This was my first arc read and I loved every second of it. There were so many twists and turns throughout this whole book. I was thinking that one thing was going to happen and then a whole plot twist happened. As a nurse myself, I was engulfed in this book. I enjoyed every second of it and wanted more. I didn’t want it to end. I’ll be recommending this to all my nurse friends for when this book comes out!!

3.5☆
This story was a wild ride from start to finish.

It follows nurses Darcy and Pippa heading out to care for a new patient whom Darcy suspects has a hidden agenda.

I was a little annoyed with the interactions between Darcy and her new employer. However, once the story gets going, it all pieces together.

It was a fun, bingeable thriller with a bit of a farfetched plot, which is why I gave it 3.5/5

Darcy and Pippa are homecare nurses and start an assignment at a home in a very wealthy area. The patient is Scarlette, a woman who suffered a head injury. Her husband is a retired doctor who has been taking care of her. Darcy gets weird vibes as soon as she enters the house. This was a quick easy read for me as I could not put it down. It had several twists that really surprised me. I always enjoy Author Daniel Hurst's book and they never disappoint.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this book that kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end.

Darcy and Pippa are nurses that work for Aiden and Scarlett. Scarlett hit her head when she fell at her home and has a head injury. Right off the bat, that seems suspicious. There are tons of references to sleeping pills as well, so seems like Darcy is a pill popper. As the two girls take care of Scarlett, some discrepancies come to light and Darcy is sure they are hiding something. but what they are hiding is not at all what the reader will expect! I can't say much else without giving anything away. Daniel's books all seem to have the same suspense and shocks; although often times things are predictable as well. Good book!

What a great story! Shocking twist Halfway through the book, but still many more twists and turns. This may be his best book yet!!

This book is a short and sweet read. The plot was creative but I have to say I figured out the twist very early on which took away from the shock of the book. Ok but not fabulous.

I discovered this author last year thanks to netgalley and I'm at the point now if he writes it, I'll read it. This book was very addictive as I wanted to keep reading to find out what happens next which is always a good sign! This book is a perfect thriller read for summer and will surprise you until the very end. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for this advanced copy.

3.5⭐️! I don’t read thrillers very often so this was really interesting. My favourite arc so far. I really enjoyed this, the book kept me on my toes and always had me thinking. There was so much going on all the time, never a dull moment! Although the family plot twist was predictable to me since Scarlett mentioned it earlier on in the book, and I felt like the Laurence story was missing something to give it that extra bit of power/punch. Overall I did really enjoy this and I’d be happy to receive more arcs from this author. Thank you again for this opportunity.

This was a fast-paced thriller that kept you guessing. The first half was a bit slow to take off but also very necessary for the character development and storyline. The second half really took off with twist after twist making this a real unputdownable thriller. The story follows nurse Darcy as she cares for patient scarlet who recently fell and is dealing with a brain injury and memory loss. It is a great read. I really enjoyed this one and will be reading more by this author. Thanks to Daniel Hurst and NetGalley for this ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Darcy and her friend Pippa work as nurses in the private sector. They are hired by a retired doctor Aidan to give in-house care to his wife Scarlett, who suffers from memory loss after an accident at home. Darcy immediately feels something is not right with the couple and doesn't believe they are telling the truth about Scarletts accident.
Darcy starts digging into the couple's lives to try uncover the truth. What she finds out brings her past back to haunt her.

A brilliantly written psychological thriller that had me gripped from the first page with a excellent plot twist. I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author.
Thanks to netgalley and bookouture for this ARC on exchange for an honest review.

As someone who works in healthcare, and is married to a nurse, I was really looking forward to reading this book, but sadly it fell a bit flat for me. Perhaps because the plot is focussed on an area that is familiar to me and I know a lot of, that I found it hard to immerse myself in the story aspect of it? - I imagine (and the other reviews give this indication) that others will enjoy it and not be affected in this way, and so I wouldn't let my personal opinion sway you from giving it a go.

The characters were nicely developed, the relationships and backgrounds were slowly revealed. If you're someone who prefers a slow read, with details gradually being revealed, rather than a fast-paced wizz stop thriller, then this one might appeal to you. The descriptions were well written; I can't complain about the prose backbone of the story. Overall, it had all the features needed to make a good read, it just wasn't to my taste. Still, I was happy to try something new and am grateful to Bookouture and Daniel Hurst for the ARC; thank you.

I enjoyed this one. I was hooked immediately but then things sort of slowed a little and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. I stayed the course, because there are a few authors that I know for sure will grab my attention again and DH is one of them. I’m glad I didn’t give up on this one. I know I need to exercise patience. 😂🤣😂

Anyway the 2nd half of the book the pacing really took off and it just seemed to flow better than the 1st half.

Some twists I put together early on and some I didn’t but it was fun figuring everything out as I read this one.

I was all in by the time I had finished. It was a good book, not my fav of his but definitely good and worth the read.

I’m amazed at how quickly he pumps these books out. Just steady entertaining me. Can’t wait for the next one.

So in case you were curious, and in case it wasn’t obvious, I’m a huge Daniel Hurst fan. I’ll read anything he writes. So obviously I’ll be reading this latest series. No idea where it goes from here though based upon the ending so I’m very intrigued.

