The Birthday Girl cover art

The Birthday Girl

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Birthday Girl

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Martyn Read
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £15.99

Buy Now for £15.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Tony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she is his adopted daughter, the perfect all-American girl - and the past is another country. Or so it seems. But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that Freeman’s company is subject to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to help. Whatever the risks. The consequences of her actions are lethal - for Mersiha has unearthed a conspiracy of terrifying proportions.…

©1995 Stephen Leather (P)2007 Isis Publishing Ltd Espionage Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Exciting Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Bombmaker cover art
Triggers cover art
The Eyewitness cover art
Hungry Ghost cover art
The Fireman cover art
Spider Shepherd: SAS cover art
The Solitary Man cover art
Pay Off cover art
The Chinaman cover art
The Shout cover art
The Tunnel Rats cover art
Tango One cover art
The Bag Carrier cover art
Nightfall cover art
Takedown cover art
Killing Time cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Slow to get going but made me want to see it to the end, but the narrator is cringeworthy and I’ve had to grit my teeth for the comical voices and accents. Spoils it

Story spoiled by narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An unusual story line. Fairly fast paced and quite exciting. The ending I found a little implausible

Unusual story line

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This story is ruined by the awful narration. Comical accents destroyed the book for me and they come through thick and fast from the first chapter. The plot would be OK, as always, with a Stephen Leather book... this may have been one of his earlier books but I only just made it to the end.

A good story but!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is another great book by stephen leather its a bit of a slow starter but when you get into it you cant put it down until its finished

Good listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

What made the experience of listening to The Birthday Girl the most enjoyable?

Good story line, pace kept moving along, believable characters.

What did you like best about this story?

The building up to Mersia ( the main character in the story) telling about her past.

How could the performance have been better?

The Narrator tried to put on voices for the characters and failed miserably. He clearly has no idea what a 15 year old girls sounds like and the italian and russian accents he attempts are just awful and seem to fade out within the same sentence.

Any additional comments?

If you can put up with the Narrator, this is a good story.

Good Story, Poor Narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews