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  • By: Maria Frankland
  • Narrated by: Naomi Madelin
  • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)
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In His Shadow

By: Maria Frankland
Narrated by: Naomi Madelin
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Summary

She wants to forget her past. He wants to control her present. And her future.

When university lecturer Nicola meets Hugh, she knows immediately that getting over her father’s suicide and being dumped by her former long-term partner are events she can now recover from.

But to the exclusion of all others, Hugh swiftly assumes control over Nicola’s life. Even when caution is urged by everyone around her, it doesn’t stop Nicola rushing headlong into a marriage that grants Hugh access to her money, her home, her heart, and then her mind.

Will anyone be able to drag Nicola out of her husband’s shadow before she fades into it completely?

©2022 Maria Frankland (P)2023 Maria Frankland

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Superb!

Characters I felt became friends. Enthralling throughout. Definitely conscious provoking and leaves you questioning the what ifs!

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I enjoyed the narration of Naomi Madeline

Nicola is getting over the loss of her parents and the ending her marriage to Hugh. It had been a whirlwind romance, Its after they get married, problems begin. Hugh is an emotional and occasional physical abuser of Nicola. This is a amazing thriller.

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loved the characters and narrator did brilliant job

liked how story was easy to listen too and follow without having to go back and listen to bits again to get back into story has happens in books with lots characters ..would listen to more of this author and narrator in future

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Extremely Predictable

The narrator was excellent. Other than that, the storyline was bog-standard.

The main character was pathetic and unbelievable. There is no spoiler to this story because it's lacking in content. It drones on and on about GAS LIGHTING. In fact, it should have been the title. It's a great shame because normally, l love Maria Frankland

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Superb narration, compelling story

I don’t know if enjoyed the story because I wanted to shout at Nicola for being so naïve and to her friends and family for being so accepting of such out of character behaviour! I think I’m too much of a fan of Silent Witness to buy some of the forensic plot details, but there were some good twists and I binged to the end, which is always a good sign of a cracking psychological thriller. Naomi Madelin’s performance is excellent. She maintained a very convincing Yorkshire accent throughout, acted the story perfectly and her character differentiation was very clear. Recommended.

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did he deserve that?

Spoiler alert. This is a difficult book to write a review on without there being spoilers so, if you don’t want to know what happens don’t read on. Did Gary deserve what happened? This is a frustrating book if only because it’s so darned predictable and yet, despite things being glaringly obvious to the reader Nicola, an intelligent woman holding down a responsible job, can’t see it. Gary os obnoxious and there’s some stereotyping in this book. Council house equates to bad person which is utterly wrong as I can testify to myself. Anyway, does anyone deserve to do time for a crime they did not commit just because money talks? Well, you be the judge of that and make no mistake about it, money talked here in the end.

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