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The Wife's Mistake
- By: Lorna Dounaeva
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
Everything my husband and I have always dreamt of has finally come true. Our new home with its open-plan kitchen and marble countertops couldn’t be further from the small, damp flat where we lived only months ago. I’d hoped this would be our fresh start, an escape from my past, but the handwritten note that arrived on our doorstep makes my blood run cold – you don’t deserve this life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Twisty plot
- By mary jane raymond on 05-28-24
- The Wife's Mistake
- By: Lorna Dounaeva
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
Huh
Reviewed: 07-07-24
This story didn’t have twists it was basically just a convoluted mess pulling random story lines out of nowhere
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You, Me, Her
- By: Sue Watson
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4 out of 5 stars 89
My handsome husband Tom. You've given me everything our beautiful son and our perfect new seaside home. I want to trust you, but I know you haven't been honest about why you really wanted to move here. I haven't been honest with you either.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Lori on 07-23-24
- You, Me, Her
- By: Sue Watson
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
Lame ol’ lame ol’
Reviewed: 07-03-24
Same contrived ending as 90% of this genre - just pulling something out of a hat without foreshadowing isn’t a “twist” it’s a cop out.
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They Did Bad Things
- By: Lauren A. Forry
- Narrated by: Claire Storey
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4 out of 5 stars 39
In 1995, six university students moved into the house at 215 Caldwell Street. Months later, one of them was found dead on the sofa the morning after their end-of-year party. His death was ruled an accident by the police. The remaining five all knew it wasn’t, and though they went on with their lives, the truth of what happened to their sixth housemate couldn’t stay buried forever. Twenty years later, all five of them arrive - lured separately under various pretenses - at Wolfheather House, a crumbling, secluded mansion on the Scottish isle of Doon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Impressed
- By Amazon Customer on 01-19-21
- They Did Bad Things
- By: Lauren A. Forry
- Narrated by: Claire Storey
Pathetic (spoiler!)
Reviewed: 10-01-21
Big spoiler but an evil twin kills everyone not even kidding - really not for me
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The Guest List
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29,216
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24,504
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24,433
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I stand corrected
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 06-03-20
- The Guest List
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble
Huh
Reviewed: 07-12-20
Evocative Landscape and scenery with entertaining character development and great narration. so from that standpoint, it will hold your attention. Unfortunately the plot was lame and pretty identical to authors previous (and somewhat more effective in my opinion) book. the hurried ending was wrapped up in a nice neat totally unbelievable and out of nowhere bow. Im sick of “twists” being used for scenarios when an author miraculously reinvents a character in the final pages of a book - real twists should coax Readers throughout so that we look back on all the foreshadowing amazed - not so here - at all
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The Hunting Party
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,016
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,566
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,514
During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of 30-something friends from Oxford meets to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students 10 years ago. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands - the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I bought this for 7 bucks; I wouldn't pay 8
- By Lucy on 12-01-19
- The Hunting Party
- A Novel
- By: Lucy Foley
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, Moira Quirk
Better than many
Reviewed: 07-10-20
The narration was fabulous A to Z and is probably what made the book for me...the dialogue and character development were good too...so it kept me entertained but the actual plot was both totally far fetched and totally predictable buuuut what can ya do - it was at least a nice distraction performed by lovely narrators
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Until I Met Her
- Emma Fern, Book 1
- By: Natalie Barelli
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,326
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,178
Beatrice Johnson Greene, a bestselling crime writer, has an unusual favor to ask. When a chance encounter brings Emma Fern into her life, she thinks she's found just the person for the job. Soon Beatrice will wish they'd never met. For Emma, desperate to please, it's an offer she can't refuse. All she has to do is lend her name to Beatrice's next novel, her first in a new genre. But when the book becomes a huge triumph, Emma finds herself the toast of the literary world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Listen to a sample..
- By Suzanna on 10-22-17
- Until I Met Her
- Emma Fern, Book 1
- By: Natalie Barelli
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Not bad
Reviewed: 06-26-20
Avid listener here-I’ll say this...from what I’ve been reading in the genre recently (probably the last 30 listens) this was better. But that’s not a big feat by any stretch. The narration was good and the plot was engaging if not believable...at least the settings and background was original but the character development wasn’t there - bang half way through Or later, people’s personalities completely change to fit the same tired plot lines (you know the ones...women scorned, sneaky men (who evidently show their true colors decades in) and the crazy lady’s antics end up being right despite no one believing her throughout)...I mean it was fine but not deserving of 5 stars by a long shot...
