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Target

By: Simon Kernick
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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About this listen

When writer Rob Fallon goes out one night and ends up with his best-friend's girlfriend, Jenny, he's feeling guilty before anything's even happened. But guilt quickly turns to shock when two men break into Jenny's apartment, abduct her and try to kill Rob.

When Rob reports this to the police, no one believes him. And when he speaks to Jenny's father, he says she's on holiday abroad. Rob knows Jenny's life's in danger and starts asking questions. Soon he's the target of brutal killers who are as terrifying as they are elusive.

But what do they want? And what does it have to do with an ordinary girl like Jenny? Either Rob finds out or he's dead. It's that simple....

©2009 Simon Kernick (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Crime

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"Great plots, great characters, great action." (Lee Child)
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Really enjoyed this book, good pace, great narration. If you like crime thrillers you will enjoy this one.

Very enjoyable

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An absolute page turner....Easy to listen to and I would thoroughly recommend. I hope the author has more books!

Best audio book I've listened too. Great story.

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this story is not as bad as some of the reviews read here. however the description of the storyline is very confusing as it concerns what I felt was a lesser story. I enjoyed this but the plot is wafer thin and I didn't feel anything for the characters. Worth listening to so you can appreciate a good thriller when you here one.

Confused by preface

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Absolutely loved this book, really like the way the authors narrative flows, a fantastic narrator.

Brilliant

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I have listened to most of Simon Kernick’s books. This one is right up there amongst the best. Simon’s pace is exactly captured by Paul Thornley’s , an outstanding partnership. I do hope there are more double acts to come.

Fast moving and enthralling

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loved this!
fast paced with plenty of twists and turns.
a great read! 👍

fast paced and gritty

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Really didn’t have the energy or care to finish. Such a shame as I’d enjoyed the first few in the series and loved Relentless… may come back to DI Bolt but definitely need a break from him now!

So dull I gave up on the last 90 minutes

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Loved this book. If you like crime thrillers then you'll love this. Excellent!

Great Book

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Really loved this, hard to listen to at times as it pulls no punches, but it's all the better for it.
I will be looking into more books by this author as long as they're narrated by Paul Thornley!
This is one I'm sure I'll re-read 🙂

One of the best.

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Great twist with the main character which I never saw coming. A great book which I would recommend.

Twist

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