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Dead to Me

By: Lesley Pearse
Narrated by: Eve Webster
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Dead to Me by Lesley Pearse, read by Eve Webster.

A compellign enw story from international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse

When Ruby and Verity met as girls they came from different worlds. Verity was privately educated, living in a beautiful Hampstead home, while Ruby was being raised in extreme poverty. Nevertheless, they became firm friends.

However, fortunes are not set in stone and soon the girls find their situations reversed. As Ruby goes up in the world, Verity encounters more and more tragedy, but still the girls remain a large part of each other's lives. That is, until one day in 1938 when Ruby says the terrible words 'You're dead to me' and it looks like their friendship might be over for good . . .


Praise for Lesley Pearse
'Epic romantic drama set in post-war London' Heat Magazine
'A heart-warming and evocative tale that is a real delight to read' Sun
'A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers' Daily Mail
'Must have' Sunday Express
'Yet another great Lesley Pearse novel' Woman Magazine
'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart' Sunday Express
'Utterly riveting, brilliant' Closer
'Full of love, passion and heartbreak' Best
'Glorious, heartwarming' Woman & Home

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Critic reviews

**'Yet another great Lesley Pearse novel' Woman Magazine**

**'Full of love, passion and heartbreak' Best**


Two very different women, one unlikely friendship. In the chaos of war-torn Britain, can any relationship survive?

Dead to Me is a story about loyalty, love and the strength of friendship in the face of adversity, from international number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse.
This is Lesley Pearse at her very best - a heartwarming, epic story of female friendship, courage and triumph over adversity
Another superb tale with realistic and likeable characters that will please Lesley Pearse's legions of fans - and get her some new ones.

Dead to Me is Lesley at her best. Gritty. Emotional. Gripping. Warm hearted. This is is a story that will
resonate with many readers. It's life faced head-on. A brilliant read.
Praise for Lesley Pearse
Heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read
A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers
Glorious, heartwarming
Evocative, compelling, told from the heart
Utterly riveting, brilliant
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I always enjoy Lesley Pearse's books and this one didn't disappoint. I was engrossed in the characters and really cared what happened to them. The narrator is excellent and all her voices were on the mark. I liked the fact that real life events were mentioned throughout the story and I looked up details of the man they couldn't hang and read more details about some of the real WW11 events.

An entertaining story

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this is not up to her normal standard, a bit of a let down, dissappointing

predictable

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I bought this as it was the ‘daily deal’. It sounded interesting, so I thought I’d give it a try. My preference is for books set in contemporary times and my favourite genre is crime fiction. Therefore, I am surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It’s a very engaging story that never hits a lull. So much happens that I felt emotionally exhausted by the time I finished it! The characters are very well drawn and their circumstances created such that it is easy to become engrossed. Aside from a little untidiness here and there, it is quite well written. The narration is good. The only slight issue being that she sometimes didn’t distinguish between characters with her voice. Almost as if she momentarily forgot, and didn’t re-record that bit. All in all, I recommend this one.

Not my usual genre, but very good.

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Where does Dead to Me rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I love Lesley Pearce books always great when laying on a beach her characters always have such a great warmth to them. Please hurry and write another soon

What other book might you compare Dead to Me to, and why?

All of Lesley's books I love
them

Great holiday read. Lesley has done it again.

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This was a great initial listen. A real bit of a thriller with some interesting twists...sadly the last few chapters turned into Mills and Boon meets Barbra Cartland ...all a bit unnecessary and let the book down...it rambled on for about 4 chapters more than it needed to. A real shame as the rest of it was brilliant.
I recommend the listen for the first 3/4s of it which was in Audible terms a real page turner... just be ready for the ending which left me feeling a bit like I was listening to another book...

Gripping until the last few chapters ....

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