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Either Side of Midnight

Jack Quick, Book 2

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Either Side of Midnight

By: Benjamin Stevenson
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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"Either Side of Midnight is a gripping, gritty thriller with an ingeniously shocking premise and twists and turns you’ll never see coming!" (Liane Moriarty)

One million witnesses. One impossible murder.

An electrifying thriller with a mind-bending premise: one million viewers witness a popular TV presenter commit suicide live on air - yet his twin brother is convinced it was murder.

How can it be murder when the victim pulled the trigger?

At 9.01 p.m., TV presenter Sam Midford delivers the monologue for his popular current affairs show Mr Midnight. He seems nervous, and the crew is convinced he’s about to propose to his girlfriend live on air. Instead, he pulls out a gun and shoots himself in the head.

Sam’s grief-stricken brother, Harry, is convinced his brother was murdered. But how can that be, when one million viewers witnessed Sam pull the trigger? Only Jack Quick, a disgraced television producer in the last days of a prison sentence, is desperate enough to take Harry’s money to investigate.

But as Jack starts digging, he finds a mystery more complex than he first assumed. And if he’s not careful, he'll find out firsthand that there’s more than one way to kill someone....

Either Side of Midnight is a stand-alone novel featuring Jack Quick.

©2020 Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd (P)2020 Audible Australia Pty Ltd. Crime Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Murder Exciting
About the Creator - Benjamin Stevenson

About the Creator

Benjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and author. His first novel, Greenlight, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction, and his second novel, Either Side of Midnight, was shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Original Paperback.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, his bestselling third novel, has sold in 26 territories around the world and is soon to be adapted by HBO. It was named one of the best crime novels of 2022 by The Sunday Times, and shortlisted for the Dymocks Book of the Year 2022, ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2023 and BookPeople's Fiction Book of the Year 2023. His next novel, Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect, will be released in October 2023.
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First off I'll say that this was a great book with excellent pacing and character development.

On the downside, I feel like a big red flag needs to be put up about suicidal trigger warnings. I knew that this book was going to involve a discussion around suicide from the outset but it is very present throughout the story and is integral to the plot. There are very vivid descriptions of what occurs which fits with the overall tone of the story but caught me off guard and were difficult to deal with.

There is a trigger warning and some resources at the end of the book but I really wish that this was also put at the start of the book.

Gripping but trigger warning

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After reading this I wonder if the author has been in need of a mental health review?

Extradionary Story

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Second book and I loved it. Listened to it over 2 days
Got me gripped to the end

Top story and narration

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Bloody brilliant, character development was phenomenal, descriptive yet spare, gritty, compelling,narration spot on- my new favourite books. Can't believe I haven't come across these earlier. Hope he's working on something new as we speak!

Aussies write the best crime!

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Fast paced storyline full of twists and turns.
The narration was easy to listen to.
The finale was a bit odd though

Great wee whodunit

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A lot of good reviews but for me this book was pretty depressing. There are few promising narratives but ultimately it’s a sorry tale with no likeable characters.

3 stars just about

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Loved this. Narrator was fantastic. Highly recommended. I found it compelling, suspenseful and characters were great. Again, narrator totally did the story proud.

Riveting

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Great read and the narrator was terrific, listened in record time and it left me wanting more but surprisingly satisfied

What a great book!

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I liked everything about this book. The storyline was crisp, Compelling, twisting and clever.
The characters were excellent ...made all the better by the brilliant narration.
Well acted. Well written. Well worth a listen.

Couldn’t stop listening

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There is quite a good understanding of the disabled mind and what it is like to be a carer of a disabled loved one alongside this murder mystery. It helped to read the first book to understand the main character.

A thought provoking mystery

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