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The Wife Stalker
- A Novel
- By: Liv Constantine
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Meghan Wolf
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,668
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,268
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,262
Breezing into the tony seaside paradise of Westport, Connecticut, gorgeous 30something Piper Reynard sets down roots, opening a rehab and wellness space and joining a local yacht club. When she meets Leo Drakos, a handsome, successful lawyer, the wedding ring on his finger is the only thing she doesn’t like about him. Yet as Piper well knows, no marriage is permanent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad I Listened to this Book...
- By Alicia K. Russell on 05-20-20
- The Wife Stalker
- A Novel
- By: Liv Constantine
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Meghan Wolf
Really!??
Reviewed: 06-03-20
If not for Julia whelan I wouldn’t have bothered to finish. There were seeds of what could have been written into a decent story here but the structure failed to deliver and instead just continuously slams you with irrational and fantastical characters...then tries to reverse course entirely in the final ten minutes. the last minute resolving twist was so out of the blue without any support or foreshadowing made it as unbelievable and unsatisfying as the entire preceding portion.
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I Know Everything
- Adler and Dwyer
- By: Matthew Farrell
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,026
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,023
Police investigator Susan Adler is ready to close the book on a deadly car accident, but after the medical examiner discovers evidence of foul play, she knows she has a murder on her hands. The victim was the wealthy wife of Randall Brock, a renowned psychiatrist who treats patients with disturbing, brutal fantasies. And just like that, Susan’s got a suspect.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Hate, hate, hate!
- By Sheila S on 01-14-20
- I Know Everything
- Adler and Dwyer
- By: Matthew Farrell
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
unoriginal
Reviewed: 12-20-19
this plot has been done and done and done and done - the narration was probably fine I was just so annoyed with being able to predict exactly what was coming that I couldnt appreciate whether the narration was good or bad
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Broadchurch
- By: Erin Kelly, Chris Chibnall
- Narrated by: Carolyn Pickles
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 215
In the sleepy British seaside town of Broadchurch, Detective Ellie Miller has just returned from vacation, only to learn that she’s been passed over for a promotion at work in favor of outsider Alec Hardy. He, escaping the spectacular failure of his last case, is having trouble finding his way into this tight-knit community wary of new faces. But professional rivalry aside, both detectives are about to receive some terrible news: 11-year-old Danny Latimer has been found murdered on the beach.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book and TV show in one day
- By Steve Kaiser on 12-21-14
- Broadchurch
- By: Erin Kelly, Chris Chibnall
- Narrated by: Carolyn Pickles
Basic
Reviewed: 11-30-19
Eh. There’s a decent narrator and it’s the type of thing that may hold you attention here and there so I may be taking frustrations out on this one u fairly....but I’m starting to feel a little underestimated as a reader by some of these authors. I love a good mystery/thriller, but the more I listen to, the more I realize good ones are few and far between. at least this one didn’t stick to the dominant theme of a woman everyone thinks is crazy turning out not to be, so that’s a plus at least. But unfortunately - like so many others of the genre - it seems like the author spins a wheel for the secret never before hinted at motives after picking the villain out of a hat. I long for a little more nuance and character development :/
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The Wife Before Me
- A Twisty, Gripping Psychological Thriller
- By: Laura Elliot
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 640
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 586
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 584
One evening as the sun is setting, Amelia Madison’s car slides into the sea off Mason’s Pier. Her body is never found. Two years later, Elena Langdon meets Nicholas Madison. She is grieving the loss of her mother, he is grieving for his wife. Together, they can help each other. Now, Elena is living with Nicholas. But Elena doesn’t really know him. She doesn’t know what he is capable of. And she doesn’t know what really happened to Amelia. Until the day she discovers the torn page of a letter and the words she reads chill her to the bone.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just leave it alone
- By Elaine Edwards on 08-28-18
- The Wife Before Me
- A Twisty, Gripping Psychological Thriller
- By: Laura Elliot
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
unoriginal but good narration
Reviewed: 11-02-18
If it wasnt for the entertaining narration I might have quit on this one. Not a bad story just one I feel Ive read a 100 times (dont mean to spoil so feel free to stop here! but its your basic...charming Jekyll and Hide man and a naive female who eventually, finally gets her sh*t together...the end).
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