Darcy is a nurse and she is working with a new couple to help with an ailing woman. Then people are breaking into her house and she is being followed. Why? What has she done?

This is my first Daniel Hurst book and I devoured it in one day. I am mind blown by the twist that I never saw coming. I can’t wait to read the next book!

Thank you to Daniel Hurst, Bookouture, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’d like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Perfect Nurse’ written by Daniel Hurst in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Darcy Miller and Pippa Simpson are nurses caring for private patients in their own homes. They’re sent to the home of Scarlett Hoffman to help her husband Adrian look after her but from the moment Darcy walks through the door she gets the feeling that there’s something about the house and the people who live in that feels wrong.

I’m a great fan of Daniel Hurst and his thrillers so I’ve been looking forward to reading ‘The Perfect Nurse’. It starts as a straightforward psychological thriller and I was so gripped I read the first half really quickly, but then the plot gets convoluted with the characters’ actions so unbelievable that it took me a bit longer to take it in and understand what was happening. It’s still an enjoyable thriller that I got through in a day although I didn’t think it was quite as good as some of his previous thrillers. But despite this, I’m very much looking forward to reading his next one.

I've never been disappointed by Danuel hurst. I was however thrown by the burb a clever misdirection and changed my expectations of what i would be reading and made it irrelevant.
The story didn't really take off for me until the .middle with the omg curveball twist which blew my mind and explained why this was a part 1 if a series. Darrcy grew on me as the story went on. Pippa seemed a more complex character who I would love to see more of in the future. Some of the final reveal felt a little convenient that all if a sudden it came together. However this was realistic. I'm left anticipating rhe next one. Feeling sad it's over but want to see where this goes as the ending gives so many options. I wanted so much more. As always 5 star highly recommended but I would suggest the burb is revisited as its not what is says on the tin and alrhough misdirection works you have to read the whole book to get it.which is clever ut many disappoint readers expecting a mote killer based read.
Thank you netgallery and publisher and author for this cracking 5 star read.

The Perfect Nurse by Daniel Hurst is a book with MANY unexpected twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting. It’s about two home health nurses (Darcy and Pippa) who are assigned to take care of a patient. Once they get to the house Darcy starts to notice things are not all as they seem.

As a nurse I enjoyed reading some of the relatable thoughts and feelings of “am I good enough to be a nurse?” Or just having bad days and wondering if you’re cut out for nursing anymore or need to stop and find something else especially after working through Covid like Darcy did.

I had a couple tiffs with the book the writing seemed stiff. It just lacked that ease and fluidity that I want and expect from a really good book. I felt like at times the story line was repetitive and there were several missed opportunities for extra dramatic effects by stopping at a certiain point to start a new chapter to really make it a page turner. Also the description of the book doesn’t seem to match the plot of this story.

Otherwise, the story was fast paced and in general throughly interesting and I’m very grateful to Daniel Hurst, Bookoture, and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this advanced copy of The Perfect Nurse before it comes out July 1st, 2024 where books are sold and Kindle Unlimited.

Rating 3/5

Very entertaining read. I enjoyed the aspect of a nurse being the main character as you typically see them in a hero light. The twists kept me on the edge of my seat!

I did enjoy the twists in this book and how they kept coming. But I did find the 1st half of the book slow and wish things started happening sooner . In terms of the character being a nurse, it was not believable and lacked some medical knowledge .

Thank you Bookouture and NetGalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review

Another great read from Daniel Hurst. This one had me hooked immediately and I just didn’t want to put this down.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publishers and Daniel Hurst for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. Recommended!!

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Wow-this is the first book I have read by this author. What a treat full of plot twists and turns, and great characters. It's a recommended read.

2.5! Thank you to my friend Alexis for teaching me about NetGalley and thank you to the author for sending this to me to read :) My first ARC copy how exciting! I've read multiple books by this author, and I was so excited to read a new one and especially one about a nurse since I am one, but this book was just a little bit too all over the place for me. Lots of unexpected plot twists, but also it's almost too much to where it just causes the story line to be chaotic and some character development to really fall short. It would not be the first book by this author that I would recommend but I was happy for the chance to read it!

This is my first book from Daniel Hursts and I have to say I didn’t see it coming at all towards the end of the book. Throughout the whole story did wonders, the way each character was captured was wonderfully done. I usually suspect the “villain” of the story or the “why” and I didn’t suspect it at all with this one. Definitely a lot of twists and entertaining through out every chapter. I highly recommend

This was my first book by this author and it reminds me of reading something similar to F. McFadden. You're not going to get great writing but you'll have a pretty fun time. This was a good popcorn thriller with a few decent twists. Even though I could see some of the twists coming I didn't mind because it was entertaining. I would highly recommend this for a quick read for the beach or a vacation. You'll have fun but won't think about it again after you're finished.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for letting me read an early copy of The Perfect Nurse by Daniel Hurst.

