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The Housekeepers

By: Alex Hay
Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
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Summary

The most audacious launch of 2023, a historical heist blockbuster .

UPSTAIRS, MADAM IS PLANNING THE PARTY OF THE SEASON.

DOWNSTAIRS, THE SERVANTS ARE PLOTTING THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY.

When Mrs King, housekeeper to the most illustrious home in Mayfair, is suddenly dismissed after years of loyal service, she knows just who to recruit to help her take revenge.

A black-market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate for a magnificent part. A seamstress dreaming of a better life. And Mrs King's predecessor, who has been keeping the dark secrets of Park Lane far too long.

Mrs King has an audacious plan in mind, one that will reunite her women in the depths of the house on the night of a magnificent ball - and play out right under the noses of her former employers...

THEY COME FROM NOTHING. BUT THEY'LL LEAVE WITH EVERYTHING.

Dazzling, stylish and wildly entertaining, The Housekeepers lets loose an outlandish alliance of women you'll never forget...

©2023 Alex Hay (P)2023 Headline Publishing Group Limited

Critic reviews

"Imagine Ocean's 8 had an illegitimate baby with Fingersmith - a big fat diamond of a book." (Erin Kelly)

"A glamorous historical heist...kept me hooked 'til the last page." (Jennifer Saint)

"Flawless, lawless fun." (Kiran Millwood Hargrave, bestselling author of The Mercies)

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beautifully written and wonderfully read

fantastic novel, I highly recommend it, I am keen to read the authors other work.

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Wonderful old fashioned story

Wonderful storytelling, beautifully read. Debbie Ocean (and gang) meets Upstairs Downstairs. Look forward to the film!

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A great story

Kept me engrossed, loved the story and the performance was very good . Definitely worth a listen to, it will draw you in to the world of Mrs King.
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Wow

Wow. Just wow.

I utterly adored this book! I wanted to race through it and savour it slowly in equal measure. It gave me that elusive feeling, the one that only comes around now and again, where you quite literally fall in love with the world and characters in the novel.

It was all so brilliantly brought to life by the narrator, I didn’t want it to end.

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Performance annoying

There’s no point in bitching about someone s voice because you can hear before you buy but when the reader pronounces Berkeley Square as if it were in California and knows so little about the period she is reading about that she pronounces 2d (tuppence) as two dee I feel aggrieved.

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The Housekeepers

A good story with lots of interesting characters and a good plot. Worth a read.

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This book was difficult to listen to. On many occasions it kept returning to the beginning, all the way through it restarted in the wrong place. The story was ok, but I felt I lost the threads all the way through due to the above comments.

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A bit more hype than is due

Enjoyed the story but wasn’t grabbed by it as much as I had hoped. Overall average

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Fantastic book

A really fabulous nook - thoroughly enjoyed it - very unusual - I would highly recommend it - Enjoy

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convoluted plot & unlikeable characters

I wanted to like this, as the reviews were positive, but I found it hard work. It is well written, with well formed characters, but none of the characters are particularly likeable! the heist itself strains all disbelief. I dropped it with 6 hours to go.

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