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  • By: Tammy Cohen
  • Narrated by: Avita Jay
  • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (290 ratings)
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When She Was Bad

By: Tammy Cohen
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Summary

You see the people you work with every day, but what can't you see? Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years - they know how each other likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night. But their comfortable routine life is suddenly shattered when an aggressive new boss walks in....

Now there's something chilling in the air. Who secretly hates everyone? Who is tortured by their past? Who is capable of murder?

©2016 Tammy Cohen (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd

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"A fresh, clever psychological thriller. I loved it!" (Clare Mackintosh)

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when she was bad!!!!!

what an amazing story! I was hooked from the first chapter, so much so that I had to finish it in one sitting. The characters were totally believable, the plot unfurled like an onion - layer upon layer giving you insights into each character. The narrator's voice was brilliantly mesmerising too. I'm looking forward to the next book from this author.

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puzzling plot

not sure if I missed something but there was no explanation why they felt how they did about the son. some very good accents in the narration.

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Compelling- disturbing

The reader is brilliant The story slowly unfolds - the ending is not as you had been guessing throughout Good read

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Utterly compelling

First of all, huge credit to Avita Jay for her myriad voices and accents. That's a huge amount of work for any narrator and I was very impressed. I thought the story was genius, it struck a genuine cord. Your work colleagues, who you see every day, become central players in your life, but how well do we really know them? How often, once you've left a particular job, do you never see or speak to them again? I though Tammy Cohen created a 'perfect storm' with this story, multi layered and intriguing, it was easy to see where the book was going but impossible to work out who you were going there with. I highly recommend this clever and absorbing thriller. You can thank me later!!

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Stick with it!

Well worth a read. Found some characters a bit dull, but the narration was excellent! Great story, and I didn’t guess the ending!

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Confusing

What did you like best about When She Was Bad? What did you like least?

I didn't dislike this book. It kept my interest with its 'who is it' theme but there were moments when I found the narrative extremely dull. It was a good story and a clever idea but far too long. It will transfer well to the screen ( probably as a TV series) and overall as I say it was not too bad.

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Sloooowwwwwww

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would not recommend this book. Any promise it had fizzled out during the middle and completely died somewhere near the end. Poor story with no actual purpose.

Has When She Was Bad put you off other books in this genre?

I think I need a change now because I'm finding almost everything predictable.

Was When She Was Bad worth the listening time?

No.

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wow

Fantastic,absolutely brilliant . One of the best psychological thrillers I've read or listened to in a long time.

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a great read

it was one of those that you can't wait to pick up again because you want to know what's going to happen to the characters who you feel like you know personally!
too often books like this are a bit outlandish or the characters lack depth. not an issue here. it was thrilling because it's all too plausible....loved it!

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excellent

loved this book. took a while to get me into it but after a few chapters was hooked. where is the follow up novel!! great read on my runs and commute.

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