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The Phone Call
- Narrated by: Frazer Blaxland
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
Joey Clarke was just fifteen when his dad died, leaving him to raise his much younger siblings as his mom dealt with the trauma of bereavement and her failing health. Ten years on, Joey's only pleasure is spending time with his friend Becca, the love of his life. It's the one escape from his dead-end job, his ever-increasing debts, and the fear that bailiffs will knock on his front door any day. So when a phone call brings Joey the chance to ease the burdens of his life, he grabs the opportunity, even though he knows things are not entirely as they should be. He justifies it to himself as a way to get back on his feet. But when he finds himself party to a crime involving Becca, he panics.
As Joey tries to find a way out, he becomes further embroiled in a web of secrets, lies, and deceit. At risk of losing everything and everyone he holds dear, Joey must consider the unthinkable.
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- Kerry Kennedy Author
- 02-07-24
Fantastic thriller with an unsuspecting twist
Audiobook Review narrated by Frazer Blaxland
Sometimes the guilty are innocent
Joey Clarke was just fifteen when his dad died, leaving him to raise his much younger siblings as his mum dealt with the trauma of bereavement and her failing health. Ten years on, Joey’s only pleasure is spending time with his friend Becca, the love of his life. It’s the one escape from his dead-end job, his ever-increasing debts, and the fear that enforcement agents will knock on his door any day.
So when a phone call brings Joey the chance to ease the burdens of his life, he grabs the opportunity, even though he knows things are not entirely as they should be. He justifies it to himself as a way to get back on his feet. But when he finds himself party to a crime involving Becca, he panics.
The narrator was fantastic, and the audio production was really good, so much that when the book ended I just wanted it to continue.
The characters are extremely well rounded and defined and poor Joey, he's just a normal guy that gets dragged into absolute awfulness that my heart went out to him. He is one of the world's good guys but finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Then there is his seemingly innocent friend Becca the one he admires and is actually in love with. Joey really had so much to deal with and I felt awful for him during the entire story.
PLOT: This was well thought out and one that kept me wanting to hear more and more because I just had an inkling there would be an end plot twist and A.J.Campbell did not disappoint. I definitely didn't see it coming not in the slightest. I never would have guessed what this author was going to surprise us with. I love a good thriller and The Phone Call is one of my favorites of this year.
Highly recommend this book if you enjoy Lisa Jewell, Freida McFadden or Sarah A. Denzil.
Kerry Kennedy Author
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- NICOLA JANE SWEENEY
- 27-12-22
Poor Joey ! Bless him. You will love this lad.
The phone call, hooked right away. ! And had that bereft feeling when a great book ends.
Joey !! Bless him, you get very fond of him. I was like.... oh Joey for goodness sake, what have you done! As always A.J Campbell observations of humans are absolutely fab. Awesome twists and turns in this! Very real and current problems in it too. Absolutely fab ending. Yep wasn’t expecting that. Top work AJ Campbell ! Love true narrators voice too. Always import! Thank you both.
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- Bevvers
- 19-09-24
Would recommend.
Loved it!
You really do feel for Joey, although he does make some dodgy decisions - but what would you do in his situation?
A fast-paced thriller with some good characters, but I did struggle with the narrator - not the worst by any means but not the best either. He seemed to mumble at times, & at others it was like he was reading a list.
It didn’t spoil my enjoyment of a great book but I wish he’d been a bit more engaged.
Would recommend.
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- Samantha Lovering
- 12-07-24
Great! A catalogue of catastrophic events!
Poor Joey! If life couldn’t get bad enough already, the events that followed spiralled completely out of control. This book had me gripped from the very beginning, and each time I thought things were bad, they just got worse! I really enjoyed this book and the narration that reflected Joey to a T. What I loved about this book was that I just really couldn’t see how it was all going to end, and it provided a cool twist at the end! This was a book included within the membership, I really enjoyed it and recommend it to all.
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- James
- 03-08-24
Fast paced
Brilliant and fast paced story. The best I ever heard in a while. Great performance too
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- Ms. B. Preddy
- 05-09-24
It was ok, an easy listen
You do feel so sorry for Joey he just wants to do right and goes through it & then some! Was an easy listen. The first I’ve listened to by this author & the narration is brilliant so would listen to more by him. Wasn’t really gripping but it did have a lot of 🤦🏼♀️🫣 moments
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- laws1200
- 14-12-22
Best one yet
Listened to all A J Campbell books enjoyed them all but this is my favourite so far! Great twists fast paced could not put it down!
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- Jules Blunt
- 14-09-24
Excellent!
Poor Joey but great that integrity triumphs in the end - somewhat!! A gentle but gripping story. I’m new to this author but will definitely read more by them
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- Vicky
- 04-09-24
Great story line
Really good story line with some unexpected twists and turns. Interesting characters. Well recommended! Not too long a book either which is great for a quick fix.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-24
Flipping great
This really had me squirming throughout. You will love Joey in this. Excellently written. Fantastic free read.
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