Emma Raven thought she knew everything there was to know about Andrew, her clever, ambitious, good-looking husband. They had been happily married for twenty-six years; they had every been at school together. Bernie Silver - Andrew’s friend from university in the 1980s and partner in their Islington business, That Music Place - thought he knew him, too. How wrong they both were. When Andrew is rushed to hospital, and Bernie needs to look at a little red notebook kept locked in his partner’s desk at home in the Hertfordshire village of Pengate ... a whole new side of Andrew’s character comes to light. Can Emma stay true to her husband, knowing what she does? As her seemingly well-ordered life begins to unravel, in Waltham Cross small-time crook Garry Wade, despite having just come into legitimate money for the first time in his life, discovers that he has good reason to hate Andrew Raven. Should he seek revenge and risk going back to prison? Her Almost Perfect Husband is a poignant story of love and deception, and the importance of human relationships set against material success. Reviews of Mary Rensten’s other novels: A Handful of Straw ‘Reminiscent of the much-read and well-researched novels of Georgette Heyer: It is difficult to meld historical figures with fictional characters, but Mary Rensten does an admirable job.’ Nick Brown, Historical Novel Society. ‘I couldn’t put it down.’ Zoe King, writer Letters from Malta ‘By the third chapter this book took over all my free time until I had finished it,’ Diane von Kesmark, Goodreads. ‘The story sweeps you along and the characters are so real.’ Suzannah Dıınn, best-selling historical novelist (The Sixth Wife, The May Bride). ‘The writer has a real feel for Malta and the Maltese.’ Sue Moorcroft, author Cover design: Jasmine Lapper-Goodrum