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Conviction
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Conviction by Denise Mina, read by Cathleen McCarron.
'A twisting, darkly comic, thrill-a-minute ride across Europe. If you loved Killing Eve, you'll devour Conviction' Erin Kelly
'Denise Mina brilliantly manages to be funny, heart-wrenching, gut-punching and addictive all at once: a fabulous, captivating novel' Nicci French
From 'the woman who may be Britain’s finest living crime novelist' (Daily Telegraph), Conviction stars a strong female protagonist who is obsessed by true crime podcasts and decides, one day, to investigate one of the unsolved crimes herself.
It’s just a normal morning for Anna McDonald. Gym kits, packed lunches, getting everyone up and ready. Until she opens the front door to her best friend, Estelle. Anna turns to see her own husband at the top of the stairs, suitcase in hand. They’re leaving together and they’re taking Anna’s two daughters with them.
Left alone in the big, dark house, Anna can’t think, she can’t take it in. With her safe, predictable world shattered, she distracts herself with a story: a true-crime podcast. There’s a sunken yacht in the Mediterranean, multiple murders and a hint of power and corruption. Then Anna realises she knew one of the victims in another life. She is convinced she knows what happened. Her past, so carefully hidden until now, will no longer stay silent.
This is a murder she can’t ignore, and she throws herself into investigating the case. But little does she know, her past and present lives are about to collide, sending everything she has worked so hard to achieve into freefall.
Conviction is the compelling and unique new thriller from multiple award-winner and author of THE LONG DROP, Denise Mina.
2019, Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize, Long-listed
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- Loz
- 05-03-23
Fantastic story, wonderful narration
I listened to Rizzio, and completely loved it, so thought I’d give this a try. What an absolute belter :) Clever idea, brilliantly written and fantastic narration. I’m off to listen to the next one now!
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- Elizabeth
- 03-04-20
devoured in one sitting
I listened to this book all through the night and just could not stop. I love Kathleen's narration and it just worked so well with this story which was brilliantly written. The story was fast paced and full of twists and turns - but not contrived like some authors who try too hard. Any book after this is going to be a let down.
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- Mary D.
- 19-10-24
Picaresque hokum
This is a rather ridiculous, crazily plot-packed romp of a novel with main characters and storyline the reader can't trust or take seriously from very early on. If you can suspend disbelief (which will be a stretch for those who like their characters to have integrity and consistency) and can hold back your irritation as the plot pieces thunk heavily into place, you'll enjoy the ride, The ending is wrapped up so quickly and tidily that it comes as something of a letdown. Whatever you do, don't start asking awkward questions: it's the kind of crime caper that will fall apart the moment you start to pull at the threads. An amusing but irritating read.
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- Bookaholic
- 19-01-20
One star down....
Only one downside - too many characters for an Audible book. The main characters were well written, but I found it difficult to retain the drip fed bits on secondary characters, especially when they turned out to be crucial for the book, and then their names and accents were changed deliberately! Very confusing! I had to go back on numerous occasions to re-listen to bits and unlike the pages of a book, or the ease of search on Kindle, it is a slog to go back on Audible. The background of Skibo, Inverness Airport etc well researched, and I have to assume ditto for Paris, Saint-Martin-de-Re and places throughout Europe. If Denise Mina did personal experience research on these then it must have been great fun and mostly very luxurious! Narration by Cathleen McCarron was excellent. Very interesting and enjoyable and would likely make a good action packed movie.
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- Ann Martindale
- 05-06-24
I liked the storyline in the end but it was hard to get into at the start.
this is my first book by this author and I really enjoy a good thriller, it was an interesting plot but hard to get into and I struggled in the first few chapters. However stick with it as it has a good ending .
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- Tina
- 27-05-24
A struggle to finish
Unpleasant, foul mouthed characters, and an unfeasible plot that I thought must get better, but didn't meant that I really struggled. I lost all interest by the end.
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- Fee
- 15-06-20
Okay
For the first few hours I felt as though I wanted to give up. Very unlikable characters, very odd story structure.
The characters later developed well although so much so that it felt like a completely different book. I don’t know that the second part was worth plodding through those first hours for.
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- JShow
- 16-07-21
Fun, Fun, Fun
This book deals with quite heavy subject matter in an interesting and light way. Great performance by Cathleen as I enjoyed the characterisation throughout the story. there is a story inside of the story that I was as equally interested in as the original. This was a sad story told in such a fantastical but matter-of-fact way.
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- Mr Chops
- 19-07-19
Nothing like Codename Villanelle
Bought this on the strength of the comparison to Codename Villanelle.
Where Codename Villanelle is smart, sexy, exotic, fast paced and tinged with luxury, Conviction is pedestrian and mumsie. A traditional first person gradual unravel of the whodunnit with the usual background family/relationship issues thrown in.
Codename Villanelle is a sophisticated, modern female Bond Conviction this is more Bridget Jones without the humour.
If you like The Hunting Party or Val McDermid (I don't) this could be for you. If you are looking for the latest Villanelle prepare to be dissatisfied.
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- TheOtherBogwort
- 10-07-19
Started off well...
Loved this to start with, but the second half became quite ridiculous. The twist at the end was random and not at all believable. Liked the main character, and the reading performance was excellent. I enjoyed it mostly, but felt a bit short changed. I have read The Long Drop by Denise Mina which was brilliant, but this, unfortunately, was not.
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