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A Simple Favour

By: Darcey Bell
Narrated by: Andi Arndt,Xe Sands,Matthew Waterson
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Publisher's Summary

A Simple Favour is a twisting free-fall ride filled with betrayal, reversal, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty. Darcey Bell ratchets up the tension in a taut, unsettling and completely absorbing thriller that holds you in its grip until the final minute.

It starts with a simple favour - an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another.

When her best friend, Emily, asks Stephanie to pick up her son from school, she happily says yes.

Their children are classmates and best friends. And five-year-olds love being together - just like she and Emily. As a widow and stay-at-home blogger mum living in suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a glamorous and successful PR executive.

The trouble is that Emily doesn't come back. No matter what the police say, Stephanie knows that she would never leave her son. Terrified, she reaches out to her fellow mummy bloggers.

And she also reaches out to Emily's husband - just to offer her support.

What Stephanie hasn't shared are the secrets buried in a murky past.

©2017 HarperCollins Publishers US (P)2017 Macmillan Audio

Critic Reviews

"A psychological thriller that is as hip and relevant as it is gripping.... I couldn't stop reading about these two truly terrifying moms!" (Plum Sykes, author of Bergdorf Blondes)

"Riveting and brilliantly structured, A Simple Favor is an edge-of-your seat domestic thriller about a missing wife and mother that relies on a rotating cast of unreliable narrators to ingeniously examine the cost of competitive mom-friends, the toll of ordinary marital discontent and the fallacy of the picture-perfect, suburban family." (Kimberly McCreight, author of international bestseller Reconstructing Amelia)

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What? what was that?

Not a fan. Always waiting for the twist and it never came. There was nothing special about this book at all. Just awful.

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2.5 stars - I forced myself to finish this

I’d seen the film first, and I’m not sure if that made this less enjoyable - but I’ve LOVED plenty of novels where I’d watched the movie first. The characters are borderline likeable, the lack of closure in the final chapter is bothering, and although it’s an interesting storyline, most of the story is very uninteresting.

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Interesting storyline

I often read stories in Narrator style (third person) but this was told in first person from three people’s perspectives. I was sad for Stephanie and hoped that we’d get closure for the characters but we didn’t. Lots of twists to keep you listening.

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Fantastic

Fantastic book! Excellent story telling with wonderful narration which bought the story to life for me. So much better than the movie. Thanks!!

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slow start

A very slow start, great plot twist but takes a long time to get interesting.

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Interesting story with characters you love to hate.

I don’t understand why there are so many bad reviews... the narrators were excellent, they seemed to fit the characters perfectly.

The story was good and the characters were interesting, although mostly unlikeable. Sean is such a weenie but his voice matches that.

I liked how the story is told from three different points of view.

The plot of the book is quite different to the movie version, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing, they’re each good in their own way.

If you enjoyed Gone Girl you should try this.

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Needed a little more ooomph

I enjoyed the book due to the performances of the readers. The storyline did also hold my interest but I did find it a little lacking in the second half.

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disappointed

awful narration that speeds up and slows down dramatically from character to character making it an annoying listen. the bones of a great story.

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Fantastic narration and story

I really enjoyed the story, and one of the best narrations I have heard.
The ending begs for a part two.

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Bad things happen to bad people

The two ladies performed wonderfully but I f ound the male actor's voice annoying. The characters are terrible people going terrible things and for the most part I enjoyed the book.

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