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The Family Holiday

By: Shalini Boland
Narrated by: Katie Villa
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Two families. One house swap. A vacation to die for.

The white-washed Italian villa is perfect. I thought it might feel odd, living in a stranger’s house for the summer, but as my husband and children swim in the infinity pool, I start to relax. And then, in the back of a wardrobe, I find something that shatters everything....

Sparkling green eyes, square jaw, lopsided smile. A young man with his arm around a beautiful woman. The picture is old and faded, but I’d recognize him anywhere. The man is my husband.

But we’ve never met the family we’ve swapped homes with, and my husband swears it isn’t him in the photo. He’s lying. We argue on the balcony with the sun setting behind us, and I storm out.

When I finally calm down enough to go back to the villa to confront him, I find his dead body sprawled across the veranda.

Who killed my husband? Was our marriage a lie? And are my children now in terrible danger?

©2022 Shalini Boland (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd. Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Exciting Holiday Mystery

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listened to too many lucy price lewis youngest child always sounds precocious this book was a little predictable

good twists

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it was a good listen,shame it concluded quickly at the end. but the epilogue wasn't what I expected

was gripped

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your worst nightmare, as a wife!
story teller also told the story well I couldn't put it down!

brilliant!

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I first listened to this a couple of years ago and had forgotten the exact story. Still enjoyed it 2nd time round.

Great listen to the end

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This was by far my favourite one of her books! Although, I wish I could know more about the epilogue..... a second book maybe?????

Loved it! My 8th Shalini book and the best!

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Two families decide what they need is a house swap. Within each family one family member is hiding an explosive secret. One family live in the U.K. while the other family live in Italy.

The story is told predominantly by two points of view Beth and Amber.

Beth the put upon wife and mother of two children who gave up her career as a chef in order to look after her boys, she is so used to placating her husband that she loses herself as well as her self confidence. I found myself shouting at her.

Her Husband Niall is a successful writer and has controlling issues and his moods tend to affect the household and the fact after so many years of not wanting to take the family on holiday he says they will be doing a house swap. Beth is uncomfortable about it at first but when she sees the location and beautiful house with a pool she is sold on the idea.

In Italy Amber mainly wears the trousers in her relationship with her husband Renzo. She is also cold and calculating with a ulterior motive. Her husband adores her and they have two children.

As each family get on their flights and arrive in their respective countries, things start to get dark and sinister. Beth soon discovers a huge secret that will affect her marriage, whilst Amber is busy scheming until things take a devastating and drastic turn, when the secrets start unraveling one person pays a heavy irreversible price, whilst the other blows up their life.

*Be Careful What You Wish For*

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really enjoyed this book? the ending was good and just when you think you know what happened...a twist

a really good read

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Loved this although thought the ending could have been slight better. Characters were great too

Great listen

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Very good only it’s like the author ran out of patience rounding its conclusion and rushed it.

Very good

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The story is gripping and well told. The reading is outstanding: fluent, no mispronunciations, and no overacting, silly accents or unconvincing rendering of male voices by female narrator.

Good story, beautifully read

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