Listen free for 30 days
-
A Harvest of Thorns
- Narrated by: Firdous Bamji
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £20.39
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
The Tears of Dark Water
- By: Corban Addison
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, DC power broker, and she is a doctor with a thriving practice. But behind the facade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream - a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know that the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead.
-
-
A should read
- By Amazon Customer on 27-09-18
-
The Four Winds
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life. Will it be the land of milk and honey?
-
-
Excellent in all aspects
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-21
-
Doubt
- Caroline Auden
- By: C. E. Tobisman
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Caroline Auden lands a job at a top Los Angeles law firm, she's excited for the challenge - and grateful for the chance to put her dark past as a computer hacker behind her. Right away, her new boss asks her to find out whether a popular GMO causes healthy people to fall ill. Caroline is only supposed to dig in the trenches and report up the ladder, but her tech background and intuition take her further than planned.
-
A Walk Across the Sun
- By: Corban Addison
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ahalya is just seventeen when a tsunami rips through her Indian village. Along with her younger sister Sita, she attempts to seek refuge in a convent many miles away; but the journey brings unexpected dangers. On the other side of the world, American attorney Thomas Clarke accepts a position with the Mumbai branch of the Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation. But can he save Ahalya and Sita?
-
-
A great listen
- By bookwormbadger on 11-01-13
-
The Garden of Burning Sand
- By: Corban Addison
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On a dark night in Lusaka, Zambia, a young girl is brutally assaulted and left for dead. Her identity is a mystery. Zoe Fleming, a human rights lawyer, is determined to find the perpetrator. Also investigating is Joseph Kabuta of the Zambian police. At first they are reluctant to work together, their cultures and upbringings radically different. Their task is not only to help the girl recover, but also to ensure justice doesn't fail her again.
-
-
Captivating family drama
- By Suzy on 19-04-15
-
Open Minds
- Mindjack, Book 1
- By: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Kelli Shane
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can't read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can't be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mind reader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf's mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf.
-
The Tears of Dark Water
- By: Corban Addison
- Narrated by: Korey Jackson
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, DC power broker, and she is a doctor with a thriving practice. But behind the facade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream - a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know that the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead.
-
-
A should read
- By Amazon Customer on 27-09-18
-
The Four Winds
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life. Will it be the land of milk and honey?
-
-
Excellent in all aspects
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-21
-
Doubt
- Caroline Auden
- By: C. E. Tobisman
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Caroline Auden lands a job at a top Los Angeles law firm, she's excited for the challenge - and grateful for the chance to put her dark past as a computer hacker behind her. Right away, her new boss asks her to find out whether a popular GMO causes healthy people to fall ill. Caroline is only supposed to dig in the trenches and report up the ladder, but her tech background and intuition take her further than planned.
-
A Walk Across the Sun
- By: Corban Addison
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ahalya is just seventeen when a tsunami rips through her Indian village. Along with her younger sister Sita, she attempts to seek refuge in a convent many miles away; but the journey brings unexpected dangers. On the other side of the world, American attorney Thomas Clarke accepts a position with the Mumbai branch of the Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation. But can he save Ahalya and Sita?
-
-
A great listen
- By bookwormbadger on 11-01-13
-
The Garden of Burning Sand
- By: Corban Addison
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On a dark night in Lusaka, Zambia, a young girl is brutally assaulted and left for dead. Her identity is a mystery. Zoe Fleming, a human rights lawyer, is determined to find the perpetrator. Also investigating is Joseph Kabuta of the Zambian police. At first they are reluctant to work together, their cultures and upbringings radically different. Their task is not only to help the girl recover, but also to ensure justice doesn't fail her again.
-
-
Captivating family drama
- By Suzy on 19-04-15
-
Open Minds
- Mindjack, Book 1
- By: Susan Kaye Quinn
- Narrated by: Kelli Shane
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can't read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can't be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mind reader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf's mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf.
-
The Submission
- By: Amy Waldman
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winner's name - and discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief, the ambiguities of art, and the meaning of Islam. Their conflicted response is only a preamble to the country's.
-
Oracle
- By: Douglas E. Richards
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
LA detective Anna Abbott can see brief, cryptic visions of the future. She just doesn't know it yet. But others do. Others who will stop at nothing to ensure that her abilities never see the light of day. Soon Anna is fighting for her life against an array of powerful adversaries, and not all of them are human. Because a small group of aliens hiding on Earth believe that she can single-handedly alter the course of an interstellar war. One that has raged for thousands of years, but which is completely unknown to humankind. Until now.
-
-
Coincidences happen, but not as often as this.
- By Amazon Customer on 18-11-20
-
Code Breakers: Alpha
- By: Colin F. Barnes
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity survives within a single city run by a shadowy benefactor known only as The Family. Each week, the death lottery claims more lives and Gerry Cardle, head of the lottery, inexplicably finds himself next on the list. Something's wrong with the system. A deadly artificial intelligence has breached security. Gerry has just seven days to live. Forced off the grid, Gerry has to do the unthinkable: willingly leave the city. What he finds in the abandoned lands will shatter his perception of what it means to be human.
