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Narrated by:
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Kate Lock
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By:
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Casey Watson
About this listen
After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.
At first, she’s no trouble at all, that is until she falsely accuses another carer, Jan, of acting inappropriately towards her. It turns out this isn’t the first lie Elise has told – her previous carer was constantly following up allegations Elise had made of people bullying her, trying to have sex with her, or hurting her physically. With some reservations, Casey agrees to take Elise on long-term, but when she makes some dark claims about her mum, Casey doesn’t know whether to believe her. In any case, she is determined to find out the truth…
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Named after the lager that christened her at birth, Stella's life is characterised instability and neglect. Her teenage mother abandons her in the first few weeks of her life, and left in the 'care' of her father, she ends up lying deserted in a house with no food, no water, no clothes and no warmth. She eventually lands in the care of foster carer Louise, who is determined to change her life for the better.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartbreaking but so wonderful to see a happy ending
- By Amazon Customer on 11-14-24
By: Louise Allen
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The Affair
- A shocking story of a schoolgirl and a scandal
- By: Amanda Brooke
- Narrated by: Avita Jay
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
When Nina finds out that her 15-year-old daughter, Scarlett, is pregnant, her world falls apart. Because Scarlet won't tell anyone who the father is. And Nina is scared that the answer will destroy everything. As the suspects mount - from Scarlett's teacher to Nina's new husband of less than a year - Nina searches for the truth: no matter what the cost.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Whodunnit with a Twist(s)
- By MarisaReads on 01-26-17
By: Amanda Brooke
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After Anna
- By: Alex Lake
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story4 out of 5 stars 246
The real nightmare starts when her daughter is returned.... A bone-chilling psychological thriller that will suit fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Daughter by Jane Shemilt, and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever, perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved.
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2 out of 5 stars
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My feedback..2 overall
- By Haneet on 09-05-16
By: Alex Lake
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Girl Alone
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 201
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Story5 out of 5 stars 200
Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never got over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13 who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father's dead body. He has committed suicide. Then more recently her mother remarries and Joss bitterly resents her step-father who abuses her mentally and physically.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- By Lexi on 06-22-18
By: Cathy Glass
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Another Forgotten Child
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 313
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 280
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Story5 out of 5 stars 282
A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection register at birth. Her five older siblings were taken into care many years ago. So no one can understand why she was left at home to suffer for so long. It seems Aimee was forgotten. The social services are looking for a very experienced foster carer to look after Aimee and, when she reads the referral, Cathy understands why.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cathy Glass
- By kayla on 12-23-20
By: Cathy Glass
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The Cherry Tree Cafe
- By: Heidi Swain
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Lizzie Dixon's life feels as though it's fallen apart. Instead of the marriage proposal she was hoping for from her boyfriend, she is unceremoniously dumped, and her job is about to go the same way. So there's only one option: to go back home to the village she grew up in and to try to start again. Her best friend, Jemma, is delighted Lizzie has come back home, as she has just bought a little cafe, and Lizzie's sewing skills are just what she needs to help get it ready for the grand opening.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The weakest heroine ever
- By m Gary on 05-11-20
By: Heidi Swain
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At Home with the Templetons
- By: Monica McInerney
- Narrated by: Ulli Birve
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 53
When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in country Australia, they set the locals talking – and with good reason. From the outside, the seven Templetons seem so bohemian, peculiar even. No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbours, single mother Nina Donovan and her young son Tom. Before long, the two families' lives become entwined in unexpected ways.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A dreadful mistake
- By Julie on 11-14-10
By: Monica McInerney
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Things We Never Said
- By: Nick Alexander
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
When Catherine learns that she is dying, she remembers the words her husband once jokingly uttered and decides to leave him the ultimate posthumous gift: a time capsule containing photographs of their life together along with tape recordings in which she recounts every secret she ever kept, every unspoken thought whether loving or treacherous - the things they never said.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring couple, Boring Book
- By Shell on 12-23-18
By: Nick Alexander
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Those Who Lie
- By: Diane Jeffrey
