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The Choice

By: Alex Lake
Narrated by: Laura Kirman
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 An incredible new psychological crime thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

‘Relentlessly fast paced, a compelling plot and anxiety inducing finale. A cracking read’ John Marrs, bestselling author of The One

‘Opens with a nightmare scenario and races to a gripping, horribly tense ending – I think I actually stopped breathing several times. Loved it! Jackie Kabler, author of The Perfect Couple

A kidnap…
Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car – with his three young children inside – has vanished.

A ransom…
Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text messages: This is a kidnap. If you want to see your children again, you will exchange them for your wife.

A choice…
Matt and his wife Annabelle are horrified. They can’t involve the police, or their children will be killed. Which means they have to choose: Annabelle, or their children. Either option is unthinkable. But one is inevitable. And they have only hours to make their decision…

©2020 Alex Lake (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Domestic Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Marriage

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Critic reviews

"Relentlessly fast paced, a compelling plot and anxiety inducing finale. A cracking read." (John Marrs, best-selling author of The One)

"Opens with a nightmare scenario and races to a gripping, horribly tense ending – I think I actually stopped breathing several times. Loved it!" (Jackie Kabler, author of The Perfect Couple)
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It plodded along in bits but was an odd enough story to keep me captivated. Lots of exciting incidents throughout. Highly readable

Good read

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A very easy and simple read. At times it feels this writer is a complete beginner with a very basic grasp of novel writing.

Simple story line with nothing special. Would try another one for comparison.

Simple

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Gripping and I liked the timeline anecdotes so you could grasp the couple’s history.
The police come across as absolutely useless though. No wonder they didn’t tell them. The story would have panned out the same without them being in it so they were almost pointless.
I’m happy with far fetched but this was a little extreme!

Far fetched but entertaining

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The overuse of " he said she said " when it was obvious who was speaking drove me insane ... once you hear it you can't unhear it almost gave up the book.

Good story but...

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Good read. Easy to get into. Kept me interested. A great holiday read or distraction.

Kept me interested

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