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Take Your Breath Away

By: Linwood Barclay, Laurel Lefkow
Narrated by: Ako Mitchell, Julia Locascio, Laurel Lefkow
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A missing woman. A husband suspected.
The truth will … Take Your Breath AwayLinwood Barclay is…

‘A suspense master’ Stephen King
‘In a class of his own’ T.M. Logan
‘One of the finest thriller writers in the world’ Mark Billingham

It’s always the husband, isn’t it?

When his wife Brie vanishes from their home one night, never to be seen again, people assume Andy got away with murder. The police can’t build a case against him, but still his friends and neighbours abandon him.

Six years later, Andy’s life is back on track, and he’s settled with a new girlfriend. And when he hears his old house has been bulldozed and rebuilt, he’s not bothered. Things are good.

But then one day, a woman who looks like Brie shows up at their old address, screaming ‘Where’s my house? What happened to my house?’ before vanishing as quickly as she appeared.

And as dark suspicions resurface, Andy’s future depends on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick is staying alive long enough to find out…

‘The twists keep coming’ THE TIMES

©2022 Linwood Barclay (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction

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Critic reviews

"It’s the best book of his career. I couldn’t put it down and you won’t be able to either. If you enjoy thrillers, this is the real deal. It never lets up." (Stephen King)

"A superior thriller." (Sunday Times)

"The twists keep coming." (The Times)

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Good story and the book was enjoyable. It was improved substantially by listening at a faster speed The younger female narrator was not great, but way better when sped up. Other two narrators were really good.

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I feel a lot of old ground from different Linwood Barclay books was rehashed.
The first time I have been disappointed in one of his books...and the narration was awful.

A.I generated narration?

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Decent story let down by one of the female narrators. Very robotic. Feel that Siri (other assistants are available) would have done a far better job! Truly atrocious narration!

Poor performance lets down good story

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I love this author who always creates a great story with lots of twists. I had to listen to the whole thing in one day.

Great twists

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Certainly one of Linwood Barclay's better books but the women narrators let it down. Their voices were not very animated, one of them leaning to sing-song. A pity. Ako Mitchell was good.

Good listen despite women narrators

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My only criticism is there are far too many “he said, she said”. Just needs a proper edit before being recorded.

Another great story by Linwood

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This was a thoroughly enjoyable book to listen to. Quite a few surprises along the way, with a satisfying though unexpected ending. I’ll try another novel from this author.

A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE READ.

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As usual we were kept guessing until the very end. A great read, and something resonated about how life can take unexpected and sometimes devastating turns. We all need to consider if honesty is always the best policy - haha!

Gosh

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Book was great as usual from Linwood Barclay. The (especially the female ones) narrators were a letdown. One sounded more like a robotic voice, that was a bit of a turnoff.

great writer, great book

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A very good storyline, enjoyable with a twist at the end,
Linwood Barclays product another very good book

A very good storyline

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