-
The Baghdad Clock
- By: Shahad Al Rawi, Luke Leafgren
- Narrated by: Christine Tawfik
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and their first loves. But as they grow older and the bombs continue to fall, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again.
-
-
Let down by performance
- By Zahra Hussain on 12-05-19
-
Sparks Like Stars
- A Novel
- By: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.
-
-
Overall a good story
- By Christineb on 22-05-21
-
The Day She Came Back
- By: Amanda Prowse
- Narrated by: Amanda Prowse
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When her loving, free-spirited grandmother Primrose passes away, Victoria is bereft, yet resilient - she has survived tragedy before. But even her strength is tested when a mysterious woman attends Prim's funeral and claims to be the mother Victoria thought was dead. As the two women get to know each other and Victoria begins to learn more about her past, it becomes clear that her beloved grandmother had been keeping life-changing secrets from her. Desperate for answers, she still struggles to trust anyone to tell her the truth.
-
-
Teenagers
- By Jennifer Jefferson on 21-07-20
-
Havana Lost
- By: Libby Fischer Hellmann
- Narrated by: James C. Lewis, Diane Piron-Gelman
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On the eve of the Cuban Revolution, headstrong 18-year-old Francesca Pacelli flees from her ruthless Mafia-boss father in Havana to the arms of her lover, a rebel fighting with Fidel Castro. Her father, desperate to send her to safety in the US, resorts to torture and blackmail as he searches the island for her. So begins the first part of a spellbinding saga that spans three generations of the same family. Decades later, the family is lured back to Cuba by the promise of untold riches.
-
-
Family saga
- By TG on 29-11-19
-
The Boy Who Stole from the Dead
- By: Orest Stelmach
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bobby Kungenook, a mysterious 17-year-old hockey phenom from the Arctic Circle, is accused of murder in New York City. Bobby’s guardian, Nadia Tesla, knows his true identity. If his secret gets out, it could cost him his life. Sports journalist Lauren Ross is in hot pursuit of Bobby’s story. Where did the boy with the blazing speed and magical hands come from? Why has no one heard of him before? Nadia’s certain the boy is innocent, but the police have a signed confession and an eyewitness.
-
In the Company of Strangers
- By: Awais Khan
- Narrated by: Esh Alladi
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Mona has almost everything: money, friends, social status...everything except for freedom. Languishing in her golden cage, she craves a sense of belonging. Desperate for emotional release, she turns to a friend who introduces her to a world of glitter, glamour, covert affairs and drugs. There she meets Ali, a physically and emotionally wounded man, years younger than her.
-
-
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Highly recommended!
- By TJ on 26-04-21
-
Jury Town
- By: Stephen Frey
- Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Even the most incorruptible juror can be unwittingly influenced by others' opinions in the digital age, but more sinister forces are at work: Jury tampering has reached all-time highs. Unexpected verdicts are coming down more and more often, indicating that shadowy groups may be blackmailing jurors - and leaving the American justice system in shambles. Is impartiality even possible anymore?
-
When the Moon Is Low
- A Novel
- By: Nadia Hashimi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan, Neil Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Mahmoud’s passion for his wife, Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she’s ever known. But their happy, middle-class world implodes when their country is engulfed in war and the Taliban rises to power. Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes a target of the new fundamentalist regime and is murdered. Forced to flee Kabul with her three children, Fereiba must find a way to cross Europe and reach her sister’s family in England. With forged papers and help from kind strangers they meet along the way, Fereiba make a dangerous crossing into Iran under cover of darkness.
-
-
A beautiful book sensitively written
- By Olga Joy on 08-12-21
-
The Lake Palace
- By: Ann Bennett
- Narrated by: Rebecca Sharp
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Iris Walker, daughter of a British Political Agent in the princely state of Ranipur, is a volunteer nurse, caring for soldiers wounded fighting the Japanese on the border with Burma. One evening, the maharajah invites Iris and her parents to a dinner at the Lake Palace, where she meets the enigmatic Edward Stark, a friend of the prince. Edward is dashing, kind, and considerate, and the attraction is instantly mutual. But Edward is en route to a special mission in the Naga Hills, meaning they have only days together before Iris is once again left alone.
Summary
Corbin Addison explores the human stories behind global labor sourcing in the international fashion industry in this thrilling, shocking and compelling tale.
A beloved American corporation with an explosive secret. A disgraced former journalist looking for redemption. A corporate executive with nothing left to lose.
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a garment factory burns to the ground, claiming the lives of hundreds of workers, mostly young women. Amid the rubble a bystander captures a heart-stopping image - a teenage girl lying in the dirt, her body broken by a multi-tory fall, and over her mouth a mask of fabric bearing the label of one of America's largest retailers, Presto Omnishops Corporation. When the photo goes viral, it fans the flames of a decades-old controversy about sweatshops, labor rights, and the ethics of globalization.
