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The Suspect

By: Michael Robotham
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
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Summary

Soon to be an ITV drama starring Aidan Turner.

Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life—a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient and the biggest lie of his life. Caught in a complex web of deceit and haunted by images of the slain girl, he embarks upon a search that will take him from London to Liverpool and into the darkest recesses of the human mind....

©2004 Michael Robotham (P)2022 W F Howes

Critic reviews

"Believable and authentic from the first sentence.... Robotham doesn't put a foot wrong in his plotting, pace or inventiveness." (The Australian)

"A truly classy thriller, beautifully crafted." (Australian Woman's Weekly)

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Keep listening!

Bit slow to start but kept listening and was thoroughly gripped. Thoroughly recommend. Sorry when it endded

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book!

The narrator was really good, he made the story come alive. I look forward to listening to more novels by Michael Robotham - good to know this was the first in a series 🙂

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Loved it

Excellent story with good twists and turns. well read. now onto the next book.

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Fantastic

Very clever story kept you guessing all the way through it. At times you would get frustrated with the situation and want to say stop running but over all I enjoyed this book. Would highly recommend it and look forward to listening to more books of Michael Robotham and Robert the Narrator did a fantastic job and brought you right into the book.

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Brilliant

Better than the TV version - honest
Nine more words required how bloody silly that is.

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Awesome

Amazing author great story and great narrative. Love this author can’t wait for more from Micheal

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Great novel

The television series prompted me to read this novel after the first episode. I much preferred the novel. There are subtle differences in the characters in the novel which make the plot more believable I
Excellent narration

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Amazing

Really good story . Thoroughly enjoyed it but kept feeling I had read something similar before . Recommend this author and narrator

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Slow burning story.

The story was absorbing and tense. Well written. Enjoyed Robert Glenister’s voice and his many characters, brought the novel to life.

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This got me thinking...

Well, this wasn't what I'd expected. The story started out so steadily, very straightforward, and then suddenly ... whoosh! It kept me thinking and trying to puzzle out what was going on all the way through, but as I started to think that I'd sorted out all of the twists and turns, there was yet another addition to the story (all additions were highly relevant).
Towards the end I was confident that I'd got it all sorted, when yet another spanner was thrown into the works.
I'm happy to report that all of the pieces finally slotted nicely into place and left me feeling totally satisfied.
I never reveal the storyline of any of the books I read when writing a review, there will be plenty of others who do., I simply tell people whether I would recommend a book or not. This looks like it could be the start of a series and I'm looking forward to reading the next ones.
I totally recommend this book. The rest is up to you. Try it - you might like it as much as I have done.

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