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All the Wicked Games

A tense and addictive thriller about betrayal and revenge

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All the Wicked Games

By: Lauren North
Narrated by: Sally Oliver
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If your best friend was in danger, you'd try to save her...wouldn't you?

Are you ready to play?

Best friends Cleo and Rachel spend their evenings pretending to be people they're not, inventing elaborate stories to escape the monotony of their real lives. It's all harmless fun - until they play the game on the wrong person...

It's your move now.

Five years later, Cleo is still struggling to come to terms with the night that destroyed her friendship with Rachel and almost cost them their lives. And then she receives a text: Rachel is missing. Have you seen her?

There's only one person to blame.

Wracked with guilt for failing Rachel the last time they were in danger, Cleo races to find her friend. But could the past be repeating itself? Only this time, they're caught up in a far darker game.

The rules don't matter when the goal is revenge.


'A wonderfully dark, addictive, intriguing and twisty read' Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend

'Lauren North really knows how to reel you in' Lesley Kara, bestselling author of The Rumour

'A deliciously gripping thriller; the twists blew my mind!' Emma Curtis, author of Invite Me In


© Lauren North 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Critic Reviews

Edge-of-your-seat suspense... Utterly gripping
Dark and addictive, twisty and twisted...phenomenal!
A stomach-lurching dive into friendship, longing and betrayal, with pitch-perfect pacing, cracking suspense and twists that keep on twisting!
As twisty as hell with a plot that accelerates at 120mph. Highlighting the danger of not knowing who you are really talking to behind a screen on social media . . . simply brilliant!
Dark, gritty...A really great thriller and really original concept.
Intriguing and creepy in all the right ways with great characters. Loved it!
As dark and twisty as a country road after midnight.
This action-packed thriller offers a chilling glimpse into the dark world of internet chat rooms. Tense, twisty and terrifying!
All The Wicked Games is a masterclass in suspense - the twisting plot and shocking reveals had me on the edge of my seat from the first page to the last.
Twisty, dark and dripping with gut-lurching suspense, All The Wicked Games will grab your attention and refuse to let go until the very last page.
All stars
Most relevant
Although I found this story compelling until the end, the characters , best friends, Cleo and Rachel ( Roxy) were not very likeable.

Told from both characters POV’s and five year apart timelines,

In my eyes Cleo gets a slight pass as, at least, she is aware she has been a shitty friend in the past.

Particularly in regard to one incident involving both girls in their past.

Rachel however, comes across as having a victim complex.
Completely immature, clueless about social cue’s, and self absorbed.

I found her POV’s an actions throughout this story the most frustrating!!!

The ending, while providing heck of a twist, felt like yo Gould have gone one, of two ways.
And the way it ended frustrated me.
I needed a redemption

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