I’ll start this review by pointing out that I loved the first half of the book more than the second. I’m trying to keep it spoiler free- the plot revolves around Darcy, who a nurse with seemingly very little recollection of her life before she had an accident. We then meet Scarlet and Adrian that are a sketchy couple. Darcy is immediately intrigued and tries to solve their mystery along with her friend, Pippa.
The thriller aspect was interesting and I liked the suspense involving Adrian. However, as soon as things started to go down I begun to dislike our main character. Maybe that was the author’s purpose, too. She was too rushed and panicked to see the facts and she trusted the wrong people. Overall, it was a good palate cleanser.

Daniel Hurst's novel, The Perfect Nurse, follows Darcy as she begins a new job caring for a wealthy woman who has a brain injury. From the beginning it is clear that Darcy has made some mistakes in her past that are casting a shadow on her new role. The novel weaves a sense of unease and tension as Darcy grapples with her doubts about her employer, despite her friend Pippa telling her there is nothing to worry about....until it becomes clear that there is.

This was my first book by Daniel Hurst and I was impressed. The narrative kept me on edge with twists that continually upended any predictions I had made. While the novel does take a bit of time to build momentum, the slower burn adds to the tension and anticipation - in fact, the slow progression helps ensure that the plot twists are satisfying and surprising.

Overall, this narrative was a captivating read for people who like suspenseful psychological thrillers. If you enjoy stories where nothing is really as it seems, then this one is definitely worth your time!

Thank you to NegGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

This is the first book in The Perfect Nurse series.

What has Darcy gotten involved in, and can Pippa come to her aid to help her remember what happened?

Great story that has twists and turns from the start. I can't wait for the next book in the series.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the ARC in return for my honest review.

Normally enioy Daniel Hursts books and i'm not saying i didnt enjoy thos one once i got into it but even though the first page hooked me i found it a bit slow of a build up for me and i had too try a few times too get into it.

I tried to read it but it just doesn't hold my attention. it's me problem, not the book. I will give her another chance. (3 stars cause i don’t know which it will be When read)

It’s hard to review this one without giving too much away. This book didn’t have the same feel as Daniel’s other books. This was a little slow and it had some loose ends that were not answered. One example is why was Darcy told to lock her door? This was not explained and had no reason for it. Also, the characters were not really likeable and I had no vested interest in them.

Thanks NetGalley and publisher for my digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

The Perfect Nurse starts out with a bang and builds on that. I thought the story was going one way and boy was I surprised when a huge twist occurred. This book is a fantastic start to a new series by Daniel Hurst. Darcy is a home nurse that has major problems with her memory due to a car accident. She's fine in the short term dealing with patients, but can't remember her parents, her childhood, etc. When Darcy starts being followed and someone breaks into her house she knows she's in trouble. Someone knows what happened in her past, but Darcy can't remember.

Will Darcy's nursing partner at the new job be able to help her? Pippa is a good friend and nurse. She picks Darcy up every morning and drives her home after work. Darcy doesn't have a car and can't drive with her issues. Darcy is worried to be honest with Pippa because she doesn't want to lose her friendship and her job. Is the new patient really dealing with a brain injury? At times she seems so lucid. Does she know something? Why does her husband make Darcy nervous?

Will Darcy find out who's following her and why? Will she be able to discover who's been breaking into her house? Will her memory come back at all? Does this have to do with something she's forgotten? This book is a quick read as you can't put it down. I rate The Perfect Nurse 4 stars with a high recommendation. I'd like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy of The Perfect Nurse in exchange for a fair review. The book is available now and if you want a book with a twist this is the book for you! #ThePerfectNurse

This is another enjoyable, entertaining read from Daniel Hurst. Although the plot was slightly slow initially, I was always interested in how the story was going to play out. The protagonist intrigued me and kept me invested as secrets were revealed. The first twist totally caught me off guard. It was completely unexpected and masterfully ignited future twists that led to the shocking conclusion. I am looking forward to reading the next installment in this series. Thank you, NetGalley and Bookouture for my copy.

Suspense! YES! Couldn’t put it down! Author Daniel Hurst so easily hooks his readers with unstoppable anticipation!

This novel was a tight knit, action packed thrill of a read! Loved Hurst style as he kept you guessing even when he revealed some truths. But were they? Darcy, a nurse to a dying woman had a gut feeling about the patients husband and even such an uneasy feeling being in their home. Along side Pippa, another nurse, they questioned themselves against their instincts. Secrets, histories and a sketchy memory will cascade you down the rabbit hole of Darcy Miller!

