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Narrated by:
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OIiver Hembrough
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By:
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Nathan Filer
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WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013
WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014
WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014
‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’
There are books you can’t stop reading, which keep you up all night.
There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real.
There are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for days.
The Shock of the Fall is all of these books.
The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of a young man’s descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.
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‘A stunning novel. Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it's by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending. The writing is so accomplished it's hard to believe it's a debut – it's clearly the work of a major new talent' S J WATSON
‘Nathan Filer is following in the footsteps of Mark Haddon’s genre-setting The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Both funny and painful… you’re going to love it’ DAILY MAIL
‘Bittersweet and wonderfully etched…perceptive and moving’ TELEGRAPH
‘A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel’ Kate Saunders, THE TIMES
‘A compelling story of grief, madness and loss. Filer has an ear for the dark comedy of life, and Matthew is a charismatic lead character who draws you in even as his world falls apart’
OBSERVER MAGAZINE
‘A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook’
GQ
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- By Anonymous User on 01-18-22
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The Daughter
- By: Jane Shemilt
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 195
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 196
Jenny is a successful family doctor, the mother of three great teenagers, married to a celebrated neurosurgeon. But when her youngest child, 15-year-old Naomi, doesn't come home after her school play, Jenny's seemingly ideal life begins to crumble. The authorities launch a nationwide search with no success. Naomi has vanished, and her family is broken.
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1 out of 5 stars
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BORING...
- By Nyesha on 06-08-15
By: Jane Shemilt
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Secret Smile
- By: Nicci French
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 53
Miranda's sister Kerri has a new boyfriend. He's a handsome charmer who seems to dote on Kerri. But Brendan isn't the man he says he is. Miranda should know. She broke off her own affair with him just a few weeks ago when she found him reading her diary.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I want my 9 hours back
- By Ashley on 07-19-23
By: Nicci French
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Land of the Living
- By: Nicci French
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 59
Abbie Devereaux lies flat on her back, her arms and legs tied down, her head covered with a hood. She senses the eyes that watch her. She feels the unknown hands that touch her in the dark. She knows she has been kidnapped but has little memory of her recent past. And she knows that all she has to do is stay alive, even though everything she is experiencing tells her she won't.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good yarn
- By Jacque on 09-15-15
By: Nicci French
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The Boy Who Could See Demons
- A Novel
- By: Carolyn Jess-Cooke
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann, Carolyn Jess-Cooke
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4 out of 5 stars 105
Dr. Anya Molokova, a child psychiatrist, is called in to work at MacNeice House, an adolescent mental health treatment center. There she is told to observe and assess Alex Connolly, a keenly intelligent, sensitive ten-year-old coping with his mother's latest suicide attempt. Alex is in need of serious counseling: He has been harming himself and others, often during blackouts. At the root of his destructive behavior, Alex claims, is his imaginary "friend" Ruen, a cunning demon who urges Alex to bend to his often violent will.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HOLY COW!!! Give me more, please!!!
- By Mary on 09-15-13
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Disclaimer: A Novel
- By: Renée Knight
- Narrated by: Michael Pennington, Laura Paton
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 483
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Story4 out of 5 stars 448
Finding a mysterious novel at her bedside plunges documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft into a living nightmare. Though ostensibly fiction, The Perfect Stranger recreates in vivid, unmistakable detail the terrible day she became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew - and that person is dead.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dilemma could have been solved in 30 seconds
- By Jen on 05-20-15
By: Renée Knight
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99 Red Balloons
- By: Elisabeth Carpenter
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens, Victoria Riley, Maggie Ollerenshaw, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4 out of 5 stars 113
Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother, Emma, is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is there more to the disappearance of her daughter than meets the eye?
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2 out of 5 stars
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I was waiting for soooo much more.....
