The Accident
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The Accident
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Narrated by:
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Jenny Funnell
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By:
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C.L. Taylor
About this listen
Fast-paced and suspenseful The Accident is perfect for fans of Before I Go to Sleep, Gone Girl and Sophie Hannah.
A gripping psychological thriller about the deadly secrets your children can keep …
Sue Jackson has the perfect family but when her teenage daughter Charlotte deliberately steps in front of a bus and ends up in a coma she is forced to face a very dark reality.
Retracing her daughter’s steps she finds a horrifying entry in Charlotte’s diary and is forced to head deep into Charlotte’s private world. In her hunt for evidence, Sue begins to mistrust everyone close to her daughter and she’s forced to look further, into the depths of her own past.
Sue will do anything to protect her daughter. But what if she is the reason that Charlotte is in danger?
©2015 C.L. Taylor (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
"An enjoyable rollercoaster of a suspense novel with multiple twists." (Daily Mail)
"This dark and creepy book is a must read." (The Sun)
"A thrilling crime debut." (Woman Magazine)
A disappointing read!
oyfriend
Just managed to stay with it to the end.
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Brilliant
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Where does The Accident rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Middle of the road in terms of enjoyment, maybe because I didn't appreciate how dark it would be in placesIt's dark and made me squirm
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Such a disappointment, having first read The Missing by this author. Without giving too much away, I understand that abused women find it hard to get away, or be understood by other people etc. etc. but Sue missed every single opportunity going! She then perpetuated the problem by not divulging key information to loved ones 20 years later. The story was well narrated. I am sorry that I would not recommend it although knowing how wonderful The Missing was, I will try a new book by this author.The main character was so annoyingly stupid!
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Would you try another book written by C.L. Taylor or narrated by Jenny Funnell?
no some parts were so slow and boring but I kept hoping for more but never got it. Other scenarios were so unbelievable that it was quite annoying and i felt it was over descriptive purely because the author felt it was necessary and it wasn't.Has The Accident put you off other books in this genre?
slightlyWhich scene did you most enjoy?
can't remember one that stood out i listened to this on a long car journey it whiled way the time but at the end i felt that i wished i had spent the time learning a language !Could you see The Accident being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
no seriously noAny additional comments?
i would not recommend this bookprecis reads well but unfortunately misses
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'Keeping this secret is killing me!' - so 15 year-old Charlotte wrote in her diary before she walked in front of a bus, an entry her desperate mother Sue found in the hidden diary whilst Charlotte lies in hospital in a coma. 'The Accident' is in the genre of Gone-Girl-fast-paced psychological thrillers which keep you listening. The trick with these stories is to keep you listening so that you gloss over the ridiculous implausibilities as you hurtle along the Big Dipper of a plot. 'The Accident' succeeds, even if the final scene in hospital is absurd and Sue's past relationship with dream-lover James who turns into your worst nightmare is incredible. But don't stop to think - just go with the twists and turns, the lies and counter-lies, the convolutions of Sue's detective work, the revealed secrets and hidden terrors - and enjoy the tension along the way. Jenny Funnell's narration helps to keep the listener grounded - she gets right inside Sue which increases our sympathy for her and our belief in her. The book has been criticised for the writer's careless writing skills including over-long ill-punctuated sentences and some readers have understandably lost patience with it for this reason. Listening to a professional narration is clearly better than reading!"Keeping this secret is killing me!"
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Thrilling to the very end!
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Amazing
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Too slow in moving the story forward
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Enthralling book
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