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By: Graham Norton
Narrated by: Graham Norton
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 Duneen is a quiet place, far enough from the big towns to have kept its own rhythms. Its residents include castdown policeman PJ who lives a lonely, uneventful life punctuated only by the next meal - until now; the beautiful and mysterious family of three spinster sisters each with their own secrets and sorrows; and of course, the town's gossip who think she knows the answers. When a grim discovery is made on a building site up by the old school, it becomes the catalyst for long buried secrets and rivalries to come to light and this silent, once innocent and repressed-seeming town is revealed to have a much darker, hungrier undertow.©2016 Graham Norton Cosy Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Village Fiction Exciting Feel-Good Funny Witty Suspense

Critic Reviews

Poised and perceptive (Louis Wise)
Deeply accomplished, with brilliantly observed, entertaining characters and an atmospheric setting
Heartwarming and observant
Strenuously charming...surprisingly tender (Clare Allfree)
One of the more authentic debuts I've read in recent years... A fine novel. (John Boyne)
An undercurrent of black comedy accompanies the ripples that ensue - but with a pathos that makes this deftly plotted story as moving as it is compelling.
charming...thoughtfully done...highly enjoyable.
Full of emotion and tense moments. You will be gripped from the first page.
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Thank you GN you’re full of surprises! I especially like your tone of voice, you had me giggling throughout! 😂

Get ready to laugh

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I expected a comedy but was more delighted with the well developed and lovely characters and the very real feelings described. A superior novel.

Touching very human drama that makes you smile

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Loved it. Ended too soon for me. i want to hear more of PJ.

Thanks Graham!

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Quirky story. GN great soh sprinkled through out.
I loved his narration and he captured a small Irish village so well. I look forward to the second book and more.
Just one thing not long enough.

very enjoyable

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i loved it just like a good bed time atory graham is so enjoyable to listen to, a great out come

a grest read

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