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Widows

By: Lynda La Plante
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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About this listen

The ground-breaking thriller from the queen of crime drama and the basis for Steve McQueen's major motion picture. Widows is a fast-paced heist thriller with an all-female cast you won't forget.

Facing life alone, they turned to crime together....

A security van heist goes disastrously wrong, and three women are left widowed.

When Dolly Rawlins discovers her gang boss husband's plans for the failed hijack, an idea starts to form....

Could she and the other wives finish the job their husbands started?

As the women rehearse the raid, it becomes clear that someone else must have been involved.

But only three bodies were found in the wreckage.

Who was the fourth man?

And where is he now?

©2021 Lynda La Plante (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Crime Exciting Scary Robbery

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"The perfect summer read." (My Weekly)
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Loved this! The best audio book experience since i began with Audible 5 years ago. Amazing characters, brilliant plot, great writing, superb (the best ever) narration. What's not to love.?

Fantastic!

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Linda LaPlante never disappoints, and the storyline is compelling. I had several very late nights on the 'just one more chapter' principle. But what makes this audiobook exceptional is the narrator, Annie Aldington. She is amazing, and manages a unique and distinctive accent for each of the many characters, male and female. Fantastic, and very enjoyable.

Loved this

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I never saw the tv series so wasn’t sure what to expect, but knowing what a great writer Lynda La Plante is I decided to give this book a listen. And I wasn’t disappointed. Right from the start I was willing Dolly to succeed in her plan to rob a security van - whether she succeeded, you will have to listen to find out.

To recommend this book to you, I have now started on the second book & have also downloaded the final book in this series.


Queen Dolly

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Fantastic book with a great plot and great characters. Cannot wait to listen to the sequel!

Great book!

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Loved this book the detail that went into the robbery following her husband's plans to the letter and pulling off the robbery that her husband failed to complete, but then Harry Rawlings is a coward leaving his gang to die and making out he was dead also, Dolly is a good and caring leader, narration was good and set the scene of the characters and storyline

Brilliant compelling daring robbery

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