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The List of Suspicious Things
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Mark Noble, Asif Khan, Gemma Whelan, Simon Harvey
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
A BEST DEBUT OF 2024 BY BB
The instant Sunday Times bestseller
Yorkshire, 1979
Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South.
Because of the murders.
Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn't an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv's mum stopped talking.
Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?
So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a list: a list of all the suspicious people and things down their street. People they know. People they don't.
But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighbourhood, within their families - and between each other - than they ever thought possible.
What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?
THE PERFECT DEBUT NOVEL TO DISCUSS IN BOOK CLUBS
'To read it is to feel that little bit better about life'
ELIZABETH DAY
'A beautiful mystery with heart'
ROB RINDER
'This is a heart-warming book'
EMMA HEALEY
'A gorgeous, page-turning book'
I PAPER
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- mair rees
- 26-02-24
Engaging but some glitches
Engaging narrative and storytelling, but some things jarred for me. I understand that the story uses a child's perspective, but I felt that the writing was too simplistic at times. There was also too much crow-barring in of things related to the era, especially songs and a repetition of some similes/imagery. I would have preferred a bit less (barely credible) drama and a bit more sophistication in the writing. However, clearly a talented writer with a lot of potential. The audio track was annoying as parts of some sentences were repeated (a glitch I take it) - this happened several times throughout the novel.
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- Mr M.
- 16-05-24
Evocative, amusing, horrifying and emotional
Not my usual read but I have been so moved by this book! Beautiful, sad, funny, ugly … loved every word. Haven’t cried reading a book since Watership Down….
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- S.W.
- 08-03-24
Excellent narration, warmly written,
Very touching and kept me listening all day and night ! The characters are so real, and it took me back to a time when I too was exactly the same age as the main character and it took me back
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- Andrew
- 12-03-24
Characters that you connect with and transform you into childhood memories.
This book spoke to me of so many of my own childhood experiences and feelings. It was also a reminder of all the women that lost their lives so horrifically to the Yorkshire ripper and the fear that time provoked.
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- Jill
- 20-03-24
Great story full of nostalgia…
Took me back to my childhood in Yorkshire, great story, fabulous narrators really enjoyed this book. Having just cleared my elderly parents house who were from Leeds, I found an old Daily Mirror, front cover…the ripper has been caught and a big picture of Peter Sutcliffe, it stuck in my mind so finding this book was especially interesting.
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- A Newton
- 20-03-24
Coming of age snapshot of recent history
Great story and readers. Felt gripped bringing back memories of being very small in that era. Some fantastically descriptive sentences that capture a feeling or setting/season. Really enjoyed it and found it quite compulsive.
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- york
- 10-03-24
Beautiful and poignant
An insightful child’s view of a different time, set during terrifying time. Describing so clearly the resilience of love and goodness. Loved it.
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- The peachy one
- 07-03-24
Enthralling
I feel like someone captured so much of my awkward childhood feelings and emotions then wrote about them. An absolutely superb book very sensitively covering dreadful events.
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- Anna
- 09-03-24
Best audio book I have ever listened to
Beautifully written and performed. Purposefully understated resulting in much more impact. While many may be familiar with the background of the Yorkshire Ripper, this is about community : people, family, loss, grief, recovery and how the world was changing at the time. Much of the story being told through the eyes of a child as she grows up but this is countered by the other voices throughout. I loved this book and this audio version did the author proud. Would definitely recommend.
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- TrudyW
- 16-03-24
Loved it
It bought so many memories for me. I was born in Yorkshire and am of an age that I remember lots of things. The story was narrated beautifully and was spoken like the main character I imagined.
A great story of family, friendship, racism, bullying and so much more. It bought back the memory of having a Wagon Wheel and a Beano and Dandy comic as a treat on a Friday night when my parents got their wages. I look forward to the next book by Jennie Godfrey,
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