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Girl Unknown

The unputdownable SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER with a heart stopping twist . . .

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Girl Unknown

By: Karen Perry
Narrated by: Conor Maloney, Richard Flood, Tracy Keating
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Girl Unknown by Karen Perry, read by Conor Maloney, Tracy Keating and Richard Flood.

'Full of intrigue and incident and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Richard & Judy book club pick Lying in Wait


'I think you might be my father . . .'


When first-year student Zoë Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. But it is the lives of his family - particularly his wife Caroline - which are turned upside down by the arrival of this stranger.

A daughter, a sister, a friend . . . an enemy?

Though no one knows quite who Zoë is, she is soon entangled in their lives. Yet her stories don't ring true and Caroline is determined to learn if the girl is the unlucky innocent she claims to be or someone with a far darker agenda.

A deadly cuckoo in the nest . . .

Because by letting Zoë in, David and Caroline aren't just leaving themselves vulnerable. They're risking the most precious thing in the world - the lives of their children . . .


Praise for Girl Unknown

'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy, and this may be their best yet' Tana French, bestselling author of The Trespasser


'This story of psychological attrition builds to an incredibly tense finale - before delivering an amazing final twist, Riveting stuff' Sunday Mirror

'One of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page' Irish Independent


'A taut, tense psycho-gripper' Sunday Sport

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Praise For Karen Perry
Stunning
I shot through this in one sitting. Like Gone Girl, it's told alternately by a husband and his wife. At the very beginning, something very shocking happens . . . It's the most gripping thing I've read for ages
Beautifully written, tense and twisty tale
The book is beautifully written, with just the right balance of teasing the reader with clues and hitting them with revelations
This is an intense and subtle story with some wonderfully poetic passages and a character driven plot which becomes more compelling as the sense of momentum gathers and the true version of events is slowly revealed. Gripping stuff
All stars
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I like these books about these sociopaths. Every time I read or listen to one I think, ‘I know a freak like that!’ It Is refreshing to know that these abnoxious troublemakers are, at least in books, caught out and banished.

The story was good, the performance was good, it was a good length, and the narrator was not annoying which is not easy to find it seems.

Had to pause it when I left the room so know I was enjoying it all the way through. Story was believable and the characters were very human and easy to relate to. Even the dud of a husband that was manipulated by this foolish girl was believable....or maybe that is just a testament to some of the people I know.

You won’t be thrown about on a ‘rollercoaster’ but it will keep your interest all the way through. Worth the dosh.

Good and kept my attention

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It was an ok listen. The performance was ok, it was hard to feel attached to the the characters though. The ending was disappointing though as I was expecting more of a dramatic ending after the build up.

Okish

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I came across a recommendation for this on deadgoodbooks and thought I would give it a try. So glad I did as I loved it. It is not a book with lots of twists, turns and shocks, but it has a sense of menace underlying the story. It's well written, with well drawn characters and great narration.

Absolutely loved this!

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A very good story on making the reader understand that we may love our children, but we are not really privy to their thoughts & feelings. That although we want desperately to protect them we make a lot of assumptions re the status quo. And also how tied up we as adults are in our work, sadnesses , & how we are affected by events. The rights of the child are seldom heard. A bit bland in its descriptions. For example I would have preferred it if instead of saying " I felt apprehension " that the author described how the person was feeling, so the reader could 1/2 way experience the apprehension . There was so much of a reporting type idiom rather than taking the reader into the mind of the character. On the other hand it was a good plot. But also 1 that was not original.

Insightful into the human psyche

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The narrator for Catherine was very good indeed. One kept feeling they knew what was coming but there were the occasional twists to keep the interest going. I have to say that I seem to be reading books where if the "victim" hadn't been quite so useless they wouldn't have been a "victim". A bit unfair I suppose because if we were all invincible there wouldn't be thrillers!

Too long but some good twists

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