Those We Left Behind

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Those We Left Behind

By: Stuart Neville

Narrated by: Deirdre O'Connell

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When 12-year-old Ciaran Devine confessed to murdering his foster father, it sent shock waves through the nation. DCI Serena Flanagan took Ciaran's confession after days spent earning his trust. He hasn't forgotten the kindness she showed him - she hasn't left his thoughts at all. But was there more to this case than the police uncovered?

When concerns are brought to DCI Flanagan, the years of lies begin to unravel, setting a deadly chain of events in motion.

Crime Thrillers

International Mystery & Crime

Mystery

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Thriller

Crime

Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Stunning.... Awesomely powerful, fabulously written...this novel is simply unmissable." ( Daily Mail)

"Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written; both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility and revenge." (Jeff Abbott)

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Different story line to most of the crime novels I've read. Would have liked more of an explanation regarding why the main characters behaved as they did, the psychology of it, but overall a good story and plot.
The narrator was decent, but not good at accents, and there was very little to no distinction between character voices. This did not stop me from being able to follow the story, though.
She has a pleasant voice and her pace was good throughout.
The story was well paced and held my interest for the most part (I find characters 'home life' stuff mostly tedious though there wasn't too much of it in this book).
Overall, pretty good with an unusual ending, and I won't be crossing either the narrator or the author off the listening list :)

Bit different from the usual crime novel

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This was a fast paced story that did not disappoint. The performance was also excellent.

best story for a good while

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Those We Left Behind - disturbing storyline but I enjoyed the book
Differ not storyline to the norm and children being violent at an early age is disturbing, but I did like the storyline
Narrate was sgood