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Haven't They Grown

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Haven't They Grown

By: Sophie Hannah
Narrated by: Laura Kirman
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Summary

 The new standalone from 'one of the great unmissables of the genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully gothic imagination' [The Times] - with a disturbingly impossible situation.

All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home.

Just because she knows that her former best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that, and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora Braid for twelve years.

But she can't resist. She parks outside Flora's house and watches from across the road as Flora and her children, Thomas and Emily, step out of the car. Except...

There's something terribly wrong.

Flora looks the same, only older - just as Beth would have expected. It's the children that are the problem. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily Braid were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They are still five and three. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt - Beth hears Flora call them by their names - but they haven't changed at all.
They are no taller, no older.

Why haven't they grown?

(p)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2020 Loose Ship Ltd Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime
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Critic Reviews

Praise for HAVEN'T THEY GROWN
From the impossible premise to its chilling conclusion, Haven't They Grown is a masterpiece in plotting. Hannah's writing is darkly funny and brilliantly observed - I adore her books.
SO clever, so gripping: Hannah asks her readers an impossible question and answers it with style. I tore through Haven't They Grown. Brilliant characters and a corker of an ending. Bravo!
Ingenious... delivers twists and turns at every corner
The twists and turns in this weird psychological thriller are entertaining and a bit creepy at times. You'll finish this book wondering what the hell just happened!...an entertaining read that I would highly recommend
Hannah is in a league of her own... this twist-packed, always surprising thriller will keep you gripped to the satisfying conclusion
Hannah is one of our most courageous crime writers, a literary high-wire artist who sets herself the toughest of challenges in inventing inexplicable mysteries that she must create plausible solutions for... she pulls it off beautifully
Hannah has always excelled at the knotty, impossible twist and Haven't They Grown is as complex and sinister as ever
If you like your mysteries extremely twisty, this could be for you
With it's jaw-dropping hook, twisting plot and ingenious conclusion, Haven't They Grown, is a galloping read that will have you rattling through the pages, desperate to solve the mysterious puzzle at its heart
Engaging and dynamic...an interesting story that leads to a dramatic face off
Hannah is becoming something of a national treasure... rich and nuanced
fiendishly clever
Prepare for sleep deprivation!
Sophie Hannah, who can twist a conventional plot until it screams for mercy, puts an existential spin on the domestic-suspense novel
All stars
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Interesting story. My friend had read the book and loved it. The narration of the female parts was fantastic but it needed a male voice for the male parts. It spoilt it for me and I wished I had read it instead of listening to it. It is worth a read.

Great story

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I’m not sure what I think about this book. In some areas it’s great I enjoy the characters. The story is rather convoluted. At times I really enjoyed it, but really it’s very dense very silly to in some ways. Not sure I will read any more of her books.

Sophie Hannah interesting writer

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Couldn’t stop listening, really kept me listening and wondering what was really happening. Good book

Really enjoyed

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Interesting and unique storyline. I would categorize it as a mystery, not a thriller. I felt some of the chapters where deliberations between the characters took place, were a bit long and drawn out. It isn't nail-biting exciting, but it is an interesting mystery.

Interesting mystery

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