Brilliant

Brilliantly read would recommend this narrator, will be looking out for more books read by Emily pennant -rea ☺

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Slow to start but what a nice twist in the tale!

Would you consider the audio edition of Gone Without a Trace to be better than the print version?

Haven't read this so couldn't possibly compare.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Didn't much care for any of them! Still, I think that fact perhaps make this novel even more unusual. Maybe it's to the author's credit that it doesn't matter if the reader feels this way but I suspect we're not meant to have a favourite. Or maybe we don't have to equate favouritism with 'likeability' in novels like this?

Which character – as performed by Emily Pennant-Rea – was your favourite?

No-one stood out for me.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. It's slow to build and tempting to hurry it along....but that would be harmful to the measured unwinding of the story. It retains plausibility, for me, because of the time it takes to tell the tale.

Any additional comments?

I found it a bit puzzling that the narrator didn't retain the main character's accent all the way through. Only a minor point but odd nevertheless.

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spine chilling

found it slow at first but soon caught my attention. gently leads you down the path. end realisation is subtle but still shocks. good narrator. thoroughly enjoyed, late for work as couldn't turn it off!

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Fantastic!

This book had me gripped from start to finish. The story was not what I had anticipated and was so well performed that I couldn't leave it alone.

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Unexpected

First book in awhile that I couldn’t predict what happened. Kept me in suspense 5 stars

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Mostly enjoyable

The beginning somewhat unrealistic and over egged, but for most part I enjoyed it. I kinda worked most of it out but enjoyed the surprises when they surfaced. The disappointed end didn't really spoil it.

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loved it!

So enjoyed this book, twists and turns kept me gripped. not the ending I imagined very entertaining and well read!

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You think it's one thing, but...

I'm very wary of plot spoilers in thrillers and 'detective stories 'so I will be circumspect.

Hannah comes home from a work trip to Oxford and finds her world has turned upside down. She is the detective in this story, piecing together what has happened. But all is not as it seems...

I can't say more than that for fear of spoiling the denouement, but I can assure you that this book has a plot that will keep you on tenterhooks all the way through. It's immaculately written and paced - just when I wanted to shriek at Hannah, it moved on again and left me wanting more.

It's twisty mind-bending stuff, and if you liked Gone Girl you'll like this.

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Amazing Book - completely enthralling

This is very well written and has a brilliantly inventive plot with excellent characterisation. It held my attention so well that I couldn't stop listening. I finished it in a day by carrying my MP3 player and speaker EVERYWHERE I went, even shopping, when I swapped my speaker for headphones, so loath was I to switch it off. An amazing debut by Mary Torjussen and I hope very much that we don't have to wait too long for a second book.

As to the narrator..... All I can say is - Accents! she would have done much better to have read the story straight through without trying to add merseyside accents to the characters. They were written as well educated and sharp - to hear them ALL saying "wha?" (missing t intended), in a liverpool intonation was irritating and did not fit with any of the character types. If I had written this book I would have been most upset to hear this, as I am sure it was not what the author intended.

100% recommended!

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Very good

Enjoyed this book and never saw the clever twists coming. Well thought out and made you think!

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