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Audio Book Review: The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
2023 Reviews · contemporary fiction · crime · mystery · new release · suspense · thriller

Audio Book Review: The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

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Title: The Family Game Author: Catherine Steadman Published: February 1st 2023 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars THE RULES 1. Listen carefully2. Do your research3. Trust no one4. Run for your life Harriet Reed is newly engaged to Edward Holbeck, the heir to an extremely powerful American family.When Edward’s father hands… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

Audio Book Review: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
2023 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction · crime · mystery · suspense · thriller

Audio Book Review: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

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Title: The Kind Worth Killing Author: Peter Swanson Published: February 3rd 2015 Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 320 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $22.99 Rating: 4.5 stars The author of The Girl with a Clock for a Heart returns with a compulsive thriller. ‘Hello there.’ I looked at the pale, freckled hand on the back of the empty bar seat next to me in the… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Audio Book Review: The Drift by C.J. Tudor
2023 Reviews · Audible · crime · mystery

Audio Book Review: The Drift by C.J. Tudor

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Title: The Drift Author: C.J. Tudor Published: January 24th 2023 Publisher: Doubleday Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Crime, Mystery RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3.5 stars All four of C. J. Tudor’s novels have been Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers. The fifth is her most twistiest and chilling yet A crashed coach full of students.A stuck cable car full of strangers.An isolated chalet full of friends.A killer snowstorm… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Drift by C.J. Tudor

Audio Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
2022 Reviews · Audible · historical fiction

Audio Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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Title: Lessons in Chemistry Author: Bonnie Garmus Published: March 29th 2022 Publisher: Doubleday Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars Your ability to change everything – including yourself – starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it’s the early… Continue reading Audio Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Audio Book Review: The Curfew by T.M. Logan
2022 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction · psychological · suspense · thriller

Audio Book Review: The Curfew by T.M. Logan

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Title: The Curfew Author: T.M. Logan Published: May 3rd 2022 Publisher: Bonnier Pages: 480 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $22.99 Rating: 5 stars Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? The new up-all-night thriller from the author of The Holiday, now a major NETFLIX Drama. I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Curfew by T.M. Logan

Audio Book Review: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
2022 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction · mystery · suspense · thriller

Audio Book Review: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

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Title: Hidden Pictures Author: Jason Rekulak Published: June 28th 2022 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars The unforgettable debut thriller from Jason Rekulak with a twist you simply will not see coming… guaranteed to keep readers up at night. ‘I read Hidden Pictures and loved it. The surprises really surprise and it has that hard-to-achieve propulsiveness… Continue reading Audio Book Review: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Audio Book Review: Wild Place by Christian White
2022 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction · crime · mystery · thriller

Audio Book Review: Wild Place by Christian White

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Title: Wild Place Author: Christian White Published: October 26th 2021 Publisher: Affirm Press Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Thriller RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars In the summer of 1989, a local teen goes missing from the idyllic Australian suburb of Camp Hill. As rumours of Satanic rituals swirl, schoolteacher Tom Witter becomes convinced he holds the key to the disappearance. When the police won’t listen, he… Continue reading Audio Book Review: Wild Place by Christian White

Audio Book Review: The Island by Adrian McKinty
2022 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction · crime · mystery · new release

Audio Book Review: The Island by Adrian McKinty

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Title: The Island Author: Adrian McKinty Published: May 24th 2022 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Propulsive, terrifying, and blade-sharp, The Island is the next thrilling adventure from the mastermind behind the award-winning global sensation The Chain, and a family story unlike any you’ve read yet. You should not have come to the island. You should not… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Island by Adrian McKinty

Audio Book Review: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
2022 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction

Audio Book Review: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

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Title: The Dutch House Author: Ann Patchett Published: May 14th 2020 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $19.99 Rating: 4.5 stars A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY CAN’T LET GO.Like swallows, like salmon, we were the helpless captives of our migratory patterns. We pretended that what we had lost was the house, not our… Continue reading Audio Book Review: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Audio Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
2021 Reviews · Audible · contemporary fiction

Audio Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

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Title: Beautiful World Where Are You Author: Sally Rooney Published: 7th September 2021 Publisher: Faber  – Allen & Unwin Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 2 stars The new novel from the author of Normal People. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best… Continue reading Audio Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney