Such a Perfect Family: A Psychological Suspense Novel

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Such a Perfect Family is a psychological suspense novel that explores the secrets and hidden tensions behind what seems like an ideal family.

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“Such a Perfect Family” by Nalini Singh features a male protagonist named Tavish.

He meets a girl, and Tavish and Diya fall in love at first sight. They have a whirlwind wedding in Las Vegas.

Then the couple moves to New Zealand to live on Diya’s parents’ property. But when Tavish leaves the country, he does so under a cloud of suspicion.

Once there, he is the happiest man for forty-three days, until his new life explodes. Just 43 days into their marriage, tragedy strikes. His wealthy in-laws’ home is destroyed in a fiery explosion while he’s away running an errand.

After the explosion, his badly injured wife is in a coma, and her parents are dead. Her brother, Bobby, is nowhere to be found. Bobby’s car was at the home, so it’s suspected he died as well.

What’s Happening Back in Los Angeles

But back in Los Angeles, there is an ongoing investigation into the deaths of several high-profile older women, all of whom Tavish professed to love. Several women have died under suspicious circumstances, and he becomes a prime focus of the investigation.

Tragedy and death seem to follow Tavish wherever he goes. As investigators begin questioning Tavish, his troubled past comes back to haunt him.

Tavish tries to clear his name as the authorities close in on him. They’re looking for clues to prove him guilty. His wife lies in mortal danger in a coma in the hospital, and he needs to figure out what happened that night so he won’t get blamed.

Determined to prove his innocence, Tavish begins investigating the explosion himself. As he does so, he uncovers a disturbing collection of family secrets, deception, and carefully hidden truths.

The Picture-Perfect Life:

His wife and her parents had the picture-perfect life, but he found that it was a closely guarded mirage. His wife’s parents, Sarita and Rajesh, were both physicians, but things were not as ideal as they seemed.

Tavish learns they weren’t quite the paragons of virtue he thought they were. A dark truth lurks beneath the well-respected family’s facade.

My Thoughts:

The writing was spot-on for a typical boy-meets-girl-and-falls-in-love scenario. But it isn’t a romance novel. It is a thriller involving the mystery of why this well-respected family was targeted for violence.

I was kept guessing as to who was involved in starting the fire and the deaths of three members of that family. And where is Bobby, Diya’s brother?

What Makes the Book Intriguing

• The contrast between a seemingly perfect family and its darker reality.
• A husband whose past makes him difficult to trust.
• Suspicious deaths and an investigation filled with twists.
• The question of whether anyone really knows the people they love.

This is an appealing choice for readers who enjoy psychological suspense, family secrets, and murder mysteries.

The hardcover was published on January 27, 2026, and the paperback is scheduled for November 3, 2026.

About the Author:

Nalini Singh was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. She spent three years living and working in Japan and traveling around Asia.

She has worked as a lawyer, librarian, candy factory general hand, bank temp, and English teacher.

Nalili has been writing for as long as she can remember. All of her stories have a thread of romance in them. She loves creating unique characters and giving them happy endings.

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