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Safe at Home

By: Lauren North
Narrated by: Christina Cole
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Brought to you by Penguin.

What if you left your child alone and something terrible happened?

Anna James is an anxious mother. So when she has to leave 11-year-old Harrie home alone one evening, she can't stop worrying about her daughter. But nothing bad ever happens in the sleepy village of Barton St Martin.

Except something goes wrong that night, and Anna returns to find Harrie with bruises she won't explain. The next morning, a local businessman is reported missing and the village is sparking with gossip.

Anna is convinced there's a connection and that Harrie is in trouble. But how can she protect her daughter if she doesn't know where the danger is coming from?

©2021 Lauren North (P)2021 Penguin Audio Domestic Thrillers Suspense Thriller & Suspense Village

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Critic reviews

"A wonderfully dark, addictive, intriguing and twisty read." (Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend)

"A deliciously gripping thriller; the twists blew my mind!" (Emma Curtis, author of Keep Her Quiet)

"Razor-sharp and shocking - a breathless thriller that never lets up the pace." (Charlotte Duckworth, author of The Perfect Father)
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kept me hooked from the very beginning, the narrator is very easy to listen to . I am now going to find another book

Great story line

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An amazing twisty story which really keeps you on your toes. Really well narrated. I kept wanting to listen to find out what happened next. Highly recommended!

Thoroughly Enjoyable!! Keeps You on Your Toes!!

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A good story but a bit slow at the start, took a while to get into the story line and then got quite confused with all the characters but never the less a good listen and would recommend the book.

Good listening but a struggle at the start

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I really enjoyed this book, the story was so well written and the narration was brilliant, 10/10

Kept me hooked’

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Fantastic audiobook. Great narration and a story that kept me listening. Well worth a listen.

Brilliant

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Wowwww Christina Cole is an utterly AMAZING NARRATOR 😱😁💯thank you for making me feel like i was actually there! Well done! And WOW what a brilliant story! This kept me hooked the whole way through, i HAD to know more🤗😁 so a HUGE well done to Lauren North💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I didn’t guess any of it! Loved it😊👏🏽if you want a book that keeps you wanting more and also guessing, then go for it! Its worth a credit for sure! Thank you audible for another brilliant book!!💯💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😁❤️

Brilliant!💯💯💯💯

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Just when you think you've grasped something, a different element comes in to knock your confidence in the theory. With a mystery down to the few lines, it is quite the satisfying story.

Keeps you guessing

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ok not the best book i've read by this author, got a bit bored to be honest,

ok

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I enjoyed the performance. But that's about it.

The story started out strong but it's as if the author took a wrong turn and got lost.

Our main character was so annoying. She just came off very weak and feeble. She had no business raising three kids at all.

The book was also repetitive. How many times did Anna need to explain that something was wrong when Harry and then ask her? We get it. The child is traumatized. Can we know why now?

All the characters were very passive and underdeveloped. None of them made strong choices or any choices at all. Especially Anna. I found her inability to be an affective mother or a whole human being especially infuriating. The only interesting part was the secret chat group.

I would have liked to see more character in the village they lived in. There was a missed opportunity to bring us into this world but I felt completely left out and I just couldn't care about anything. The fact that the characters had to repeatedly insist that the community was so close shows how little time the author had spent on developing it and the story itself.

The big secret was so underwhelming. Hardly anything to care about. The story dragged on and then took us nowhere. I'm surprised I made it to the end.

The very last sentence of the book made me laugh out loud. And not in a good way.

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I tried to carry on with this to the end but gave up by Chapter 23. I skipped to the ending and am so pleased I did. The main character Anna is a weak and drippy individual and the story line was dragged out to the point of extreme tedium The narrator was ok but did come across as monotonous. There was no inflection in her voice so had a tendency to drone on. If you want a fast paced exciting thriller/drama I would avoid this one.

Boring and monotonous

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