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The Rival

By: Charlotte Duckworth
Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow, Alex Tregear
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'A chilling and compelling debut'
Lucy Dawson, author of The Daughter

'Absolutely terrific, a beautifully written debut from an exciting new voice in psychological fiction' Cass Green, author of The Woman Next Door

'A gripping psychological suspense that delves deep into the complex relationship of two women' Elisabeth Carpenter, author of 99 Red Balloons

NOW
Living in her home in the remote countryside - the perfect place to get away from it all - Helena is a career woman with no job and a mother without a baby. She blames Ashley for destroying her life. But is what happened really Ashley's fault?

THEN
When Helena hires Ashley to work for her, she's startled but impressed by her fierce ambition. They form a dream team and Helena is proud - maybe this is the protégée she's always wanted to have? But soon Helena realizes that nothing will stand in the way of Ashley's drive to get to the top. And when Helena becomes pregnant, everything she has worked so hard for is suddenly threatened, with devastating consequences...

The Rival is an addictive psychological suspense about ambition, female rivalry, and how far you'd go to get what you want.

©2018 Charlotte Duckworth (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited Detective Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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Critic reviews

"A gripping psychological suspense that delves deep into the complex relationship of two women." (Elisabeth Carpenter, author of 99 Red Balloons)

"A chilling and compelling debut." (Lucy Dawson, author of The Daughter)

"Absolutely terrific, a beautiful debut from an exciting new voice in psychological fiction." (Cass Green, author of The Woman Next Door)
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Loved the plot, I like the pace of the story, keeps you wondering what will be revealed. Unexpected ending, unpredictable and kept me coming back to finish chapters as I couldn’t wait to find out what was going on! Well written and narrated !

Another great one

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Would recommend this as a psychological book to read, but wasn't blown away. The story line, I found, was quite repetitive and obvious at times, and the characters started to annoy me in their frantic tones (appreciating this is part of the point, but not so as you want to mute the book as it's gone on too long!).

Psychological suspense...which went on a bit!

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Loved it. Very well written and performed. Great twists that kept my interest throughout. Recommended.

Great listen

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Ashley and Helena are two interesting characters with two very distinctive, strong voices. However, they didn't need each other. Would've given it more stars had the book had been solely about one or the other.

Found the title and summary misleading in a disappointing way. I would've enjoyed it more if it had been sold to me more accurately. In my opinion, there's lots of potential, yet, not developed successfully.


Would I recommend it? Not really, but would give the author another chance with another book.

Not what I expected

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Tried something new, so glad I did. Brilliant book with unpredictable twists and turns. Well worth a read

Loved this

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Highly recommend this one which is easily up there in my favourites so far - storyline spot on narration just flowed along -loved it

Fantastic

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This book was awful It dragged on and on
I didn't like the characters I found the story boring and overly descriptive
Parts of the story were pointless
I wouldn't give it any stars if I didn't have to

One of the worst books I have listened too

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Gave myself 30 minutes, couldn’t bear the narration, had I persevered they may have grown on me,as often happens, but today? Couldn’t take another minute. So I don’t know about the story, that may be great.

A rare return

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