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Brat Farrar

By: Josephine Tey
Narrated by: Carole Boyd
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A stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family’s sizeable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully coached on Patrick’s mannerisms, appearance and every significant detail of Patrick’s early life, up to his 13th year when he disappeared and was thought to have drowned himself. It seems as if Brat is going to pull off this most incredible deception until old secrets emerge that threaten to jeopardise the imposter’s plan and his very life.

©1949 The National Trust (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting
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Thanks to the interview with the writer Nicola Upson, at the end of the recording of her novel Nine Lessons, I took her up on her recommendation to try some of the original Josephine Tey novels. I'm glad I did. Brat Farrar is a well-crafted and gripping story about a very plausible imposter. It's a thought that novels like this wouldn't work in the 21st century with DNA analysis.
Carole Boyd is excellent as usual.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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Well-written, but a slow-paced story. The central twist was obvious and I think the writer intended that. I’m not sure the payoff was completely worth the buildup, but overall, I still enjoyed it.

Thought-provoking, rather than exciting

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Loved the story from start to finish and the narrator was excellent! It was just the right length, unlike a lot of audio books which I feel are too long.

Very enjoyable!

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I enjoyed this book very much. The story was a strange mixture of complexity and simplicity. The build up was detailed and, later on the outcome became clear but the method was unclear.
Carol Boyd's narration is excellent - as one might expect from such an accomplished Archers actor. It moves along at a good pace and I was keen to listen to the next chapter as each one ended.

An interesting, well written story

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At the start I didn't think I was going to like this book but two chapters in I was hooked to the end and found it enjoyable

Very enjoyable

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