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Fighting for Survival
- The Estate Series, Book 3
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Series: The Estate, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Fighting for Survival is the third book in The Estate Series. It follows on from Somewhere to Hide and Behind a Closed Door but can be enjoyed as a standalone audiobook.
Critic reviews
"The worst terrors are always those that hide closest to home." (Elizabeth Haynes, Into the Darkest Corner)
"There's a lot of young crime writers that I've just met for the first time. There's one called Mel Sherratt; she's very interesting." (Ian Rankin)
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- Mrs Loretta Docherty
- 10-06-16
enjoyable
enjoying this series with the same main charachters throughout and their different sides to their lives
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- Mr
- 04-09-16
omg! how many S's does one story need!!!
brilliant story line. however, quite confusing at times swapping sections. over use of S tho