Absolute loved this one! One of my favourites. Brilliant storyline and characters! Hursts books are brilliant and his writing is a joy to read. Did not see the twists and turns coming.

Listen this book had the thriller/mystery in it. I had all sorts of plots in my head and was totally wrong till the end. Once I got passed half way through the book i was hooked and could not stop reading, The end did want me knowing more?! Like what happened to Edna? Is she going to black mail her ex best friend. Overall good read

Darcy is an ordinary nurse. She just got a new job with her friend, Pippa, taking care of a Adrian's (a wealthy man) wife, Suzette, in their private home. Suzette slipped and fell in her kitchen a while ago, and she's not doing any better even if all of her tests come back normal. But as Darcy spends time with them, she realizes that all is not as it should be. Did Adrian hurt her or was it just a freak accident? Is she really having health issues, or is she faking? The more Darcy tries to unveil the truth, the more she's scared for herself and the safekeeping of her own dark secret...
This psychological thriller is book 1 in the Perfect Nurse trilogy. As per usual in his last books, I find the paragraphs to be way too long for a thriller, it kills the pace and makes it drag, and there is way too much foreshadowing. I don't mind a bit of foreshadowing, but when you hint to the same thing in roughly the same way at the end of every paragraph, it kills the effect it's supposed to have and just has me rolling my eyes so hard it hurts. The pace started picking up at around the halfway mark, which was good, but also way too late for a thriller, that needs to drag me right in from the start. I really feel like the first and second halves of the story were two completely different books. Also, I was really annoyed by the way the police treated Darcy both times they called them because someone broke into her house. They didn't treat her seriously and bordeline made fun of her to her face. Past the 50% mark there are a lot of (too many?) twists and turns, but I enjoyed the ride. The ending felt kind of abrupt, but I'm guessing things will be resolved in book 2.
I received an advance review copy of this book for free and I am leaving this review vountarily.

What would life be like if you could not recognise your own parents and what lengths will parents go to for the children. Two points that are key to this latest book from my favourite author. I believe this is the 43rd book by Daniel Hurst I have read in the last 18 months. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

WOW I really enjoyed The Perfect Nurse an exciting fast paced psychological thriller by Daniel Hurst. Book 1 of 2 (kindle edition)

Darcy works as a Nurse in the private sector and is the perfect nurse always putting patients before herself but looks can be deceiving as time goes by.

Darcy works alongside Pippa when they are engaged by Scarlett's husband Adrian to take care of Scarlett who is suffering from amnesia at their affluent home where everybody in the neighbourhood can leave their curtains open and their doors unlocked.

Both Scarlett, Adrian and Darcy are all keeping secrets they do not want to share between each other.

An intruder has broken into Darcy's home and she becomes paranoid as she was sure she had locked up before she retired for bed and she infroms the Police who do not seem too concerned as there does not seem to be any forced entry and Darcy has a feeling that she is being followed as she goes for a walk.

There are a great many twists in this thriller and what an amazing ending.

This was the first book I’ve read by this author after a recommendation. I found the start a bit tedious and found Darcy quite annoying due to her less than committed ways to her job and responsibilities. However, after the enormous twist the pace sped up and although somewhat far fetched in places, it certainly delivered a unique storyline. Without giving anything away it is difficult to say too much but the twists are clever and absorbing and from then on becomes a real page turner. The build up is important for the shocks to have a full impact.

You cannot go wrong with Daniel Hurst he is the master of suspense and always has you hooked from page one.

The edge of your seat thriller and if you like a mystery and suspense then read this. You will not be disappointed. I love the twists and turns and every time i thought oh wow that was great another bang comes and you don't expect it.

I will forever read anything that Daniel Hurst writes.

Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review.

WTG Daniel Hurst you have once again mastered another novel.

A book filled with twists you won’t see coming. I like this authors writing style because it draws you into the story. He also has twists I never would have thought of and they keep coming. A quick, satisfying read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Daniel Hurst and
Bookouture for an ARC of this novel. Overall, slightly disappointed. The storyline was rather predictable and somewhat all over the place at the same time. This wasn’t for me.

I found this to have a very slow start. Darcy was paranoid, impulsive, reckless and I had a hard time relating to her. She didn't really think much through. Her story kind of changes and I was tempted to feel a little more sympathetic but she was a little difficult to like.
The second half improved and had several twists that I really didn't see coming. It was much more thrilling and I started to enjoy the book a little more here.
I would have rated this three stars (slow first half, more exciting second half) except that after finishing the book there are some things that just don't make sense to me.
spoilers ahead


Why did her parents try to make themselves look suspicious? What was with the lock your door comments, and what do you think of my husband nonsense? I'm tempted to think that after talking to Pippa they wanted to give her something to make her feel she needed to come back, but if they were role playing to try to get closer to her and be a family again, making her not trust them seemed like the wrong way to go about it. ALSO the prologue just doesn't make sense. At the end of the book she remembers getting into her accident after fleeing the scene of the murder of Melissa after arguing with Laurence. Yet the prologue has her going home and burning her scrubs and ID card and anxiously awaiting the police to come after her. And it specifically states that the woman is dead and she didn't do anything to prevent it. The two events don't seem to fit together.

