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  • By: Jo Spain
  • Narrated by: Michele Moran
  • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (386 ratings)

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Dirty Little Secrets

By: Jo Spain
Narrated by: Michele Moran
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Publisher's Summary

From the best-selling author of The Perfect Lie.

In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people's lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege - the residents have it all. Life is good.

There's just one problem.

Olive Collins's dead body has been rotting inside number four for the last three months. Her neighbours say they're shocked at the discovery but nobody thought to check on her when she vanished from sight.

The police start to ask questions and the seemingly flawless facade begins to crack. Because, when it comes to Olive's neighbours, it seems each of them has something to hide, something to lose and everything to gain from her death.

A compelling psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, C. L. Taylor and Sarah Pearse.

©2019 Jo Spain (P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited

Critic Reviews

"Sensational...taut and claustrophobic, wickedly plotted and laced with the kind of dark humour that lifts Jo Spain to the top of my reading pile every single time." (Chris Whitaker)

"A slice of suspense." (Sunday Times)

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Another great book

So many secrets in one street. Jo Spain has a great imagination. I love her books.

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Fab Twisted Tale

Plenty of twists, irony and some nicely drawn characters. Great narration (love Irish accents.) Excellent.

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Couldn’t stop listening!

I really enjoy this style of writing, where you hear the perspective of different characters. It really keeps you guessing until the end, without any obvious foreshadowing. And who doesn’t love listening to a story in an Irish accent?!

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Loved it.

Another fabulous story from Jo Spain, beautifully read by the wonderful Michele Moran. Jo Spain's wit and sense of humour woven together to create a drama of intrigue between families living within a small gated community. As always, Jo made the characters come alive and this is why I think the narration of a book is so very important. It can make or break a story for me. There are a lot of characters in this story and that is sometimes off putting for me because I have trouble keeping them all sorted. In this story though, Jo sights the house number at the beginning of each paragraph and I found this really helpful. I highly recommend this book.

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Secrets, relationships and kindness or lack of it

This had me guessing until the end. Well written character driven plot. Was it a murder or not.

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That ending!

Kept me guessing right to the end! Didn’t see it coming. At first found I was struggling to follow all the different stories but they came together just nicely towards the end.

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Good Narration

An easy listen with a good mix of English community and whodunnit. I felt that I had been dropped into a nasty version of midsummer murders.

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Spoiler Alert

I would never have guessed who did it. Got to know all the characters lots of detail & a great story line. Couple of life lessons in there we could all do with knowing.

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Captivating

I was worried that there would be too many characters to follow and at times it was like that but it all came together in the end. Very well read and I really loved this book.

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Thoroughly enjoyable

Lots of twists & turns in intriguing plot; interesting setting; melodic narration simultaneously clear distinction between characters; valuable treatment of the scourge of domestic violence.

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