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The Amber Fury

By: Natalie Haynes
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
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When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex accepts a job at a special school, commonly referred to as ‘The Unit’ - it takes on the students expelled from other schools in the city.

These are troubled, difficult young people and Alex is an inexperienced teacher, terrified of what she’s taken on. There is one class - a group of five teenagers - who are particularly intimidating. However, with the help of the Greek tragedies she teaches, Alex gradually develops a rapport with them. But one of her students is learning more than Alex ever intended to teach.

Finding them enthralled by tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge, Alex even begins to worry that they are taking her lessons to heart, and that a whole new tragedy is being performed, right in front of her. The Amber Fury is a beautifully constructed psychological pause resister. It is a dark mystery of a novel about loss, obsession, and the deep and abiding human need to connect.

©2014 Natalie Haynes (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Genre Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Heartfelt England Student Suspense Mystery Rage

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I have loved this book, it has the right amount of suspense to make you want to keep reading. The characters are written beautifully, the prose and flow are fantastic, it was so easy to follow and I needed to keep reading to find out what happened.

I would highly recommend and look forward to read more books by Natalie Haynes.

Loved this book

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Loved this book, beautifully written. Looking forward to reeding more by Natalie Haines.
Thank you.

Brilliant story

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An engaging storyline, with two well-developed lead characters. Great performance by the narrator. This is one I'll listen to again.

Thoroughly enjoyed it

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A brilliant story, fantastic narration and renewed my interest in Greek mythology. I hope this author writes more.

Fantastic

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Natalie Haynes has the rare ability to make Greek tragedy relevant to the present and writes her story beautifully. I’ve never been disappointed with any of her books and this one is one of the best. It is also beautifully read and the writing and the reading of the book compliment each other perfectly. Recommended if you appreciate Greek myth and tragedy and if you love a really good story.

Beautiful love story

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I really enjoyed this book. it feels so real, and the narrator was perfect. really loved it

a gripping book, beautifully performed

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I have listened to most of Natalie’s books on the ancient Greeks and love Stone Blind the retelling of the Medusa story.
Thought I would give this a try when it was on a sale and I enjoyed it. The idea of using the stories of Ancient Greeks with young pupils in a special unit due to behaviour or been excluded from schools for other reasons was quite good

Interesting idea of mixing stories from the the classics into a modern classroom

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Never would I have imagined troubled teens and Greek mythology mixing so well, it certainly wasn't this enjoyable when I was at school.

This is a gem of a story, with gritty and authentic characters which has me reminiscing for the movies of my childhood like Jason and the Argonauts in all its technicolour glory.

Hats off to both the author and the narrator a coupling worthy of even Zeaus himself. xx

Thoroughly enjoyable story.

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This is a classy psychological thriller. A woman with a melancholy past arrives in a school for troubled teenagers and begins teaching drama with a focus on Ancient Greek tragedies. As the story unfolds we learn that these archaic stories are still a powerful insight into the human psyche and the class discussions have a profound and unexpected impact on the children. This packs a real emotional punch as the background of what happened to the teacher's boyfrend is slowly revealed and her inner fury is something we can all share with a passion. This builds into a tense drama and the denouement is clever and thoroughly satisfying.
It is not often that a novel can awaken an interest into an area I had not really looked into before but I now find I have a genuine desire to find out more about Ancient Greek drama. I understand this is a real passion of this book's author so she has clearly been successful in transferring her enthusiasm. This is a highly recommended listen.

A stunning tragedy

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Working as a Secondary teacher with traumatised kids and having lived in Edinburgh, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The intermingling of Greek tragedy and modern day teenage life was excellent. I particularly enjoyed the references to Edinburgh where I spent my student days too.

great intermingling of Greek and modern day tragedy.

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