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story4 out of 5 stars 95
Emily Klein doesn’t know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral. At first, signs point to a tragic accident. Yet, as Emily pieces together the events before his death - events which led to her own memory loss - she begins to suspect that her husband’s death may have been the result of more than a terrible twist of fate.... But the accident is only the beginning. Because while Emily’s physical scars will heal, the trauma of the accident has awakened old ghosts. She hears strange sounds, catches things that can’t possibly be there in the corner of her eye.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A page turner indeed
- By Mystical Lady on 12-07-18
By: Diane Jeffrey
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The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters
- By: Nadiya Hussain, Aasiya Shah
- Narrated by: Avita Jay, Anjli Mohindra, Maya Saroya, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae, the four sisters of the Amir family, are sometimes tired of being the only Muslim young women in a rural British village, not helped by their eccentric neighbours, including the hippie nudists next door. Oldest sister Fatima - or, as her family have always nicknamed her, Fatti (which, she worryingly suspects, has just as much to do with her inability to lose weight and guilty-pleasure love of Primula squeezy cheese as it does her birth name) - is having a particularly hard time finding her place in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent read
- By Lillian Rodriguez on 01-18-17
By: Nadiya Hussain, and others
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Her Royal Happiness
- By: Lola Keeley
- Narrated by: Sienna Frances
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 249
When tabloid darling Princess Alice, the first out member of the British royal family, meets an opinionated single mother, the encounter goes viral. It seems the anti-monarchist education specialist Sara has a view on all things and doesn't mind sharing. So when Alice later has to ask Sara to help diagnose her young nephew's learning difficulties, it's awkward. At least until they discover how they click together. With the press sniffing around and Alice desperate to protect her nephew's privacy, they agree to claim they're dating. Then their fake dates start to feel like much more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written and great narrator, but not for me
- By A. Zulli on 12-30-22
By: Lola Keeley
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Lie in Wait
- By: G. J. Minett
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Owen Hall drives into a petrol station to let his passenger use the facilities. She never comes back - and what's more, it seems she never even made it inside. When Owen raises a fuss, the police are called - and soon identify Owen himself as a possible culprit, not least because they already have him in the frame for another more sinister crime. Owen's always been a little different, and before long others in the community are baying for his blood. But this is a case where nothing is as it seems - least of all Owen Hall....
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4 out of 5 stars
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LIE IN WAIT..
- By ZacharyKindle Customer on 08-06-17
By: G. J. Minett
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Sister Sister
- A truly absorbing psychological thriller
- By: Sue Fortin
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 837
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 754
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 753
Alice: beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family. One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, that was intense!
- By Wayne on 04-21-17
By: Sue Fortin
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Between You and Me
- A psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming
- By: Lisa Hall
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,011
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 938
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Story4 out of 5 stars 929
They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened.... Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But they aren't happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does - no matter how much it hurts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Never Mind the Twist - read it because it's good.
- By MarisaReads on 06-19-17
By: Lisa Hall
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The Cows
- By: Dawn O'Porter, Laura Kirman
- Narrated by: Dawn O'Porter, Karen Cass
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 173
The Cows is a powerful novel about three women. In all the noise of modern life, each needs to find her own voice. It's about friendship and being female. It's bold and brilliant. It's searingly perceptive. It's about never following the herd. And everyone is going to be talking about it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Smart, funny, feminist
- By Mark on 11-05-17
By: Dawn O'Porter, and others
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- Sarah L G
- 04-26-22
Best yet by author and narrator
This is the best book by the author so far and I have read all of her books. Also, the narrator finally has come up with a good tone and pace that do not sound terrible I actually enjoyed reading and listening to her in this book. In previous books she was so difficult to tolerate. Really impressed with both of them and think they have both grown a lot in writing and presenting a book
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- Anonymous User
- 05-31-22
best book ever i could not stop listening to it and didn’t watch it to end. thanks
i loved this book because it was so believable. it breaks my heart how so many kids are treated.
Then people say how could this kid or person go on a shooting spree. i think after the s..t they are brought up to endure it like the pain and hurt is just so overwhelming they don’t know where to turn 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-07-22
absolutely love her
one of my favorite authors and human beings loving, kind, patient and what we need more of in this world
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