nicki French at their best

I loved the narrator, unloved the story and was relieved that Nicci French is back albeit with a slightly gentler tone!

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It was okay

The narrator was good. I didn’t think much of the plot and I guessed the ending.

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Tense but real

Characters were believable. Gripping plot. Performance was excellent and made listening easy. Nicci French at top of their game!

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Terrible narrator

The story was ok and I would have enjoyed it more had the narrator had put more feeling into her voice. She sounded as if she was bored with her one tone voice. I was, it did no justice to the book.

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Excellent

I’ve always loved Nicci French thrillers, perhaps not so fond of the female detective series, but this one is excellent. Exciting and well narrated. I found it difficult to put down. In addition to which I didn’t want it to finish which is always the test of a good book . The problem I’m faced with now is to find something which is comparable...a difficult task indeed.

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Anti climax ending

No plot twist whatsoever. So many crazy ways it could have gone and yet another flat ending. I wonder when will the authors appreciate the really skilled build up they do throughout the book in order to stop ruining the endings with all these emotionless techniques. The ending is so flat and unrealistic it seems as if they actually have no idea what it feels like to be in these kind of situations. Not to mention that the whole Tess is another Frieda Klein under a different name. Be creative cause it is getting boring at this point.

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A good domestic thriller, brilliantly narrated

The story is well written and suspenseful - thank goodness Nicci French has got away from the obnoxious Frieda Klein -, with pleasant domestic detail. And, above all, it is brilliantly narrated. I cannot praise the reader too highly; she doesn't overact, she doesn't try to differentiate vocally between young and old, male and female characters, or between people who she decides will have different regional accents (despite which we always know who is speaking). Instead she reads us the story, without histrionics, without over-emphasis, without frills. More readers like Olivia Vinall, please!

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Save your credit

In parts it sounded as if the authors had been told they had to write 3,000 words that day and it was getting late and they were tired. The listing of contents in kitchen drawers and bathroom cabinets at one point went so far past tedious it became funny.
I found the lead character very irritating and her interactions with the authorities totally unbelievable.
If it had been in print and I’d been reading it I doubt I would have made it to halfway through,

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Alright

An ok story. Quite predictable. I found the things Tess allowed her daughter to say to people quote surprising. She basically let her 3 year old be rude to everyone without ever correcting her.

Otherwise ok

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Good story

this was a good story and I didn't guess the ending, in fact I really enjoyed it

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