brilliant story and really well told

brilliant story and really well told. I loved it and will be looking out for more from this author and narrator.

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Thoroughly Enjoyed This!

What a great story! I enjoyed and and didn’t want it to end. I recommend this and will now look to see if I can find any other books from this author.

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Gripped from the start

Before finding this book to listen to, I had tried 5 others and just couldn’t get into them. However from the very first chapter of this one, I was hooked! Great story line, brilliant narration, and another author found that I will now listen to.

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A really good listen …

I enjoyed this book, although it was very obvious as to who was the main culprit . Worth a listen and I’ll look out for other books by this author.

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so many twists was such a good listen

really good listen would recommend enjoyed the story line as well- hope my next book as good as this one

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DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE MY HEADPHONES OFF!

I absolutely LOVED this book. As soon as I put my headphones on, I didn’t want to take them off. I found myself thinking about the characters while I was supposed to be working and it got to the point where I was grabbing my headphones at every opportunity, even in the few moments it takes to make a cuppa.

I love thrillers because I like hunting for clues and trying to figure out who the perpetrator is, and while I still enjoy thrillers I figure out, I’m always a little disappointed when it’s obvious from the outset. With SHKB, I was convinced it was going to be one of those, I was sure I could see what was coming. But as the story unravelled, I became more and more uncertain until, in the end, I had no idea which way it was going to go.

For me, that’s the sign of a very well-written and well-executed thriller: when you’re left guessing right to the end, drawn deeply into the lives of the characters so you think about them and root for them even when you're not listening, and you're on the edge of your seat to reach the exciting conclusion.

I read a lot of thrillers, this is the second I’ve read by AJ, and she’s up there with the best. I’ll definitely be buying more of her books.

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A little predictable but greae

Starting to really like this author. You kind of knew where this was going but it was tense enough to be gripping!

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Great listen

I really liked this authors style and pace of writing and the narrator was great. I’m off to find more books by McDine!

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I loved this

Really enjoyable I really do love A J McDine and loved Emma Powell as the narrator, hope to hear more from her in the psychological suspense novels. I am now obsessed with listing to every single book as fast as humanly possible.

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Worth a listen

Not as bad as some of the negative reviews I saw, enjoyed it more than I thought, until the end was, as is usually the case with books like this, was disappointing. Mummy saves the day and they all live happily ever after, wish I could find a book with a darker ending. Also, I really wish narrators who struggle with foreign accents would just avoid trying, it’s so distracting and pulls you out of the story - this happens with so many audio books- the narration is fine and doesn’t draw attention to itself, until the narrator starts trying to pull off a ridiculous accent, your ordinary voice is fine!

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