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No Place Like Home

By: Caroline Overington
Narrated by: Christopher Quyen
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Shortly after 9.30 in the morning, a young man walks into Surf City, Bondi’s newest shopping complex. He’s wearing a dark grey hoodie - and a bomb around his neck.

Just a few minutes later, he is locked in a shop on the upper floor. And trapped with him are four innocent bystanders.

For police chaplain Paul Doherty, called to the scene by Senior Sergeant Boehm, it’s a story that will end as tragically as it began. For this is clearly no ordinary siege. The boy, known as Ali Khan, seems as frightened as his hostages and has yet to utter a single word.

The seconds tick by for the five in the shop: Mitchell, the talented schoolboy; Mouse, the shop assistant; Kimmi, the nail-bar technician; and Roger Callaghan, the real estate agent whose reason for being in Bondi that day is far from innocent.

And, of course, there’s Ali Khan. Is he the embodiment of evil, as the villagers in his Tanzanian birthplace believe? Or just an innocent boy, betrayed at every turn, who just wants a place to call home?

©2021 Caroline Overington (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd. Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Fiction Siege
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some seige stories are full of action, but this story is told afterwards, reflectively, respectfully, by a young priest. I liked that it was told from his perspective, I liked his voice and the narration. The accents were a bit off, but it was minor. This was deeply moving, and in the last few seconds I felt the horror in the pit of my stomach, when it ended I wanted to yell or to cry. I want the author to know that I enjoyed their book, amd it will stay with me for a long time to come.

slower-paced but worth it

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Bit of a sad story. Not bad, easy enough to follow. Interesting topic. Finished it but did not totally draw me in.

Reasonable story.

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Again another gritty real page turner. I’m so glad audible has done a deal with her, I’m loving her work and this one too.

Loving Caroline Overington

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This would be a half decent story if it was renarrated. The narrators voice was too young for the role and his accent and annunciation was extremely distracting. I couldn’t finish the book.

The poor narration

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This was definitely an interesting idea and with a interesting construction, however it could have been done in half the hours. There was way too much ridiculous detail and dialogue about side characters that did nothing for the overall plot, and was annoying rather than adding substance. The finale was brutal but almost felt like the author thought "what can I do to give the maximum horror" rather than carefully constructing the ending. And the narrator was terrible. The normal voice was ok but the accents were really amateur. The women's voices were screechy and over the top, and he couldn't pronounce "th" and instead said "v" like "wiv" instead of "with". I'm sorry but I don't pay good money for Audible to hear someone sound like they belong down the pub drinking rum and woke cans.

And interesting concept, could have been better realised

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I was hooked from beginning to end. I didn't want to stop listening. Having been a chaplain I could relate to so much of what the main character said. However there was so much in this book that was also way beyond anything I've ever experienced (thank goodness). A real tear jerker of a book- keep the tissues handy!

One of the best books ever- what an amazing author.

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This is a great story let down by poor narration. Sounds like a high school kid reading in class.

Narration is awful

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Set in Bondi this story is sad as it shows how people react to someone different.

AMoving Story

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Narrator irritating Dictation was terrible and very annoying I persevered to see how story unfolded

Performance Underwhelming

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enjoyed this book very short but kept me interested and the narration was excellent

good story

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