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The Fireground

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The Fireground

By: Dervla McTiernan
Narrated by: Ben Chapple, Harriet Gordon-Anderson
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Flynn was only a teenager when her parents were killed in a terrible accident. Too young to lose her parents, too young to take on responsibility for her younger sister Kaiya, too young to protect Kaiya from the harshness of their new lives in the following years. Desperate to help her sister, Flynn reaches out to Willa Tomlinson, a grief counsellor renowned for helping her patients cope with profound loss. Under Willa’s influence and care, Kaiya finally seems to turn a corner, joining the climate action collective that Willa leads. Kaiya’s passion is ignited and she immerses herself in the group, leaving on frequent camping trips in the West Australian bush. But when a raging bushfire sweeps through the bushland near Margaret River, Kaiya fails to return with the rest of the group.

Noah is no stranger to loss or to violence, but these days, he’s more interested in helping people develop the skills to defend themselves than seeking out fights of his own. When Flynn enters his life, desperate to find out what really happened to her sister, a friendship sparks, and Noah finds himself agreeing to help her. To do so, he’ll need to infiltrate Willa’s cultish collective at the fireground.

In this new Original from the number one internationally best-selling author of The Ruin and The Murder Rule, Dervla McTiernan, Flynn and Noah must reckon with their pasts and fight to find the answers they seek before Kaiya’s trail burns out.

Please note: this audio contains strong language, distressing situations and descriptions of violence that some listeners may find upsetting. Discretion is advised.

©2023 Dervla McTiernan (P)2023 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

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Believable characters and moving storyline. Narration good too. Recommend especially as in the plus catalogue. Will look out more from author

Excellent story - heartbreaking in places.

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Different to the author’s Cormac Reilly series, in which the mood was bright and breezy by comparison, ‘The Fireground’ is more sombre in mood and moves at a slower pace. It is basically a story of survival in the face of awful challenges which the main characters have to endure. The author once again displays her capacity for empathy, not only for her main characters, but for her lesser ones too, so that, difficult to listen to at times because of the subject matter, we stay with the story as we care what happens to the main characters.
I recommend it.
EC


A compelling read.

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I really enjoyed the plot, great narration. Based in Australia very different from her other books

Another great book from Dervla

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The narration is excellent, the story moves along and is interesting, the main characters are likeable and considering it's a free book it's a gem

Very enjoyable

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Couldn’t stop listening looked forward to the long drive home. A book on two worlds running side by side until they crossed.

Gripping

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