I was torn on how to rate this one. I really struggled at the start of the book but the twists as we got further on definately helped.

I read the first 30% within an hour in one sitting so that goes to show how easy to read it is, but I genuinely struggled to pick it back up again after that. I commented to my wife as I was reading that it felt like this was Darcys first day on earth, that she was learning how to be a human and somehow forgot her life before page 1. That she interacts with those around her in such a tactless manner im not sure how any patient or her family would find it acceptable. In hindsight this makes far more sense.

The twist of her forgetting her life made her actions seem far more understandable, but even then she jumped to conclusions so fast I'm not sure if she lost her logic along with her memories. The actions of most of the characters require a bit of suspension of logic for me too, but after putting that aside it's a pretty good thriller read and I'm glad I powered through and got to the twists.

I really enjoyed this twisty, gripping book and the short chapters made it a quick and easy read. The characters were all a mystery to me at first and had me guessing which, if any of them, were who they appeared to be. I was deeply suspicious of the main character, Darcy the nurse whose behaviour was very odd to say the least but it all became clear, as the story progressed, why she was that way. The twists in this were huge and unexpected and the final scenes were real heart racing stuff! I can't wait for the follow up book that is due out later this year. My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an early copy. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Darcy is a nurse who starts a new role caring for a patient at home after they were in an accident and consequently suffering memory loss. Darcy feels something isn’t quite right and sets it upon herself to find out why.

I haven’t read many Daniel Hurst books but have heard so much about him that I thought it’s about time I read some more. After reading this I am pleased I did and can see why his stories are so popular. I’ll be honest and say I wasn’t sure at first as the first half was a bit slow and I felt like not much happened. I also found some of the interactions unbelievable. but by the half way point the story goes in ways I never expected, explaining some of the off points and I found the rest of the story entertaining.

This is most certainly an easy, twisty read, however some parts are quite unbelievable and the story is a bit disjointed. Although I look forward to reading the second in the series. 3.5 rounded down. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

Daniel Hurst is one of my favorite thriller authors. His books are fun and I love that they are affordable. For less than $1.50, you have hours of entertainment!

That said, The Perfect Nurse was an okay read for me. Here are my thoughts:

* Repeating concepts or things. The first chapter mentioned coffee so much that it was distracting. I kept reading only because I like the author.
* The first twist is too obvious and the second twist wasn't very exciting.
* Okay characters.

While I like the writing style. this story wasn't that intriguing to me.

Thanks for the advance review copy.

3.5 stars rounded to 4.

There are definitely a couple of twists in this book...

A nurse is helping care for a woman who had an accident, but something is not right...there unfolds a couple of storylines that had me guessing!
Perfect quick summer read that will keep you on your toes.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for access to this eARC.

Wow this was another great read from this author whose books are always something a bit different and where you need to expect the unexpected as they have a unique way of writing and love the element of surprise while reading.

Lots of twists and turns in this slow burning psychological drama which is the first in a new series am looking forward to finding out where the story goes next.

The Perfect Nurse is the first book in The Perfect Nurse series by Daniel Hurst, In The book we meet Darcy who lives alone and is a home health nurse. Today she is starting a new job with coworker Pipa. The new client is Charlotte whose husband Adrian hired them but Dorothy find something suspicious at first about Adrian but then about both of them. It doesn’t help matters when she goes out for a walk and a man sees her and is shocked at the side of her but she doesn’t know why and when he starts following her she gets frightened. So a couple of days later when someone breaks in her home she believes it’s him but when she sees him again he doesn’t say who he is but promises are it wasn’t him who broke in. I thought long and hard about how to write this review without giving key plot spoilers away and that is the best I can do. I love Daniel Hearst‘s books but I must admit this one wasn’t my favorite and I have already got book to download it which I am definitely going to read. Having said that the longer I read it the better it got I thought her suspicions of Adrian in the beginning were totally unfounded and didn’t understand at all what made her think that but everything becomes clear the longer you read it and by the end it truly was a Hearst thriller. In the beginning I really was thinking Mr. Hearst lost his mojo but he totally saved it in the end I wish I could say more and trust me if you don’t know the spoilers then try not to when you start this book because they really are worth waiting for. I only gave the three stars because of the not so great beginning but I would still definitely recommend this… I mean it’s Daniel Hurst I want two thank Bookoucher for my free arc copy via NetGalley. Please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

A nicely twisty novel about a nurse, her patients, and well, no spoilers. This is good popcorn reading perfect for the beach or travel.

From the outline and the first page I thought this be a really good read but the further I got into it, the more the main character Dracy began to annoy me. She instantly starts to see the worse and she just makes me feel uncomfortable and she's a walk over.

I hated Pippa, she's a bully.