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A Bird in Winter

By: Louise Doughty
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD

'Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.' HILARY MANTEL
'Clever, twisty, propulsive.' CLAIRE FULLER
'Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how to build suspense to breaking point.' The Times

The latest from the Number One Sunday Times Bestselling author Louise Doughty

Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, she's walking out on her job, her home, her life. It's a day she thought might come, and one she's prepared for - but nothing could prepare her for what will happen next. As she flees north using multiple disguises, Bird has to work out who exactly is on her trail, and who - if anyone - she can trust. Like many people, she has fantasised about escape for a long time, but now it's actually happening. Is her greatest fear that she will be hunted down, or that she will never be found?

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Critic reviews

'Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.' HILARY MANTEL

'Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how to build suspense to breaking point.' The Times
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Excellent pacy and gripping novel, brilliantly read by Clare Corbett. I enjoyed this as much as Apple Tree Yard and found it difficult to stop listening once I’d started.

Gripping!

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Engaging story and well narrated. Terrible pronunciation of Scottish place names though! Would recommend this overall.

Engaging Story

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As a character driven story, despite having an eventful life, I just couldn't care about her, bit dull.

Well read

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I actually imagined I was there . The axing descriptive writing .
Faultless . I thoroughly enjoyed this book xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcxxcccccxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx

The description of the landscape.

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Don't get the rave reviews, the whole book is read in the same monosyllabic tone all the way through, no feeling, no emotional, no suspense... just really dreary?

Really dull and dreary

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