It’s concise, unpredictable and a little unnerving. A pretty quick read at 280 pages, nice change of pace and thoroughly entertaining!

The ending was a bit abrupt but it’s where Hurst wanted it to go ….with good reason…. More to come! I’ll pick up the next one just for this reason alone, I need to know what happens next…

Great read by Daniel Hurst. Thanks to @bookouture @danielhurst @netgalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest review! All opinions and reviews are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. Darcy is a nurse who works with patients who want to stay at home to heal instead of lying alone in a hospital bed. Darcy and her best friend Pippa are hired to take care of Scarlett, an lady in her mid fifties who suffered a traumatic brain injury when she slipped and fell on her marble floors. As they pull up the mansion on their first day of taking care of Scarlet, Darcy and Pippa are looking forward to this new adventure. It doesn't take long for Darcy to become suspicious of the husband, did Scarlet really fall on her own? As Darcy starts to do some investigating, bizarre things start to happen in her own personal life. Someone broke into her house during the night and she is absolutely certain she was being followed while walking home. Why does no one believe her. What is really going on? Stay tuned......it was totally unexpected....Enjoy!!!

I’ve read quite a few Daniel Hurst books and always really enjoy them. I loved this book, it was full of surprises and I would definitely recommend it.

Darcy is a nurse who works for a private nursing company and provides care for people in their homes. Her colleague Pippa has to wake Darcy up every day and make her coffee while Darcy gets organised for work. Darcy is grateful to Pippa for her help but gets tired of Pippa always asking her if she is okay.

Darcy and Pippa go to work for a couple called Adrian and Scarlett - Scarlett has brain damage after a fall at home and has huge problems with memory loss. From the minute they enter the house Darcy has a feeling of unease and senses that there is something untoward going on in the house. She also has doubts about the cause of Scarlett’s accident.

This book was full of twists and turns and every time
I thought I knew where it was going it took me by surprise again.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A medical thriller with twists you won’t see coming! Daniel Hurst knocks it out of the park with ‘The Perfect Nurse’. The nurse in question is Darcy who has been recently assigned to take care of a patient named Scarlett who has advanced dementia. As Darcy’s friend and fellow nurse Pippa drives her to their first day with the new patient, Darcy feels a sense of foreboding that tells her something isn’t quite right about the house they pull up to or the man and wife inside.

Despite her ongoing battle of sleeping without medication and not being able to shut her brain off at night, Darcy feels like there is something more to Scarlett’s story and takes it upon herself to start investigating. Just when she is convinced that Adrian is not who he seems and he may be the one responsible for his wife’s accident; a shocking twist takes the story down a whole new path. Everything Darcy thought she knew rapidly brings to a whole new light. All the crazy things happening in Darcy‘s life must be explained by the face of a man she recognized in the street days before. Soon her and Pippa work together to find the mysterious man that can hopefully fill in the puzzle pieces around Darcy‘s memory loss.

Once Darcy finds this mystery man, she realizes that memory loss is the least of her worries. The flashbacks of her past become vividly clear when Darcy is in the fight for her life. The story ends abruptly once Darcy realizes she needs to put her pass behind her once and for all, and make a fresh start somewhere else.

Daniel Hurst is a very good writer. His stories are engaging and keep you turning the page. I read this one in less than a day and never grew board with the story until the very end. The abrupt ending and predictable outcome were a little disappointing, but overall I really enjoyed the book. I did not think too hard trying to keep up and Hearst leaves no stones unturned. After all the build up in the story, the ending seemed rushed And unless there is plans for a second book, I’m not sure Darcy’s story will ever feel properly wrapped up. Regardless this is a solid four star book.

This felt like a much slower start than I'd expect from the author but I definitely got into it once the pace picked up a bit. I know nothing about nursing so was completely fascinated an dmore than happy to believe this was all completely possible and not at all far fetched lol. I really enjoyed it. The usual high quality writing and clever twists

If you are looking for an epic shock and awe plot twist this book is for you! While there was a bit of repetition and what felt at the time like a slow buildup the first few chapters. It all made 100% sense by the middle of the book. This book takes off and brings the thrill, excitement and mystery and will have you questioning everything until the very end.

Thank you Net Galley and Bookouture for the ARC of The Perfect Nurse!

I am a nurse but not really into nursing itself lol but i love thrillers. This book was pretty good.

★★★ 2.5 stars (rounded up)

A nurse who isn't as she appears...do you trust her?