I wasn’t sure where this book was going to take me but I’m so glad I stuck with it as once you got to the second half, the pace increased and there were some great twists. It kept me entertained and the twists added to the plot. Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the chance to review.

I could not put this book down!
Darcy is a private nurse and is offered a new client. Her and her colleague, Pippa, go to care for a wealthy man's wife who had an accident which resulted in a head injury and memory loss but is all as it seems? Darcy is suspicious and starts investigating to see what she can discover.
I highly recommend the book.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC

Great book… I love a thriller where it keep me on my toes.. have me keep turning the pages. I love Darcy and Pippy relationship. It all makes sense why Pippy was so caring for Darcy.
The perfect nurse was a fun book to read.

I think Daniel Hurst is a new favorite author of mine. This is the second book of his I have read in the past 2 months. The Perfect Nurse has the perfect unreliable narrator. This fast paced book had me at the edge of my seat; the many twists had me guessing what would happen next. I like to consider myself an avid thriller reader, and even I was shocked by some of the twists.

Darcy has been assigned to be Scarlett’s nurse, but Darcy is having a hard time believing what happened to Scarlett was an accident. She thinks her husband Adrian might have had something to do with it. The kicker is that Darcy isn’t very reliable herself, so can we really believe what she thinks is going on?

I very much enjoyed this, and am excited to read the next book in the series! This was a great psychological thriller that I would recommend to my friends. Fast paced, short chapters, with some great twists.

Thank you NetGalley, Bookouture, and Daniel Hurst for the copy of The Perfect Nurse.

This story was my first read of one of Daniel’s books. The reading was easy flowing, but I did find myself somewhat confused as to where it was going. I will try another one of his books though.

This book was amazing. The amount of twists and turns left me unable to put this book down. I had to know where it went! I work in the health care field so I love reading book in that area, especially thrillers. I will be recommending this to anyone who asks and buying the physical copy when it comes out soon!

This is Daniel Hurst back in fighting mode! After a small dip in form with his last book The family trip, Daniel Hurst comes back with a vengeance.
The Perfect Nurse is fast paced (as always) with many cliff hanger chapters or chapter endings that left me saying "what?!" You just have to know what happened next and they just keep on coming. The other fun thing about this book is that it really got me. As an avid thriller reader I'd consider myself not too shabby at coming up with theories (some of which are right to my dismay as I love a good unexpectedly twist) but I did NOT see these ones coming. I had theories but it was no where near!
Plot:
Darcy is a home nurse. When she starts on a new patient Scarlett who suffers from brain damage after an accident, Darcy starts to suspect all is not what it seems. As she crosses the line and starts her own investigation into her new patient, this rollercoaster of a book will take you places you never saw coming.
A quick and addictive page turner. I'm do glad I have the sequel 'The nurse's lie' ready to read!

Many thanks to Bookouture who granted me a copy of the book through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

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

If you saw me walking down the street, you'd think I was pretty ordinary.... I wear a crisp, white nursing uniform, my hands are scrubbed clean, and you'd have no reason to believe I was anything but a good citizen. A good nurse. But looks can be deceiving. You shouldn't trust me - because I don't even know if I can trust myself. Now I stare at my reflection in the mirror - dark smudges under my eyes, and blood on my hands - listening for the sound of police sirens. Because the truth is, I had to do something terrible. I broke all the rules a nurse should follow. I wanted someone gone so badly. And now they're dead because of me. I'm looking over my shoulder everywhere I go, because I'm sure someone knows my secret. Then, when my home is broken into, I know the simple truth: this isn't over yet....

Darcy and Pippa are nurses. They are looking after a wealthy woman who had a nasty fall, and is now suffering from memory loss. The story starts off slowly but gains momentum throughout. I never read the premise to any of Daniel's books, I just get them and read them. With lots of twists, this gripping read hooked me in and did not let me go until I'd turned the last page. You do need to suspend reality a little, but that's not a bad thing. Darcy is a bit paranoid, she believes that someone is following her, and that someone enters her house at night. I did enjoy the second part of this story more.

Published st July 2024

I would like to thank #NetGalley #Bookouture and the author #DanielHurst for my ARC of #ThePerfectNurse in exchange for an honest review.

This latest book by Daniel Hurst is an interesting one, with a twist, of course.
Darcy is a nurse, with a severe case of memory loss, which resulted after a serious car accident. She has no memories of her past, other than a few random flashbacks.
Her reality now is her work as a home care giver, with her friend Pippa as her co worker. Helping an older woman with similar memory loss issues, Darcy becomes suspicious about this woman and her husband, and what she discovers is nothing we, the reader, ever expected.

This is an entertaining , quick book to read.
A second book in this series is soon to follow!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC, in return for my unbiased and honest opinion.
4 stars

"The Perfect Nurse" was an engrossing read, filled with unexpected twists and turns that held my attention from beginning to end. It also featured intriguing characters that were a pleasure to discover.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for my ARC.