Brilliant

loved it! ! a real page turner from start to finish! ! . . .

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Ok

Not great, but entertaining ....

Well read so it made it enjoyable to listen to

Thanks

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Intense and terrifying

Who was your favorite character and why?

Any additional comments?

When Harry and Alice are woken in the night by intruders of the worst kind they are sent spiraling into panic and fear but that is only the start of it. The men were looking for a package that was sent to someone called Renshaw, a man who is about to take Alice on a terrifying journey into an underground network of criminal activity of the worst kind.
This thriller is intense from the start and very uncomfortable. Bale isn’t shy about telling the whole story including the gory details. The characters are well-crafted and humanly flawed, they could be anyone and that’s what makes the story so disturbing. The inclusion of an eight-week-old baby heightens the fear factor and leaves the reader biting their nails.
The plot is brilliantly woven, tense and fairly fast-paced. The detail in the most terrifying parts of the story slows it down so we can really appreciate the horror of those parts. Bale really knows how to make you question the idea of safe spaces.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful

kept me enthraweled from the beginning, beleivable

lots of twist and turns, narrator brilliant , interesting characters which kept you engaged and wanted to listen more

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

Twist and turns

I really enjoyed this book.. really well read and narration was varied from character to character.. loads of twists and turns throughout... obviously a little far fetched in places.. but that's escapism for you... I liked the main couple.. just a ordinary pair trying to get on.. great listen

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Exciting and thrilling ride

A really engaging, thrilling and exciting story, full of intrigue, twists and suspicion. The characters are well drawn and the pace is good. I really enjoyed this book.

The narrator was excellent and engaging.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

An enjoyablelisten

Harry and Alice are new parents, recently moved to a new house and become embroiled in a gritty underground criminal gang when a parcel is incorrectly delivered to their house.

With action from the start, the story weaves between Alice's and Harry's experiences ad they are separated
and on the run from the gang. Each finds support from strangers who have also gone against the gang in the past.

I have to admit to being a little disappointed in the ending. It almost seems as though the author remembered an unanswered question and added in a brief answer at the end that didn't really explain much.

That being said I did enjoy the story and especially the narration, which was fantastic.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

well performed and well written but where is the story ?

The reader is one of the best I've listened to and he's made a very average story into something that it actually isn't. I was on the edge of my seat with the urgency in his voice, pacing, excitement and fear all portrayed excellently. However, if I'd been reading this story I would've given up and not gotten to the end as nothing actually happens. Its basically just people chasing each other. There is a strong beginning and cliffhangers aplenty on the end of each chapter, but little characterisation, the baddies are just odd I felt and the motivation behind the secrecy and criminals not believable at all and hardly mentioned. I felt let down when I got to the end, like I'd been promised something threnody had it withheld, the enjoyment is entirely due to the reader, he could make a shopping list sound exciting and that's pretty much what he did here.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

too complicated but fairly enjoyable

pretty good, well read but the story has one or two too many twists and turns making it rather implausible by the end

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Excellent story

This was a great story, brilliantly narrated. I couldn't stop listening as I was dying to know what happened next. Full of twists and turns and kept me guessing till the end who could and couldn't be trusted. Would highly recommend

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!