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The Girls

From the number one bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

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You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses.

You've known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly.

You think your children are safe.

But are they really?

Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?

Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best.

© Lisa Jewell 2015 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

 Crime Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Heartfelt Suspense Mystery
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Having previously listened to a few of this authors books I have to say that this one left me feeling yuk I have no other way to describe it. Over friendly adult males in a place that sounded a free for all eclectic mix of people that were mad the grandfather made me feel physically sick a social worker who badly neglected her own child and had major problems you would report that for how good would she be at accessing others folks neglect. The ending of the book was pretty obvious but what parents would cover up their children overdosing another child??? And after realising that home schooling was partly to blame for her children's warped view on life you would not continue to cocoon them even more. That place sounded like a phychatrist gold mine. Could have been a good book but just didn't work for me

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Not my favourite Lisa Jewell book but was an enjoyable enough read.

Quick and easy to listen too, enjoyable story with a good mixture of characters

was enjoyable

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Hi, idk who the narrater is off the top of my head but I’ve heard her do other books and I LOVE the way she reads but I found it incredibly annoying towards the end the slight noises she kept making with her mouth. (I’d assuming maybe drinking or something).

The story was good, not Lisa’s best and the ending a bit meh.

Meh ending, voice problem

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No gaps between chapters made ot harder to follow- couldn’t work out the scene change properly

Good story

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God story, the ending was a little weak. Not my favourite Lisa Jewel but worth a listen/ read.

Good story

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