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The Marsh King's Daughter
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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Publisher's Summary
The perfect listen for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, The Marsh King's Daughter is an unforgettable and emotionally charged story of gripping suspense.
You'd recognise my mother's name if I told it to you. You'd wonder, briefly, where is she now? And didn't she have a daughter while she was missing? And whatever happened to the little girl?
Helena's home is now like anyone else's, with a husband and two daughters and a job she enjoys. But no one knows the truth about her childhood.
Brought up in a cabin in the wilderness until she was 12, Helena's father kept her and her mother isolated and unable to leave their marshland home, until the fateful day Helena escaped and her father faced justice.
Now, years later and with news that he has escaped from prison, Helena instinctively knows that her father is coming for her and if she is to keep her family safe, she must once again return to the marsh, to confront him in the wilderness and become the Marsh King's daughter once again.
Critic Reviews
"It's sensational." (Clare Mackintosh)
"A constantly surprising novel which never takes the obvious route, it is emotionally and intellectually thrilling as well as tremendously exciting." (Sunday Express)
"Sensationally good psychological suspense - I loved this book." (Lee Child)
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-11-2020
Grim
Details of hunting/ animal killing may be a trigger. A dark and gripping story.
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- Ms K Della Maddlalena
- 01-02-2020
Great storyline
Engaging and enjoyable storyline. Worth the $ and time to “read”. Superbly interesting and well researched.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-03-2019
loved it. vivid imagery. nuanced characters.
absolutely loved the book. harrowing. vivid. stomach churning at points. would definitely recommend reading this. the characters were fully developed, interesting and unique.
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- Beverly
- 02-02-2018
Great Story
It was a great story and narrated beautifully. Kept you guessing right to the end.
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- Teresa
- 15-11-2017
interesting story and great narrator
I enjoyed this book but must admit to leaping over the fairytale Hans Christian Andersen story of the marsh kings daughter. I'm a grown up. at the beginning of each chapter was a mini chapter of nonsense. The main body of the story was fascinating and I wondered if children raised in an environment like that would share Helena's view of the world and love their Father inspite of his often unbelievable cruelty.
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- Melanie McClure
- 29-07-2017
The story stayed with me.
This book left me thinking about the characters when I wasn't listening. I was absorbed in the story. One of the best I've listened to. Well researched, beautifully written, engaging on every level.
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- Emma
- 21-07-2017
A slow burner
I hated this book initially and almost gave up on it. I'm glad I stuck with it. This book sucks you in completely. The main character's complicated relationship with her parents was the highlight for me. This is definitely worth persevering with.
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- Simon
- 15-06-2017
Cunning Darkness!
I have to confess there is normally little more that will make me roll my eyes than a blurb that says something like "The suspense thriller of the year". I mean, just how many can there be in a single year? Luckily I read on and decided to overlook Hachette Audio's heinous crime because in publishing The Marsh King's Daughter they have done enough to earn a break. Karen Dionne's story centres around Helena who had the most incredible upbringing. Her mother was abducted as a young girl and forced to live in a remote cabin, deep in Michigan marshland. Her father, the kidnapper is a deeply twisted character who dominates her life.
Dionne's story is a clever triple line intertwined consisting of the original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale which is the inspiration for the story, the current day Helena desperate to protect her family and stories from the younger girl's upbringing in that remote wilderness. The transitions between the two main timelines are smoothly done and both stories feel exciting. There is an interesting take on nature vs nurture as Helena battles to reconcile her love for her father, her growing understanding of her mother's life and her imperative to protect her own family. Can she overcome the loyalties and conditioning of that tough childhood enough to do what she has to?
Helena herself is an excellent female lead albeit forged from rather unique circumstances. The narration by Emily Rankin is very good at building the atmosphere and the storyline. She doesn't have the greatest range of voices but this isn't tested by the small cast of important characters in this one. I did hanker slightly after a less generic voice for Helena's father given his heritage but maybe there I am splitting hairs a little.
In all this is an excellent read as the stories progress and we get to know Helena. As with most thrillers of this type there may be a minor amount of chuffing involved as a cliffhanger is left dangling while we drift back to the past but the transitions are generally well done. I would definitely recommend this one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-07-2017
Unique and brilliantly written
I tend to stick to certain genres of book but, this time, wanted to try something totally different and boy did I manage to find one.
I can't say just how much I enjoyed this book because I would rave on for hours, suffice to say if your reading this review you must read the book - you will not regret it!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-08-2019
Fascinating!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I feel like I have an insight into many things now. And the nature aspect was very interesting.
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- Prisqua
- 14-05-2018
What a beautiful story.
I was kinda expecting the end, but was not expecting how it would get there. Difficult to put down the book. Loved it. I want to read more about how the story came to life.
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- Yvonne
- 04-09-2017
Gripping
This is an odd book, it's not obvious what is going on early on, but if you stick with it I found it utterly gripping, weaving folk myth with horror, from the perspective of the innocent. This is a very clever piece of writing which I hope is fiction.
Gritty and brutal in parts, it is a fascinating puzzle, great value for money.
Oh and by the way there is no fairy godmother for all the aspects of mythology; just human humans.
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- cathryn
- 21-09-2020
Didn't do it for me!
Didn't enjoy this book...found it boring...only chose it after it was recommended as one to read if you enjoyed "where the crawdads sing" which was one of the best books I ever read.
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- Tracy Fleur
- 27-08-2018
Slow
I'd probably say it was good by the end but I found it slow going. Gave up half way through.
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- Sailaway
- 25-07-2017
Not for me
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
Those who prefer recent stories from the 21st century
What was most disappointing about Karen Dionne’s story?
Didn't engage me after some period pf time. Soon realised not for me
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Emily Rankin?
Was disappointed with the book and found that I was not enjoying any of the book
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