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Before She Knew Him
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Sophie Amoss
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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A Sunday Times and Observer Thriller of the Month, from the best-selling author of The Kind Worth Killing and All the Beautiful Lies
'They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.'
When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house in West Dartford, Mass., they're relieved to meet, at their first block party, the only other seemingly childless couple in their neighbourhood, Matthew and Mira Dolamore. Turns out they live in the Dutch Colonial immediately next door.
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- Rachel
- 03-08-21
Trite, derivative plot. Poor characters. I am really surprised at the positive reviews for this book.
Hackneyed plotting, weak narrative voice and formulaic writing. Disappointing. One has to wonder at the positive reviews.
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- Pauline
- 19-07-21
Good plot
I didn’t think at first I would rate this book but it was very good, engrossing and well constructed, and I hadn’t seen the ending coming. The narrator set the right tone and each character came through slightly differently in her voice.
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- Noha
- 26-04-21
I WAS SCARED. LITERALLY SCARED!!!
Love peter swanson. I really needed this to be longer. I need to see more Mathew, what's.next for Mathew? I needed to see more of MIRA. I felt there is alot more to her than the author let us into. And I needed to know more of the aftermath for Hen too!
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- Pavarotta
- 17-05-20
Lifeless narration
Having just finished another Peter Swanson, I thought I would enjoy this too, but I couldn't get through it. The expressionless, rhythmless narration made it difficult to enjoy. I will try the paper version of this one instead!
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- sebbie31
- 30-04-20
Excellent
This book is a very good listen- it had the characters scripted perfectly - worth the listen just for the twist at the end
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- Crafter
- 08-11-19
Peter Swanson never disappoints
always creepy, subtle, and super satisfying. going for the whole catalogue. much appreciated...one two tree
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- Lesley Nugent
- 29-07-19
truly a waste of time
so many unnecessary details in an incredibly boring and far fetched heap of absolute nonsense