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When They Find Her

By: Lia Middleton
Narrated by: Charlotte Ritchie
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Have you ever told a lie you couldn't take back? This is the debut thriller that will take your breath away.

Naomi always wanted to be a mother. But three years ago, her husband left, taking their child with him. Now, her daughter has come to stay, and Naomi knows it's her one chance to re-build her family.

But the night ends in a terrible accident.

And Naomi has no memory of what happened.

Panicking, desperate, Naomi finds herself telling a lie:

'My daughter is missing.'

Now she can never take it back. 

©2021 Lia Middleton (P)2021 Penguin Audio Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Scary Exciting
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"I'll be recommending it to everyone I know." (Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium)

"A stand out psychological thriller with heart." (Ashley Audrain, author of The Push)

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I was a bit hesitant about buying this book. I avoid missing children stories (too many) so not sure why I went ahead. Aside from the mother obsessing about her child - the rest was a surprisingly good, and the suspense part makes me look forward to more books from this author.

Different

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As with most psychological thrillers, readers are required to suspend disbelief to a degree. However, what I liked about this is that the protagonist *knew* she was making ridiculous decisions that no sane person would make. For some reason, it made me feel better that every time she did something even more jaw-droppingly stupid than the last stupid thing she did, she thought through and acknowledged just how ridiculous it was. It meant I could just mutter ‘Right?!’ instead of exclaiming ‘OMG who would even DO that?!’ and wonder darkly if the author thinks their readers will go along with any old nonsense. And Charlotte Ritchie’s narration is so fabulous that she makes the character and her motivations very credible. Well worth a listen.

Intriguing, well-told story

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A great listen and good twists. I enjoyed the thoughts of the main character being spoken too

Excellent

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The best thing about this book was the narration. Charlotte Richie was a wonderful narrator - a great narrator doesn’t get in the way; they don’t distract with stupid voices and accents. This narration was so appropriate for the story.

The story? Decent. It probably took until about hour 3 to get going in any way. Too much padding; too much “I had to find out what happened to Freya”. Too much self-indulgence from the female protagonist who commits the mother of selfish acts.

The plot ultimately takes an interesting bend, and it’s worth hanging in. But I failed to feel too much sympathy with an inwardly whittering protagonist whom I suspect is meant to come across as more of a victim than she does.

One perfectly decent character seemed to get jettisoned without much explanation partway through - think the editor missed a trick there.

And it’s personal taste - but I can’t bear very ordinary people giving their offspring such
pretentious names. Why??!!

Slow building story - with annoying children’s names

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Got bored of all the times the narrator says things like, “Will he/she/they KNOW I am lying?!” Quite an unbelievable main character, and it might be my lapses in concentration but it felt like there were some plot holes.

The reader has a nice voice but it got annoying and repetitive…

Repetitive

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