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And so It Begins

Stephanie King, Book 1

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And so It Begins

By: Rachel Abbott
Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
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WHO WILL BELIEVE YOUR STORY IF THE ONLY WITNESS IS DEAD?

Cleo knows she should be happy for her brother Mark. He's managed to find someone new after the sudden death of his first wife - but something about Evie just doesn't feel right...

When Evie starts having accidents at home, her friends grow concerned. Could Mark be causing her injuries? Called out to their cliff-top house one night, Sergeant Stephanie King finds two bodies entangled on blood-drenched sheets.

Where does murder begin? When the knife is raised to strike, or before, at the first thought of violence? As the accused stands trial, the jury is forced to consider - is there ever a proper defence for murder?

©2018 Black Dot Publishing Limited (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Detective Domestic Thrillers Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Murder Crime

Critic Reviews

"A properly addictive, leave-the-light-on thriller." (Red Magazine)

"Masterly and compelling. I couldn't put it down until its heart-stopping conclusion." (Robert Bryndza)

"Unbearably tense, with a killer twist." (Good Housekeeping)
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It twists and turns but all adds up and make sense in retrospect, then you're left with a twisted psycho.. Well narrated book by a very good author who has pulled together mind bending psychological thriller.

Twisted

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Keeps you guessing loved the twist at the end.
Definitely a fantastic read.
Totally recommend

Loved it!!

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This story focuses on three protagonists across years of a timeline. The story is confusing, the twist is obvious, the plot is unreasonable. I kept listening to this because of the great reviews hoping for it to get better and by the time the twist happened and the majority of the plot was revealed it was just not worth waiting for.

Slow, drawl, unconvincing

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It went on and on with very little substance but the twisted ending was good, shame about the rest of the book.

Drawn out but a good ending

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