I really enjoyed this one as it's fast-paced and clever with several twists I didn't see coming! Darcy and Pippa are nurses who take care of Pippa--wife of Adrian--as she slipped and fell in her kitchen and has brain damage so can't remember most things. But Darcy senses things are "off" and vows to discover what's really going on. But soon a strange man begins following her and she believes her house has been broken into at night, but the cops find nothing out of the ordinary and Darcy becomes even more paranoid as she can't make sense of any of this. I haven't read Hurst before but really enjoyed this one as it's so unusual...but I may not be excited to go to a hospital any time soon!

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

The Perfect Nurse
by Daniel Hurst
Pub Date: July 1, 2024
Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
Darcy and Pippa are home care nurses charged with the care of Scarlett who has a traumatic brain injury following a fall. Darcy can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the story and begins to doubt that Scarlett is truly ill. At the same time, Darcy has herself a stalker and even had her home broken into. Her life is in shambles as she struggles with insomnia and panic attacks but feels strongly that she must protect her patient from whatever is going on.
I did not like this as much as others I have read by this author, but it was suspenseful and a quick read. This is book one of two books in this series so I am looking forward to the next one!

Wow. What a great fast paced thriller. I enjoyed reading this book so much.
There was twist after twist that just kept me hooked. I read this book within a day.
The main character Darcy was so intriguing - she was wonderfully thought out and written. A lot of thrillers written today seem to have the same or similar story lines, so it was great to read something different, something I hadn't quite read before.
I am excited to read the next book.

I absolutely loved this story!
It's written so well, and it keeps you completely captivated in it's suspenseful mystery.
I'm so hopeful for a 2nd book to be out soon because I connected to the main MC and I'd love to know where she goes from the end of this book.

I did not love this book as much as I have the others I have read by this author. It took a bit for the story to pick up, and then when it did, I predicted early on one of the twists. The ending, for me, was just so-so. It was a quick read, and had some suspense, but overall, I would rate it 3 stars.

I do not like to give negative reviews, but for the sake of being honest this was kind of appalling. I almost never DNF a book but I couldn’t finish this. I feel like every book deserves a chance because most of the time, in the second half it turns around, but in this case I could not do it.
It was repetitive (an example… the complaining about her “uniform” .. we get it, they’re scrubs and for the sake of cleanliness most nurses don’t care). Although it is fiction, it seemed like the author is very unaware of what nurses actually do within their role. Darcy was not therapeutic at all in which how she spoke to her patient, if anything she was distressing. On her first day, when the patient recognized her as a family member, Darcy immediately acted like she was stressed out and a “victim” like she had such a hard day, when that is something that occurs often. She should be well equipped with the tools to handle that situation and let it roll off, that would not ruin her day or “take it home with her” by any means. She also acted like she was owed an apology or deserved it by the husband.. for what? Because her disoriented patient was confused? No. She also lacked any sort of empathy for the husband and immediately went towards accusation, which is alarming and you can’t do because people fall legitimately all the time. Likely there would be a police investigation if suspicious so even more so, it doesn’t even make sense that this nurse would be questioning it on day 1. Even if he was 100% guilty, she would be questioning it later on not the day she met him.
The frequency in which she was “popping pills” to go to sleep was alarming, and the way it was written, puts disgrace on the profession. She would have been fired long before a co-worker was coming to her house daily to bring her lunch, drag her out of bed, bring her to work and hold her hand while she can’t even perform a complete assessment. Her behavior was incompetent and juvenile the entire time. Thank you for the opportunity to read the book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the DRC in exchange for my honest review.

Lots of unexpected twists and turns in this one. Thank you @netgalley for the opportunity to review this book before publishing.

My name is Darcy, I’m your nurse and I’m here to help you.’ I repeat the words I’ve said so many times. Except this time, I don’t mean it…’

There will never come a time when I don’t immediately jump on the chance to read anything written by Daniel Hurst. I really enjoyed this book, but it’s hard to talk about each character because some of the plot line involves twists that we don’t learn about until we make our way through the book. Some of the main characters include Darcy, Pippa, Scarlett, and Adrian as well as two other very important people, who will remain unnamed, as they are vital to the climax and conclusion of the book.

Darcy and Pippa are home care nurses and are hired by Adrian to take care of his wife, Scarlett, who suffered a traumatic brain injury, from a fall in the kitchen. Sounds pretty harmless right?! If you know Daniel Hurst, you know nothing is as it seems.

After I finished the book, the cover made much more sense to me. “ She can save your life, but do you trust her.” Since there are several nurses that present themselves throughout the story, it really made me ponder which one the tagline was actually referencing.

One thing I loved about the storyline of Darcy, is that she reminded me a bit of Fern Devlin, my favorite character from Hurst’s “The Doctor’s” series. When push comes to shove, she’ll do whatever it takes to survive and pull herself out of a situation, that she, herself, had ultimately caused. That makes for one twisty tale! Another 5 star, fast paced thrilling read.

Thank you to Daniel Hurst, Bookouture, and NetGalley for an arc of this novel in exchange for my honest opinion. It publishes July 1, 2024. And don't miss the sequel, The Nurse's Lie, set to release on August 1, 2024.