- By Listening Queen on 07-17-18
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The Playdate
- By: Louise Millar
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
Single mother Callie has come to rely heavily on her best friend Suzy. But Callie suspects Suzy's life isn't as simple as it seems. It's time she pulled away - going back to work is just the first step towards rediscovering her old confidence. So why does she keep putting off telling Suzy about her new job? And who will care for her rather frail daughter, Rae, while she is gone?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good
- By Delah on 05-03-12
By: Louise Millar
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Lost for Words
- By: Stephanie Butland
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 221
Loveday Cardew prefers books to people, and her job in a York bookshop is her refuge. If you look carefully, you might see the first lines of the novels she loves the most tattooed on her skin, but there are secrets Loveday will never share. Into the bookshop come a poet, a lover, a friend and three mysterious deliveries, each of which stirs unsettling memories she wants to forget. Turning the pages of her past will be the hardest thing Loveday has ever done. Can she trust those around her?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful
- By J.Durant on 05-13-17
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Everything She Forgot
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Ballantyne
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4 out of 5 stars 79
They're calling it the worst pileup in London history. Margaret Holloway is driving home, but her mind is elsewhere - on a troubled student, her daughter's acting class, the next day's meeting - when she's rear-ended and trapped in the wreckage. Just as she begins to panic, a disfigured stranger pulls her from the car seconds before it's engulfed in flames. Then he simply disappears.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly emotional
- By RueRue on 04-09-16
By: Lisa Ballantyne
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The Poison Tree
- By: Erin Kelly
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4 out of 5 stars 96
Successful journalist Erin Kelly has electrified readers and critics alike with her debut novel The Poison Tree. In this scintillating work, Karen and her daughter Alice have established a safe, happy life free from the madness of Karen’s past. But when Karen’s former lover Rex is released from prison, her old associations intrude upon the present - and threaten everything she holds dear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I couldn't stop listening the book.
- By Gladys on 07-29-15
By: Erin Kelly
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The Perfect Lie
- By: Emily Barr
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond, Penelope Rawlins, Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 56
For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination, the ideal place to lose herself. And now she needs to do just that. The secret she's been keeping has finally caught up with her and Lucy needs to disappear - fast. But what if, when she sets foot in Venice, Lucy finds the one thing she has been running from?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun and Absorbing
- By Jen Griffin on 10-15-15
By: Emily Barr
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Obsession
- By: Amanda Robson
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine, Helen Keeley, Thomas Judd, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 94
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 94
Carly and Rob, Jenni and Craig. Two couples, four friends. Betraying each other. Wanting each other. All of them have access to prescription drugs through the medical practice where they work, and all of them are fighting their own demons. But can any of them be trusted? And when the lies begin, can they ever be silenced?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Your old time religion
- By patricia williams on 01-23-18
By: Amanda Robson
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High Dive
- By: Jonathan Lee
- Narrated by: Doyle Gerard
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 89
Taking us inside one of the 20th century's most ambitious assassination attempts - "making history personal", as one character puts it - High Dive moves between the luxurious hospitality of a British tourist town and the troubled city of Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the height of the armed struggle between the Irish Republican Army and those loyal to the UK government.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Humor? Not Funny.
- By W Perry Hall on 04-10-16
By: Jonathan Lee
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Some Kind of Fairy Tale
- A Novel
- By: Graham Joyce
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 610
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 545
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 544
Twenty years ago, 16-year-old Tara Martin disappeared from a small town in the heart of England. Now, her sudden return and the mind-bending tale of where she’s been will challenge our very perception of the truth. For 20 years after Tara Martin disappeared, her parents and her brother, Peter, lived in denial of the grim fact that she was gone for good. Then suddenly on Christmas Day, the doorbell rings at her parents’ home, and there, dishevelled and slightly peculiar looking, Tara stands. It’s a miracle, but alarm bells are ringing for Peter. Tara’s story just does not add up.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Well Done
- By Amanda on 07-11-12
By: Graham Joyce
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We Are All Made of Stars
- A Novel
- By: Rowan Coleman
- Narrated by: Ben Allen, Avita Jay
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
We Are All Made of Stars is an unforgettable story about second chances, the power of words, and the resilience of the heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An All-Around 5 Stars!!
- By Trosado on 02-28-20
By: Rowan Coleman
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Zac and Mia
- By: A.J. Betts
- Narrated by: Kristin Condon, Nick Mondelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
”When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness Monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics.” So says 17-year-old Zac Meier during a long, grueling leukemia treatment in Perth, Australia. A loud blast of Lady Gaga alerts him to the presence of Mia, the angry, not-at-all-stoic cancer patient in the room next door. Once released, the two near-strangers can't forget each other, even as they desperately try to resume normal lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cute story
- By Caitlin E. on 08-11-19
By: A.J. Betts
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The Killer Next Door
- By: Alex Marwood
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,651
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,285
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,275
Everyone who lives at 23 Beulah Grove has a secret. If they didn't, they wouldn't be renting rooms in a dodgy old building for cash - no credit check, no lease. It's the kind of place you end up when you you've run out of other options.The six residents mostly keep to themselves, but one unbearably hot summer night, a terrible accident pushes them into an uneasy alliance. What they don't know is that one of them is a killer. He's already chosen his next victim, and he'll do anything to protect his secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible--but not for the faint of heart
- By Lesley on 01-11-15
By: Alex Marwood