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The Suspect

A True Story of Love, Marriage, Betrayal and Murder

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The Suspect

By: Jenny Friel
Narrated by: Christina Delaine
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On a clear autumn morning in 2004, Rachel O'Reilly, a 30-year-old mother of two, was brutally battered to death in her home. It was a merciless killing that stunned the small, trusting community where she lived, and devastated her close-knit family.

In the days that followed the discovery of her body, it was thought that Rachel was the victim of a bungled robbery attempt. It soon emerged, however, that police investigating the case believed Rachel had known her killer and that her murder had been carefully planned months in advance. The spotlight immediately fell upon Rachel's husband, Joe O'Reilly, who admitted in a number of extraordinary press interviews that he was a prime suspect in his wife's slaying. The 32-year-old advertising executive vehemently denied any involvement. It was a crime that captured the imagination of the public, who watched as the illusion of the idyllic suburban life the couple shared together began to shatter.

©2007 Jenny Friel (P)2017 Tantor Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Crime Murder True Crime Marriage

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Narrators pronunciation of irish names was flawed and when attempting reported speech using an Irish accent, I'm afraid it was embarrassing. The story itself is both chilling and compelling but it was somewhat let down by the performance

Delivery took from impact of a powerful story

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I enjoyed the story, pity the narrator sounded more Jamaican than Irish. No need for accents,

Interesting

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The Irish accents are really dire and over the top stereotypical. Nearly put me off listening tbh

Terrible accent interpretation

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Brilliant story but please audible stop getting narration that’s from a different country to put other countries accents on. They sound ridiculous. The worst Irish accent I’ve ever heard . And the Scottish one🙄. Just tell the story fgs.

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Beautifully read book. Such a sad story of a young mum doing the morning school run for the last time. I live only about 30 miles from where all this happened so it feels very close to home for me. Some of the place names and Irish accents had an interesting spin put on them by the narrator but that didn't take away from the story at all. Highly recommend.

Very sad story close to home for me.

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