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The Silent Ones

By: K. L. Slater
Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
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This morning, I was packing up lunches, ironing, putting on the laundry I should have done last night. Now my precious daughter is accused of murder.

When 10-year-old cousins Maddy and Brianna are arrested for a terrible crime, Maddy’s mother, Juliet, cannot believe it.

How could her bright, joyful daughter be capable of such a thing?

As the small village community recoils in horror, the pressure of the tragedy blows Juliet and her sister’s lives apart. And things get even worse when their daughters retreat into a self-imposed silence. Can anyone reach Maddy and discover the truth before her fate is sealed?

Juliet is crushed. Nothing will ever be the same for her darling girl. But she knows that to find out what really happened that day, she and her sister must unlock the secrets of their own terrible past, a past they swore never to speak about again.

The most unputdownable psychological thriller you’ll listen to this year from the best-selling author K. L. Slater. If you love The Wife Between Us or Gone Girl, you’ll be totally hooked on The Silent Ones.

©2019 K. L. Slater (P)2019 Audible, Ltd Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Exciting Thriller
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This book kept me engrossed right the way through. Lucy Price Lewis was, as always, a brilliant narrator.

Good story and excellent narration

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Not the normal “neurotic woman” book. This one had some likeable characters. I knew early on part of what was happening and although the final “twist” was a tad implausible, as everything came together, it was still enjoyable.

Enjoyable listen

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When children tell stories they often use the formulae ‘and then.... and then... and then...’ A similar approach underpins this tale. If you manage to keep going to the end you will be doing very well indeed. However, it may be a sign that you are prepared to put up with almost anything. But (really) we all know, deep down, that this kind of thing just isn’t good enough.
Good luck.

Not the most likely of stories

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Quite a clever plot, well narrated but KL Slater is so repetitive, there are more words the “solar plexus” and “automatic pilot”

Clever plot

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Loved the story but the first 2/3 are quite formulaic it is rather than the final 1/3 which is the most interesting part of the story

Unpredictable endings

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