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The Children's Secret

By: Virginia Macgregor
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
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The brand-new novel from Virginia Macgregor, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty.

The whole country is asking. But they're not telling.

At a children's party.

Nothing ever happens in a sleepy American town like Middlebrook. Until the shocking events of one hot Saturday afternoon when, at a back-to-school party, nine children sneak off to a barn. And one child is shot by another.

In the media storm that sweeps the nation.

The press are asking questions. About the type of parents who let their children play unsupervised in a house with guns. About how damaged a child must be to commit this kind of atrocity.

In the ensuing police investigation.

Two questions are the most urgent, and the most baffling. Of the nine children who were present in that barn, which one actually pulled the trigger?

And why are the others staying silent?

Incredibly gripping and gorgeously written, this is a spellbinding novel that asks how far we'll go to protect our children, and how we can come together when so much divides us.

©2021 Nina Monroe (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Family Life Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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This contemporary novel strikes a cord about different issues from society, culture, community, parental responsibility and gun laws. The characters are well thought through and the story is gripping!

Gripping Story; Great Characters

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great story with lots different sub stories.i like way children lead the story with the adults story falling in behind.

what will happen next?

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I could feel the boredom setting in and couldn't wait for it to end, I thought the narrator sounded bored reading it I won't be buying anymore of Virginia Macgregors books

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