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The Christmas Party

By: Kathryn Croft
Narrated by: Billie Piper, Avita Jay
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Tis the season for secrets and suspicion.

A chilling psychological thriller with a twist that you won't see coming, narrated by Billie Piper and Avita Jay. This Audible Original, by #1 bestselling author Kathryn Croft, is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Sarah A Denzil and K L Slater.

When Sasha receives a call from her old university friend Gabby inviting her to spend Christmas at Gabby’s remote Scottish lake house, Sasha knows she shouldn’t go.

Twelve years ago, on Christmas Eve, when Sasha and her five closest friends were celebrating the festive season, something truly horrific happened that would change the course of their friendship forever. Something that meant Sasha hasn’t spoken to any of them since that night.

But Gabby is insistent that they all get together this Christmas, to finally help her move on from the events of that night, so Sasha agrees to go.

Arriving at the sprawling house overlooking a stunning loch, Sasha quickly realises that Gabby has other reasons for getting the six friends together this Christmas. And now Sasha is forced to relive a past she’s tried hard to forget.

People had always told them their friendship wasn’t healthy. That the six of them spent far too much time together. No good would come of it, they said. How could relationships with others work when the six of them were so tightly interwoven?

When a snowstorm isolates them from the outside world, old flames are rekindled and tensions run high, and it soon becomes obvious: nothing that big can stay secret forever.

©2024 Kathryn Croft (P)2024 Audible Ltd. Crime Thrillers Psychological Exciting
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Kathryn Croft- Creator

About the Creator

Kathryn is the bestselling author of fourteen psychological thrillers and to date she has sold over one and a half million copies of her books. Her third book, The Girl With No Past, spent over four weeks at number one in the Amazon UK chart, and she has also appeared on the Wall Street Journal's bestsellers list.
With publishing deals in sixteen different countries, Kathryn's next book will be published in March 2025.
After twelve years living in London, she now lives in Guildford, Surrey, the place she grew up, with her husband and two children.

Billie Piper
Aviva Jay

About the Performer

Billie is currently shooting a regular role in the highly anticipated second series of Wednesday for Netflix. She can currently be seen in Netflix’s new show, KAOS, with Jeff Goldblum.
She can be seen starring in the critically acclaimed second series of her hit show - I Hate Suzie Too - on Sky and HBO Max, which she co-created and produced with Lucy Prebble, and playing the lead opposite Gillian Anderson in Netflix’s film Scoop.
Other credits include Lena Dunham’s film for Working Title, Catherine Called Birdy with Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey, Craig Roberts’ film Eternal Beauty opposite Sally Hawkins, David Hare’s Collateral for BBC2 with Carey Mulligan and the independent film Two for Joy in which she starred with Samantha Morton.
She also wrote, directed, produced and starred in her debut feature film Rare Beasts which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
She is the only actress to win all the UK Theatre Best Actress awards for her role in Yerma at the Young Vic in London and The Armory in New York.

About the Performer

Theatre includes: A Tupperware of Ashes (National Theatre); The Secret Garden (Regent’s Open Air Theatre); The Empress, Falkland Sound, The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale (RSC); Jinnistan (Òran Mór, Traverse); Favour (Bush Theatre); The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep); Billionaire Boy (NST Theatre/UK tour); The Secret Garden (York Theatre Royal); The Jungle Book (National Tour); Bottled Up (Lyric Hammersmith); Bring on the Bollywood (National Tour); We’re Stuck (Shoreditch Town Hall/National Tour); Rapunzel, Warde Street (Park Theatre); Pioneer (Sheffield Crucible/Tour); Unsung (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Merry Wives of Windsor (national tour); Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World (Southwark Playhouse); Spare (New Diorama Theatre).
Television includes: Casualty; Doctors; The Good Ship Murder; Emmerdale; Silent Witness; Coronation Street; L8R.
Film includes: By Any Other Name; The Rezort, London, Paris, New York; Twenty8K.
Other: Avita also narrates audiobooks for Audible and works for the charity InterAct Stroke Support

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Good narration keeps the storyline engaging. Plot is paced well to conclusion. I enjoyed this one.

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Excellent work

All good excellent listen will keep you glued to the story . Started to listen to it again.

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Loved everything about this!

Brilliant performance. Excellent story. Tragic plot twist. I didn't see it coming until the end.

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Great Narration of course

I liked this story. I really liked the story being read by Billy Piper, she's such a great actor. The story although quite short by Audible standards was good and very apt as Christmas is just round the corner

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Would you want to join this 🎉

Enjoyed the story,. Suspense enjoyed Billie Piper’s narration. They could be a sequel to show them moving on from the events just saying!

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Not very good, although Billie Piper is brilliant

Billie Piper is a brilliant narrator and performs this wonderfully. The story isn’t great though. You don’t care about any of the characters. Bad grammar in places.

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Bit meh, confusing narration

Apparently there are 2 narrators, but I struggled to tell the difference at a "glance", and often got lost whether it was current or past timeline.

Poor character voices from Billie? or whoever covered the current timeline. The male characters just sounded like whiny girls when they were meant to be in deep distress.

I felt there could have been better character development as well.

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Well written, good story, horrid ending!

It was an easy listen, and a story that kept you guessing. The narrators were good.

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Great story telling

Liked it as a whole dunnit, wasn’t obvious at all. Think the ending was slightly abrupt but doesn’t take away from the story at all that’s more just my personal preference for a bit more.

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Great story and the voices perfectly matched

Couldn't leave it for a minute. The jumps from past to now are well placed withing the story and keep you gripped to the story

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