It's no secret that I am a huge Daniel Hurst fan. I've devoured everything I've read of his in record time and loved (mostly) them all. And then along comes the perfect nurse...which is anything but.

Now I've been in a reading slump for months so I wasn't surprised when I found myself struggling to get into the storyline and connect with the characters. But I pushed on through. Because I know what Daniel Hurst is capable of and that I wouldn't be sorry if I just ploughed on. But then I come across another couple of reviews which highlight the same concerns I had.

1. that it was waaaaay too slow from the start when Hurst's thrillers have been non-stop thrill rides from the first page!

2. a bit too repetitious (I get it, she wears a uniform) but it seems to spend more time on the floor if this story is anything to go by.

3. I'm all for popcorn thrillers with somewhat far fetched tales (after all, it is just fiction) but this one just pushed the limits of believability a little too far. I guess the fact that nothing happened untul around chapter 25 didn't help either!

4. the setting. I read British authors because I prefer British set thrillers. I'm not keen on when they take their stories to foreign climes. If I wanted to read a book set in America then I would read an American author. But that's just a preference and not a major issue here.

Now...that's out of the way, let's get down to the rest of it. On the surface, it's an OK thriller. Not one of his best by any means but by the time the reveal came and the action began, waking me from my coma, things did start to pick up. Of course by then it was too little too late for this book but hey, it had potential.

Seriously, I liked the concept behind the bigger picture and I feel it would have played out so much better presented differently and with a far more likeable main character. Darcy was irritating and I couldn't care less about what happened to her in all honesty. The prologue shows her burning her uniform (yes, the same one that seemed to have permanent residence on her floor) no longer wanting to be a nurse. The question is, why? And so we go down the rabbit hole in pursuit of the answer. What made her so disillusioned by her chosen profession that she wanted nothing more to do with it? Well, we've a long way to find out because none of the first half sheds any light nor is it very enlightening about much at all.

Darcy and her friend Pippa have been charged wit the care of middle aged Scarlett who had an accident at home in which has caused her to lose her memory or memories, though she does have some lucid moments from time to time. But it isn't long before Darcy gets a weird vibe from husband Adrian and begins to think that all is not as it seems with the couple. And so she sets about determined to prove their nefarious subterfuge despite Pippa's best efforts to dissuade her. But Darcy is determined...though nothing will prepare her for the shocks she is about to uncover.

So true to Hurst fashion, there are the usual twist upon twists but sadly not of the same calibre as his other offerings. I admit, I did enjoy it once the pace picked up and the thrills got better but like I said it was too little too late for this one.

I intend reading the second book shortly so I hope that one is faster paced and more exciting. And hopefully, Darcy is more likeable this time round.

I would like to thank #DanielHurst, #Netgalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #ThePerfectNurse in exchange for an honest review.

This review appears on my blog at https://stinathebookaholic.blogspot.com/.

Another great read by Daniel Hurst.

The nurse, starts of a bit slow but soon gathers speed and it's fast paced, full of twists and hard to put down!

This was my first Daniel Hurst read; I had opted to apply for this because of the title and cover. I have not read any medical thrillers because that is my professional field and I feared I would pick them apart a bit too much...and that was the case here, slightly. While it was somewhat fast-paced, I found myself sighing and hoping it would just get on with it, often. The FMC was annoying with how suspicious she was, all. the. time.

Now, the plot twist had my head spinning, I annotated along the way throughout my read and the words that poured from me aren’t appropriate for the review. I did not see it coming, and it took me a bit to pick my jaw up off the floor. Because of the plot twist, I am interested in reading the next book in the series...but it will not be added to my immediate TBR.



3.75 / 5

Read 06.28.2024
Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy/early read opportunity!!

Wow. I’m impressed. I didn’t see this coming at all. AT ALL. Wow. The amount of detail… and story building… it was brilliant! What a unique plot, with some particular twists and turns making this not another nurse story! I LOVED it and can’t wait for the next installment! I hope it follows the other character…haha.
This is a somewhat new author to me and so far, I’m impressed with what I’m reading! The character depth is something I see often lacking but not here! Major kudos to Daniel Hurst!!

I know when I start any Daniel Hurst books that I will be thoroughly entertained, and this was no different. It has Hurst's signature style, easy to read, and fast paced, with twists to make the reader keep guessing throughout.
This was such a fun read. I love medical thrillers lately, and this book is a great one to add to the pile.
There are some elements that are a little implausible, but if you can get past them, you will really enjoy this.