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What to Do When Someone Dies

By: Nicci French
Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
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What to Do When Someone Dies is another ingenious thriller from the best-loved, bestselling author, Nicci French

Ellie Faulkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash - and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone - a woman Ellie's never heard of.

But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her. Maybe it's the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was - and prove Greg wasn't having an affair.

And soon she is chillingly certain their deaths were no accident. Are Ellie's accusations of murder her way of avoiding the truth about her marriage? Or does an even more sinister discovery await her?
"Crisply written, intelligently plotted and has plenty to say about the necessary selfishness of grief." --The Guardian©2008 Joined-Up Writing (P)2009 W F Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Women's Fiction Fiction
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I've listened to two and read another of the Nicci French books. Latterly I've discovered that it's a husband and wife writing team. I've enjoyed them all, but have to say the savagery of the descriptions of murder and torture in them did rather give me the creeps. In contrast, "What to Do when Someone Dies" is much more of a thriller in the same sort of style as Robert Goddard. There is some murder in it but there are no gory descriptions. Instead it's mainly a widow's quest to find the truth over how here husband died. The authors' write sensitively about what it's like to lose someone you love and how it feels if you fear that person was deceiving you. The story is a real roller-coaster of clues and false leads and I certainly didn't see how it would end and couldn't stop listening to find out what happened next. Highly recommended.

Many twists and turns kept me listening

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Overall this book was quite enjoyable, but due mostly to the interpretive skill of the reader. As a recent widow I found some of the writing very poignant, but the story dragged for the first twelve chapters, lacked pace for the remainder, and brought the climax in too late.

Very different

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I have not read or listened to any Nicci French before but thoroughly enjoyed this. At first I was a little unsure of the Narrators voice but as the story unfolded I thought it really suited the story. I was gripped from the minute I put it on was not disappointed with the ending!

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Had me to the very end. Well written and well read. You knew from the very start that it would all turn out ok in the end.
You are taken step by step through what it's like for someone who is bereaved.

Engrossing

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Lots of twists and turns, did guess who the killer was earlier in the book but was wrong about the reasoning behind it. I found it very realistic, a wife trying to prove her faith in her husband and those around her trying to guide her gently away from the seemingly truth.
Not usually my sort of book but I’m glad I chose it. I loved the narrator, wonderfully portrayed the wife’s dilemma.

Sad but delightful story

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