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The Housewarming

By: S. E. Lynes
Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
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Everyone is going to the housewarming party. Attending will be all the same people who lived on the street the day Abi vanished.... Will her mother finally learn the truth?

Ava only left her daughter in the pushchair for five minutes. The buckle was fastened, and she was sure it was safe. But when she came downstairs, the door was open and Abi was gone - she walked down the road, past the Lovegoods' house, and was never seen again.

A year later, the Lovegoods throw a housewarming party, showing off the results of their renovation. Ava doesn’t want to go. She can’t bear to look down that end of the road, to see the place where Abi vanished, and she doesn’t want to spend time with people who don’t share her grief. Her husband, Matt, persuades her: He’s worried about her. A night out might do her good.

But as her friends and neighbors chat, and the drink and gossip flows, Ava learns something new about the day she has relived a thousand times. A throwaway comment that could change everything.

Ava thought she knew every last detail of that day.

She’s about to find out she was wrong....

Brilliantly dark and moving suspense fiction for fans of Gillian Flynn, Claire McGowan, and Lisa Jewell, The Housewarming will have your pulse racing and your heart in your mouth from start to finish.

©2020 S. E. Lynes (P)2020 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Heartfelt Scary
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The narrator was perfect, they can truly spoil a good story, but Tamsin was brilliant all the way through. You know you’re reading a REALLY good book when, at the same time as racing through it, you don’t want to finish it! I was completely involved in all the characters lives but Ava and Matt was so well written I wanted to reach out and hold them. A truly outstanding listen. Thank you S.E.Lynes

BEST BOOK I’VE LISTENED TO IN 2020

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Not the first book to make me cry, and think, but one of the best I've read.
A note of caution if you are currently experiencing grief, this may not be the book for you. But I will not forget it. Narration was spot on too.

Grab the tissues!!!!

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Good start, bit boring towards the end, just seemed to drag BUT did keep me hooked to the end and I genuinely wanted to see how the characters fared in the end.

Good start...

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It’s not packed full of twists and turns, but it is a compelling read and I found myself engaged with the characters and with the story. I found the narration slightly grating at times but got used to it!

Compelling, if slightly grating

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I found the first half pretty slow going and almost gave up on this book but so glad I didn’t because the second half was much quicker paced and the twist at the end made me glad I persisted.

Enjoyable

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