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The Last Cuckoo

When Ghosts Live on in Stepfamilies

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The Last Cuckoo

By: Maria Frankland
Narrated by: Chris Nuttall
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About this listen

You died three weeks ago, so how can you be following me on social media?

Your funeral is packed to the rafters leaving standing room only. Everyone talks about your untimely death and the hole you’ve left behind.

But no one feels your loss more than me, Mum.

I’m the one returning to an empty house and I’m the one who receives the first notification from X.

Anna Hardaker is following you.

And so it begins. As if things aren’t bad enough with everyone whispering, ‘that’s the lad whose mum’s just died,’ it’s suddenly as if the past is coming back to haunt me.

It’s like you’re trying to lead us to the truth.

But you’re dead so how can you be? There are days when I feel like I’m going mad with it all and the others aren’t helping. Suddenly everyone wants a piece of what’s going on and what you’ve left behind as your social media posts become darker and more frequent.

Until we’re forced to confront the nightmarish reality that’s been staring at us all along.

©2020 Maria Frankland (P)2024 Maria Frankland Psychological Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Rage

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Thoroughly enjoyed, a great insight into family trauma & psychology. loved the narration bringing you to the heart of northern England in the modern day.
A real twist at the end.

A gritty northern drama with a real twist

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The story kept me interested through out and made me want to listen to more. The narration was great and brought all the characters to life through all the twists and turns of the story. All in all a great audio book.

A great story and very well narrated

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This story is so twisted I can’t even gather my thoughts to write a summary. Also, I just finished it in as the end is mine blowing as is all of Murray’s books I’m overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions. This book is so good I have never encountered an author who every book she writes blows me away. If you love books that he has twist on top of twist until the very last sentence and the best thing of all is they’re all plausible and they all makes sense then get this book. If you love a good thriller get this book I highly recommend it it’s so so so freaking awesome!

Another homerun by Maria Franklin

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Grips like a vice and twists like a rollercoaster. Impossibly clever and impossible to stop listening to!

Brilliant

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I listened to this book in 2 days, I can't wait for more by the author and the narrator....

fantastic story and brilliantly read

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