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Touch

By: Claire North
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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He tried to take my life. Instead I took his.

It happened so long ago, I've forgotten the details. But he was desperate, hungry enough to kill. As I was dying, my hand touched his. That's when my first switch took place.

I looked through the eyes of my killer just in time to see my own body die.

Now switching is easy. I can jump from body to body, have any life, be anyone. All it takes is a touch.

©2015 Claire North (P)2015 Hachette Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Fiction Paranormal Exciting Heartfelt Suspense

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The story is very similar in its general ideas and scope as her first book, which was excellent. However here the lack of truly new ideas and plot left me a little disappointed.

Narrator Peter Kenny was brilliant as ever. Outranks every other narrator I've heard on Audible by miles.

Not as good as her last

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What did you like best about this story?

Excellent characters their personality remains despite their current body.

What about Peter Kenny’s performance did you like?

Such a good job for an unusual style of book, he kept the personality of the main character despite the changes in accent and gender.

Brilliantly entertaining

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After listening to Claire North's The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, I was really looking forward to this. Just like the previous book, the premise is simple but clever and is dealt with in a way that makes you forget that you're actually reading fantasy/sci-fi/supernatural (take your pick on the description). It feels like real life, not a made up world.

Also, as usual, Peter Kenny's narration is excellent. (Claire North is one of the authors I have found while following My Kenny around from book to book). Characterisation is excellent, with drama and emotion always expressed very well.

The writing is very good too, articulate, engaging and, for the most part, avoiding clichés.

However, I didn't think this was quite as good as The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. To be clear, I did really enjoy the book, but I finished it feeling like there could have been just a little bit more to it.

Don't let that put you off though - well worth a listen.

Clever, well written, well read.

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compelling and thoughtful i did not want to put this book down
it had a magical quality without been overly supernatural.

invasion of the body snatcher

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A different type of sci-fi. An unexpected little gem well worth a listen. The narration cannot be faulted.

Dropped a mark since there does appear to be parts that don't really add to the sum and feel a bit like unnecessary padding.

A very unusual story excellently narrated

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