A year later, in Washington, DC, Joshua Griswold, a disgraced former journalist for the Washington Post, receives an anonymous summons from a corporate whistleblower promising information about Presto. There, to Griswold's astonishment, he meets Cameron Alexander, Presto's longtime general counsel. Alexander, who has secrets of his own, offers Griswold confidential information about Presto's apparel supply chain. For Griswold the challenge of exposing Presto's willful negligence is irresistible, as is the chance, however slight, at redemption. Deploying his old journalistic skills, he builds a historic case against Presto, setting the stage for a war in the courtroom and in the media that Griswold is determined to win - both to salvage his reputation and to provoke a revolution of conscience in Presto's boardroom that could change the course of the fashion industry across the globe.
More from the same
What listeners say about A Harvest of Thorns
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Suzy
- 19-06-17
Inspired by real events
This novel was inspired by real events - a horrific fire in an overseas clothing factory making clothes for western countries / suppliers. It starts with the fire itself which is gripping and emotional but then the story shifts to become a personal quest of Cameron - a manager at one of the clothing companies. Into the mix is added an eager journalist. This tactic allows the reader to see both sides and the horrible, yet believable reaction of a supplier (self preservation). It also offers insight into our world, the media and consumer behaviour - customers pay lip service to the tragedy whilst lining up to grab bargains. However for me, I found Cameron an unbelievable character and the story only fleetingly goes back to the factory workers' stories. More of a dual narrative really showing their lives, the hardship and impact of the fire would have been good. Also i think it missed making the point that solutions aren't as easy as a boycott of clothing manufactured outside western countries. The story makes you think but doesn't go quite far enough.
The narrator did an okay job but his pacing was too slow so I listened on 1.25 speed. He just sounded rather bored of the subject matter. Although a serious topic, more life /variation of tone was needed for this fiction book.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Daryl
- 29-01-18
I Wanted to Like This
This is my third Corban Addison book, and I have previously enjoyed his writing.
I can't quite put my finger on why this book didn't capture me as much as "A Walk Across the Sun" or "The Garden of Burning Sand".
It started off with a vivid and terrifying description of a factory fire and the public relations nightmare that ensued.
And then we meet a group of corrupt business executives and "heroes" facing tragedy.
And they talk.
And talk.
And talk.
I've gotten two thirds of the way through the book, which shifts forward and then backward and then forward with another character, and the "good guys" are blackmailing the corrupt ones (most of whom are of Bangladeshi or Middle Eastern descent).
I got to the point where I got bogged down with all the tragedy and the conversation and the blackmail, and I don't think that's the direction the author wanted me to go.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Anonymous User
- 25-04-22
Raise awareness
I really appreciate the way this book raised awareness about such a huge problem in our world today. It’s rarely talked about, and this story still lives on in real life. I plan to check out the websites for more information and plan to shop thrift stores as much as possible instead of accidentally supporting fast fashion.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Patrick Keyes
- 14-12-21
Compelling and crucial
It’s important to see and feel the world in these pages. I’ve often thought of what it would have been like to have been raised in early 19th century America, taking slavery as a given, or turning our thoughts away from it if we found it too unnerving to have in mind. How different are we today as we shop for clothes at the lowest price, wondering how they can even afford to ship, much less manufacture the clothes at the price we pay. Happy for the bargain.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Karen Antoni
- 28-11-20
LOVED this book!! It was frightenly informative.
This book was so enlightening about the textile industry. I think many of us suspected much of what was discussed in the book but tying it to actual real life people (albeit fictional) was what I needed to take action.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- User
- 02-07-20
An important issue but...
While I think it's amazing that Corban Addison is drawing attention to a worldwide issue about the horrors of the clothing industry, I felt the story could be improved. I loved his previous books and have read all of them, especially a walk across the sun, but this one fell short for me. Also I didn't love the narrator. He could have been more animated. I felt like there wasn't a lot of character development unfortunately in this story and would have loved to hear more of the story from other perspectives (perhaps a females perspective) besides the 2 main characters, Joshua and Cameron both American men. Perhaps that's why I enjoyed a walk across the sun more. It was difficult to follow the story line for me as I would pick it up and go back to it often and it jumps around a lot. Overall, it was difficult to finish for me, especially this audio book version. I will still read his new work if he publishes again, because I like his themes of social justice and privilege and often find I learn a lot while reading.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Amazon Customer
- 17-04-20
Riveting
I was captivated within the first 15 mins! The heart breaking stories evolved and touched my heart in a way that caused me to take action!
Thank you for such an enlightening story!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Mariechen
- 20-07-18
Current, relevant read
At the beginning I wasn't sure if this was fiction, because it seemed so real. I suppose that's because this novel IS real, even if the characters are fictionalised. There is no pretty ending, and it ended up making me feel pretty impotent - but it was a magnificent read. I highly recommend it.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Zee
- 14-11-17
Didn't want the book to end!
Really great listen! I love Addison's work and this might be my favorite of his. I was so sad when the story ended. The narrator did a really amazing job as well! "AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- C. R.Thomas
- 09-08-17
Second Corbin Addison book
Well written, well researched and well put together. Abuse is not a surprise to most readers I am sure, but the process that creates the abuse is one for consumers to think about.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Fob 06
- 21-02-17
Excellent
This was an excellent and we'll told story of the struggles those making our clothes have. It has plummeted me into an ethical delema when I go shopping now. Read/listen to this book but prepare to be challenged.