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Stay Alive

By: Simon Kernick
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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About this listen

The gripping new race-against-time thriller by the best-selling author of Relentless, The Last 10 Seconds, Siege, and Ultimatum.

One witness

You’re on a trip with your family, miles from anywhere. A shot rings out - and your whole life changes in an instant.

One secret

A woman is racing towards you, chased by three gunmen. Although you don’t know it, she harbours a deadly secret. She’s in terrible danger. And now you are, too.

No escape

You’re running, terrified, desperate to find safety. You know that the men hunting you have killed before. And if they catch you, you’ll be next.…

©2014 Simon Kernick (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Exciting

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Critic reviews

"Brilliant" ( Sunday Mirror)
"Hang on tight!" ( Harlen Coben)
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Not a deep book but full of action a real page turner. Very highly recommended

Full throttle

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Another excellent read by Kernick, full of twists and turns! High suspence to the max! Loved it!

Amazing!

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Well read. Good story. Non stop action... One of those hard to put down books

Super book

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Kept me spellbound. The narrator brought the story alive. Every time I had to pause I could not wait to get back to continuing listening to an excellent story.

Excellent storyline.

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This is the first Kernick's book I have listened to. It didn't disourage me from continuing, but I am not especially enthusiastic about it. The plot is interesting, but develops too slowly,
this is why I am saying it should have been abridged. The characters are not realistic, but this can be tolerated in a thriller. I am not a fan of the narrator, but this isn't his fault,
the performance is good, I just slightly dislike his voice. I know he read a whole bunch of Kerrick's books, so I will just cope with it, especially as the female narrator of some other
Kerrick's books is far worse and I will have to skip the books read by her. This is a very subjective opinion, so I advise everybody to listen to an extract and decide for himself. Narrating is a little like music, if I hate techno, you might love it, so just give it a try.

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