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Our Little Cruelties

By: Liz Nugent
Narrated by: Sam O'Mahony, Stephen Hogan, Paul Hickey, Dermot Crowley, Mary-Lou McCarthy
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Brought to you by Penguin.

'Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with' Lisa Jewell

'Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people' Val McDermid

'MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes

Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.

Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...

They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead.

But which brother killed him?

'What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy ... her best book yet' Irish Times

'An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing' Sunday Times

'Wonderful ... characters so well drawn it's hair-raising. Keeps you gripped to the very last line' Joe Duffy

'A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting' AJ Finn

© Liz Nugent 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Crime Thrillers Domestic Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with (Lisa Jewell)
Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people (Val McDermid)
MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something (Marian Keyes)
A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting (AJ Finn)
Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius (Lucy Foley)
Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it! (Graham Norton)
A sizzling thriller
Fascinating ... Shows how thoroughly families can mess one another up, and how sometimes the greatest mysteries are found within the psyche
The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work (Tammy Cohen)
Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all
All stars
Most relevant
the story is narrated three times, once by each brother which should be boring and repetitive. However it's actually fascinating to hear various incidents from two or three different perspectives. interesting end too.

worth the effort

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Read by some of the best narrators today, Liz Nugent’s devastating family saga is utterly compelling and totally relevant to today’s tabloid revelations of the breakdowns behind the doors of the rich famous and powerful. But far from being salacious it focuses instead on the deep traumas that money and fame can never mend. This is an absolute brilliant audible book from start to finish!!

Dark disturbing and brilliant

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Excellent cast narration of a devastating story of fraught family dynamics from unique perspectives. Compulsive listening.

Fraught family dynamics

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Twists and turns and dirty secrets of course. I found the book compelling, and really enjoyed the writing style.
This writer creates some extremely unlikable and deeply flawed characters. I find their books harrowing yet riveting. Have to take breaks between their books. Upon return i haven’t been disappointed.

Always looked forward to getting back to it

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really good story. well developed characters. not very likeable but believable. The dramatic volume increases/decreases were pretty annoying to listen through though.

The perfect title

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