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Tall Oaks
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
This brilliant debut is dark yet hilarious, suspenseful but full of joy.
When three-year-old Harry goes missing, the whole of America turns its attention to one small town. Everyone is eager to help. Everyone is a suspect. Desperate mother Jess' grief is driving her to extreme measures. Newcomer Jared, with an easy charm and a string of broken hearts in his wake is also a suspect. Photographer Jerry is a suspect who is determined to break away from his controlling mother once and for all. And investigating them all is a police chief with a hidden obsession of his own....
In Chris Whitaker's brilliant and original debut novel, missing persons, secret identities and dangerous lies abound in a town as idiosyncratic as its inhabitants.
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''Perpetually fascinating.'' ( Heat)
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- Boris Backache
- 14-05-20
Belting first novel
This is an exceptional debut from a world class author. Kept me guessing until the very end. Permeated with gentle humour, this is a very gripping tale with some nicely.drawn characters. Can't wait to see what he comes up with next. Needless to say Jeff Harding's narration is wonderful as ever.
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- chris
- 16-11-23
Good listen
I don't really like it when it is so hard to predict the twist but I guess a good book makes you look back at that point and think "well MAYBE I should have seen that coming...". Anyway this book is a slow burner, the characters grow in to themselves and I found myself laughing more and more as it reached its conclusion. Very good indeed.
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- Lyvia Critchell
- 21-08-18
Very First Audiobook
This was my very first audiobook and defo doesnt dissapoint. Although there are lots of characters, they’re all distinct enough to be able to differentiate and remember them. Couldnt stop listening.
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- Ross
- 17-09-20
Such A good listen
The narration was so good, really bought all the characters to life, made me laugh, Mamie and his mum so funny but book sad at the same time, really recommend.
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- Erich Graf
- 08-12-23
Quirky
Took a while to warm to this, but kept getting better! Great characters. Amusing. Engaging.
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- Ms Molly
- 15-12-23
Exciting and so compassionate
Great story with twists and turns right to the end. I love Whitaker’s compassion and love of humanity . Great characters and a perfectly suited narrator. I’m a fan !
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- MollysHouse
- 22-01-21
Really great story
Great story. Lots of twists and turns. Narrator was superb. I was thoroughly gripped by it and I highly recommend this book
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- Anonymous User
- 26-10-22
Great story terrible narrator
the story is great, fantastic characters (especially loved Mannie) nice couple of surprises BUT good god the narrator is bad.
hardly any variation between characters and the worst. each sentence. is clipped. staccato. with an upwards inflection. I don't know if it's a regional accent in the USA, but it got an my nerves so much I nearly stopped listening bit for the aforementioned great story
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- Booklover
- 26-04-23
Great book, robotic narration
Great book but the mechanical narration style is so annoying as are the different character voices. I ended up buying on kindle too so I could read the rest of it.
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- Juliet
- 03-01-20
Fluff
Fluffy put-your-mind-in-neutral holiday read. Mildly funny and largely predictable. The forced twist at the end doesn't really add up. I do wish authors would plan their books instead of making it up as they go along.
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