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The First Girl

By: Claire McGowan
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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"Delivers with both style and substance. . . Claire McGowan is one of my favourite authors and this is a truly first-class read."—Louise Candlish

She believed her serial-killer ex was innocent, but now history is repeating itself. What does she really remember?

Writer Karen Walker knows more than most about murderers. Her first love went on to become The Bagman, a notorious serial killer now locked away for life in a maximum-security prison.

Karen has spent her life running from the weight of having loved him, defended him and, ultimately, leading the police to his door. But now, ten years later, just as she’s about to publish her account of his crimes, a young woman is abducted in horribly familiar circumstances.

It can’t be The Bagman…can it? He’s safely behind bars, thanks to her. But she has to know for sure.

Returning to the hometown she thought she’d left for good, Karen is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the man she’s never escaped. If there’s any chance of saving the kidnapped girl, she’ll have to face up to what really happened back then, once and for all…

©2025 by Claire McGowan. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Murder Disappearance
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“The only thing scarier than your boyfriend being a convicted serial killer is the news that he might not be…The First Girl has a brilliant premise that delivers with both style and substance. Claire McGowan is one of my favourite authors and this is a truly first-class read.”—Louise Candlish
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I really enjoyed this book, I found the story completely compelling and could not stop listening

Brilliant

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When you're first love becomes a serial killer, given the name the batman. What do you do?
In prison for ten years a girl is kidnapped in the same circumstances. Is the wrong man been sentenced?
Liked this one but it dragged a wee bit now and again.

😮

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I didn't like the narrator's voice. ok when female but rather ridiculous when being the man.

liked the story

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The book was good. The audio suited the book but at times it was quite high pitched and I felt the volume needed to be adjusted a lot as the beginning of sentences were over enunciated and would be at a much higher volume than the rest of the sentence.

Interesting read

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I loved the twists and the turns, it kept me on the edge of my seat

Amazing!

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