stephanie is fed up with running around after ungrateful children and looking after husband George (who... Read more
Published on 20 May 2003 by Lynne Barrett-lee
Hilarious, refreshing and oh, so very clever
This is one hell of a great premise with which to start a book. Heroine Steph is a downtrodden housewife, with a husband who seems to think more of the dog, and two beautifully... Read more
Published on 12 May 2003 by Lynne Barrett-lee
Loved it!
Wonderful second novel from this author. Its sauce sweetens humour and pathos and sheer readability. If you loved Raising The Roof, then you'll love this. I did.
Published on 11 May 2003
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