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The Darkest Secret

By: Alex Marwood
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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About this listen

Apologies for the general email, but I desperately need your help. My goddaughter, Coco Jackson, disappeared from her family's holiday home in Bournemouth on the night of Sunday/Monday, August 29/30, the bank holiday weekend just gone. Coco is three years old.

When identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration, there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea. But what really happened to Coco?

Over two intense weekends - the first when Coco goes missing and the second 15 years later, at the funeral of her father - the darkest of secrets will gradually be revealed....

Taut, emotive and utterly compelling, a pause-resisting, 'ripped from the headlines' novel that you will want to talk about with everyone you know.

2017, Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, Long-listed

©2015 Alex Marwood (P)2015 Hachette Audio Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Thriller Crime Exciting Scary

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Good, solid family secrets type novel about a missing child, if a little bit predictable. Borrows heavily from some of the better known real life missing children cases. Pretty engaging though.

The narrator is excellent, especially when performing the dialogue of the children. I've had several books ruined by narrators over playing children, but in this one the performance was spot on.

The narrator makes this.

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loved it from start to finish it's really easy to listen to and a fantastic story. Imogen Church does a fantastic job as always at bringing the characters to life.

another brilliant book by Alex Marwood

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I was quite gripped by this storyline, but i didn't like the ending as it felt that the truth and justice was not revealed.

Good read but didn't like the ending

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Five stars ! I enjoyed this audiobook very much, it's chilling and very addictive. It took me a while to get used to the changes in time from 2004 to present, you really have to pay attention or you get confused as to what year you're in, also theres a lot of character building at the start but stick with it , that's all for a reason , the book is very good, well worth a listen .

Excellent listen

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If you could sum up The Darkest Secret in three words, what would they be?

A bit disappointed as had so enjoyed The Wicked Girls, and I had figured the outcome of this long before the finish of the book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Darkest Secret?

Nothing really

Which character – as performed by Imogen Church – was your favourite?

Claire

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

No, but certainly kept my interest throughout.

Any additional comments?

This author is not a 'wham bam' type author. More like Ruth Randell or - I think - William Trevor. Its a slow unfolding of characters and situations, but I just found that i knew what the outcome would be and wasn't wrong.........would very much have liked to have been, but wasn't.

Not as good as The Wicked Girls but pretty good

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