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The Mistake I Made

By: Paula Daly
Narrated by: Janine Birkett
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We all think we know who we are. What we’re capable of. Roz is a single mother, a physiotherapist, a sister, a friend. She’s also desperate. Her business has gone under, she’s crippled by debt and she’s just had to explain to her son why someone’s taken all their furniture away.

But now a stranger has made her an offer. For one night with her, he’ll pay enough to bring her back from the edge. Roz has a choice to make.

©2015 Paula Daly (P)2015 Isis Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

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I find Paula Daly a very engaging writer and certainly this story was pretty pacy. Janine Birkett is a great narrator with a broad range of different accents and tones used to suit each character. The only 'voice' which grated slightly on me was the one used for the indecent proposer, Scott.

There was a lot going on in this book - debt, marriage breakdown, fraud, adultery, payment for sex, murder, blackmail, reckless driving to identify but a few and I wondered if there was perhaps a bit too much crammed in, so that some credibility of motive and intent was lost.

As a result of this, the book was slightly spoilt for me by a number of events which didn't quite ring true such as the immediate nature of the 'indecent proposal' and the context of an attack which led to murder which was less than convincing to me. I wondered if the book had been written in a bit of a hurry or even had been Paula's first novel which hadn't quite worked but was brought out off the back of the success of her first two published novels. I thought Paula's first two novels were very good and had been looking forward to this one.

Overall I was still drawn in by the story's pace and the quality of the telling of the story of the everyday events of the characters' lives - this is one of the author's great strengths for me because the nature of that detail in those contexts is so realistic.

Although slightly disappointed with this novel I still look forward to Paula Daly's next book!

Dark goings on in the Lake District

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Ms. Daly is a very talented, imaginative writer. I have listened to and thoroughly enjoyed all her previous novels via Audible - all of which are so compelling that each was listened to in one sitting.

Another Captivating Story.

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A pleasant read. Flows more or less straight through from start to finish. It kept my attention wondering where it was leading. The plot really depends on the lead character's bad decisions, and I wouldn't normally like that in a plot, but in this case it wasn't too bad. Still caused me to mark it down a star. (A little too easy for the author I think.)

Thrillers are supposed to have a murder aren't they. I was left waiting for some time wondering about that.

I'll be looking to ready the author's next book and hope in continues in the same vein as her first three set around the Lakes, with DS Aspinal in the background.

...Quite a lot of mistakes actually.

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This is simply a Novel. A gripping page turning, Novel & it was exactly what I needed. so Full marks on all counts from me on this Audible!

A great escape

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Brilliant gripping story, narration excellent. A must listen if you want a good story - 10/10

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