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The Other Mothers

By: Katherine Faulkner
Narrated by: Dakota Blue Richards, Louise Brealey
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Summary

An outstanding thriller from the author of international bestseller, Greenwich Park 

You want to be one of them. Until you know them. 

Ex-journalist Tash has been searching for a story to launch her freelance career. But she has also been searching for something else: new friends to help her navigate motherhood.    

She sees them at her son’s new playgroup. The other mothers. The sleek, the sophisticated, the successful mothers… The women she wants to be.    

And then one day they welcome her into their circle and Tash discovers the kind of life she has always dreamt of; their elegant London townhouses a far cry from her cramped basement flat and endless bills.    

They seem to have everything. But they also have their secrets.   

And it’s soon clear that not everyone at the playgroup can be trusted.

©2023 Katherine Faulkner (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Critic reviews

Katherine Faulkner unpeels Fornasetti wallpaper and opens glass box extensions, revealing delectably dislikeable characters, secrets - and murder. This is The Undoing meets Big Little Lies. A fast-paced, decadent skewering of upper middle-class motherhood (Abigail Dean)
Katherine's done it again! Anyone who enjoyed Greenwich Park will love this – maybe even more. Full of terrible people behaving terribly, it's such a compelling story. I read it in one sitting last night – extremely gripping. It filled me with immense relief that my children are now in their later teenage years and that I never have to deal with this again (Harriet Tyce)
Next-level mum noir, The Other Mothers is a brilliant portrayal of the complexities of parenthood, work and - oh yes - murder. Smart, tense and gripping. Loved it! (Ellery Lloyd)

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For the first time in a very long time and many many books I got it wrong.

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it wasn't for me

Despite very good reviews, I found this long winded, and the narration wasn't the best. I might give it another go when I've run out of books. But for now, it's a no from me!

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Very good listen!

Great character development and a very intriguing storyline. Really enjoyed the listen and the narration was good too 👍

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Gripping

This was a great listen with plenty to hook you in, twists and turns throughout not just at the end - loved it

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Very entertaining and engaging

A good page turner and kept me gripped. It’s a little cliche in parts and some bits didn’t ring true for me e.g. why would a character be keen to go on a holiday with a group of friends that they are eager to distance themselves from and includes a colleague who they has some longstanding issues with?? However, the parts with Sophie at the end were quite movingly written and the main characters were well fleshed out. I found the narration good and voices suited the characters. An overall solid ride but not as haunting as some other thrillers that really get under your skin.

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Kept me guessing

Enjoyed the narrative structure, unlike others I liked the flicking between the different time periods, as well as the story being told through the eyes of the different characters.
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fantastically compelling story

The narration is excellent. I couldn't stop listening
kept me guessing to the end

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All the characters were annoying

An annoying long winded route to the conclusion. unbelievably gullible and dense reporter! Plot was good but boring as there were no nice characters!

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Loved it all

There are so many twists I was in suspense until the very end. Great book and narration.

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Stopped reading

I wasn’t gripped by this and then felt offended when the author described a situation to be ‘like something out of Anne Frank’, as though referring to a book or a film.

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