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The Unexpected Return of Josephine Fox
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Winner of the Richard & Judy "search for a best seller" competition.
The perfect listen for fans of Sunday night drama. Foyle's War meets Jessica Fellowes in this deliciously dark tale of wartime family secrets and lies in small-town England.
Everyone has secrets - some are just more deadly than others....
April 1941, Romsey, England.
Josephine 'Josy' Fox hasn't set foot in Romsey in over 20 years. As an illegitimate child, her family - headed by her controlling grandfather - found her an embarrassment. Now, she wants to return to what was once her home and uncover the secret of her parentage. Who was her father, and why would her mother never talk about him?
Josy arrives the day after the Luftwaffe have bombed the town. The local pub, The Cricketers' Arms, has been completely destroyed, and rescue teams are searching for the remains of the seven people known to be in the pub at the time the bomb hit. They are shocked, however, to uncover eight bodies, not seven. The unidentified eighth body is that of a teenage girl, whom no one in the town claims to know. Who is she, how did she get there, but most importantly - who killed her?
Teaming up with local coroner and old friend Bram Nash, Josy sets out to establish the identity of the girl and solve the riddle of her death. In doing so, she also uncovers her own personal mystery.
Be careful what you wish for....
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- mandy broom
- 05-04-20
Brilliant !!
I love this author her story telling is so in-depth and realistic not one boring moment in the whole book
Exciting with great twists and turns I’m only sorry that it’s ended.
More please!
Also the narrator was brilliant.
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- dawn cairns
- 05-07-21
More please !!!!
Loved it !!! didn't want it to end, listened over 2 days couldn't put it down.
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- mollyeyre
- 18-08-19
A wonderful find!
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, but I was totally drawn in to the story, the characters are very well constructed and the general attitudes towards women between the wars is very well shown here.
The story was good and I was emotionally invested in the events and personalities.
Nicely narrated too by Lucy Price-Lewis. I think this is one that I will read again.
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- Greenie
- 22-02-20
Fingers crossed for a sequel!
Really enjoyed this book, so much so that I was plugged in every time I had a spare few minutes! Wartime whodunnit written around a woman coming home to work out who her father is after her mother dies. Likeable, believable characters and extremely well read. Plot line was good although a little predictable at points but it had a decent twist at the end so I wasn’t 100% right. Really hoping there’s going to be a sequel as I’d love to know if Jo and Bram’s relationship blossoms
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- country girl
- 10-08-19
GRIPPING BOOK
It is an exceptionally well written book, which was not padded out with long boring repetative explanations. I get though a book a week but this was so captivating I finished it in just over a day. I found it engaging and intriguing from the start. This is just such an excellent book on all levels, you could just imagine this type of thing went on at that time regarding a persons worth, class structure and moral values of the past. I would highly recommend it, thought provoking read. Just hope this is just the first book of many for this writer.
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- Mr
- 20-09-20
Great pacing to this enjoyable book
I really enjoyed listening to the book. The story is interesting and the pace of book was excellent.
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- Catriona’s
- 19-06-22
Good
Don’t really like mystery/crime novels. But this is really interesting.
Sad story set in interesting times.
Thank you to all involved
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- Avid crime fiction reader
- 25-07-20
I loved listening to this audiobook
This was a great well written and researched story. I was sorry when I reached the end and hope that there will be another follow up book soon. great narration.
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- Kent Bird Lover
- 20-07-21
Very obvious storyline and mediocre narration
It's really obvious who the bad guy(s) are as soon as you meet them with all the foreshadowing so the end is anticlimactic.
It's irritating that the story lurches back and forth between the male and female characters with no obvious pause so I was left wondering who was talking at some points. Made all the more difficult by the so-so narration.
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- Sam T
- 06-03-23
I loved this.
A wonderful piece of writing. I was drawn in from the very beginning. The narration was superb bringing each of the characters to life. Superb.
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