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The Secret

By: K. L. Slater
Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
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You think you can trust the ones you love most. But what if one secret could make you question everything?

Every day, a woman like Louise passes you in the street: elegant, confident, determined. But underneath, she’s struggling.

She doesn’t know her sister, Alice, has been scared of leaving the house since their mother died. She doesn’t know when Alice babysits her little boy, Archie, he sometimes sees things he shouldn’t. She doesn’t know Archie has a secret.

A secret that could send cracks through the heart of Louise’s carefully constructed life....

©2018 K. L. Slater (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Scary Mystery
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The first KL Slater book I read was Blink which I really enjoyed. Since then she has turned out a series of these increasingly slow paced dramas with big twists towards the end. Lucy Price Lewis has provided consistently strong narration.

The writing is good quality and fairly engaging but this one in particular is really so much more a family drama than anything I would think of as a thriller. It did try to jump into that territory right at the end but it all just feels like afterthought rather than logical progression.

If you have enjoyed this author's recent books then don't let me put you off this one. For me now I think there are much better constructed and definitely more thrilling thrillers to be found elsewhere.

Another one off the Slater production line...

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Many twists. Too many unbelievable close coincidences spoilt the story particularly towards the end. Well read. Worth a listen but far from the best from this author.

Unbelievable

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Despite the very good narration, the style of this book left a lot to be desired. Flicking back and forth to different times that go to "explain" the current situation of the characters can only work if written extremely well. In this case it didn't work and was just annoying. The story was quite good, however, and would definitely have benefited from a re-write. If made into a film or even a series, good actors could possibly bring the rather wooden and stereotypical characters as described in the book, to life. Disappointing.

Probably could be made into a good film

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Good easy listening for my long commutes. Easy to listen to and a good twist at the end.

ENJOYED THIS ONE

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Did I miss it? What happened to James and who put the threatening note under Alice’s door? I assume it was Martin but did it actually say.

Great narration

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