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Target

By: Simon Kernick
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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Summary

When writer Rob Fallon goes out one night and ends up with his best-friend's girlfriend, Jenny, he's feeling guilty before anything's even happened. But guilt quickly turns to shock when two men break into Jenny's apartment, abduct her and try to kill Rob. 

When Rob reports this to the police, no one believes him. And when he speaks to Jenny's father, he says she's on holiday abroad. Rob knows Jenny's life's in danger and starts asking questions. Soon he's the target of brutal killers who are as terrifying as they are elusive. 

But what do they want? And what does it have to do with an ordinary girl like Jenny? Either Rob finds out or he's dead. It's that simple....

©2009 Simon Kernick (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd

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"Great plots, great characters, great action." (Lee Child)

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Best audio book I've listened too. Great story.

An absolute page turner....Easy to listen to and I would thoroughly recommend. I hope the author has more books!

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Twist

Great twist with the main character which I never saw coming. A great book which I would recommend.

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One of the best.

Really loved this, hard to listen to at times as it pulls no punches, but it's all the better for it.
I will be looking into more books by this author as long as they're narrated by Paul Thornley!
This is one I'm sure I'll re-read 🙂

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highly recommend

Simon Kernick is his usual excellent story teller and the narrator always gets it right. Brilliant.

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Confused by preface

this story is not as bad as some of the reviews read here. however the description of the storyline is very confusing as it concerns what I felt was a lesser story. I enjoyed this but the plot is wafer thin and I didn't feel anything for the characters. Worth listening to so you can appreciate a good thriller when you here one.

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Great Book

Loved this book. If you like crime thrillers then you'll love this. Excellent!

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brilliant 👏

A book that has been sitting in the shelf for years first time I picked it up and decided against reading. I went with audible and the story was brilliant from start to finish. Great characters plot turns I couldn't put it down enjoyed every second of it.

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complicated

struggled to finish it. too drawn out. could not really empathise with characters. narration good.

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Excellent Narration

Increasingly I'm realising the quality of an audible book is as much about the narrator as the book. Target ticks highly in both categories.

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Another Kernick masterpiece

Again Kernick at his best.

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