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Poppet

By: Mo Hayder
Narrated by: Jot Davies
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The Maude is outside. It wants to come in.

It wants to sit on your chest.

The mentally ill patients in Beechway High Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges.

Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is looking for the corpse of a missing woman. He knows all too well how it feels to fail to find a loved one’s body. When AJ seeks Caffery’s help in investigating the trouble at Beechway, each man must face a bitter truth in his own life. Before staring pure evil in the eye.

©2013 Mo Hayder (P)2013 Random House AudioGo Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Scary Thought-Provoking
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this book is good from a crimal profikeing point of view good storyline griping bit scary if you not used to how this lady writes

good book

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Really enjoyed this. I had started reading it on kindle but opted for audio book because I can listen while doing other things so I had already given the characters voices so hearing someone else reading them took a bit of getting used to. My first Mo Hayder and it certainly won't be my last. I planned on listening to 10-20 minutes here and there and making it last but I had it on at every opportunity and finished it much much faster than planned! Highly recommend.

Engrossing

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Mo Hayder is the best author for this sort of story. Dark complex unnerving true

As ever… brilliant

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Read the reviews before I bought this it was said to be real scary, wasn't scary at all just your usual psychological thriller. Two stories going on at the same time, the Poppet story and a missing woman who has nothing to do with the poppet thing, which I think spoiled the story. I had guessed what was going on well before the end. It was well read but the story didn't give me that scary nail biting edge I had expected. Not a bad book though for all that.

welcome to the nut house

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What made the experience of listening to Poppet the most enjoyable?

Great story which begins with many different threads and spins them nicely into a compelling story. Great characters, strong plot, a few twists (though I did anticipate the ending (ish))!

What other book might you compare Poppet to, and why?

Anything else written by Mo Hayder - her work is excellent.

Which character – as performed by Jot Davies – was your favourite?

All of them were excellent, particularly OJ.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Get this - you will not be disappointed. Then get more Mo Hayder.

Well worth it, poppet!

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