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The Angel Tree

By: Lucinda Riley
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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From the author of the Seven Sisters series, The Angel Tree is Lucinda Riley's compelling mystery of family secrets and forgotten pasts on the sweeping pastures of south-east Wales.

Read by the award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

Thirty years have passed since Greta left Marchmont Hall, a grand and beautiful house nestled in the hills of rural Monmouthshire. But, after a tragic accident, more than two decades of her life have disappeared from memory. When she returns to the Hall for Christmas, she has no recollection of her past there.

Then, during a walk through the wintry landscape, she stumbles across a grave in the woods. Though the inscription is weathered, the headstone still tells her: a little boy is buried here.

The discovery strikes a chord in Greta's mind, igniting a quest to recover her lost memories. A quest that will take her deeper into her own life, and that of her daughter . . .

A version of this story has previously been published under the title Not Quite an Angel, under the name Lucinda Edmonds – now extensively rewritten as The Angel Tree.

©2021 Lucinda Riley (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Limited Contemporary Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

'Sweeping, absorbing, beautifully written and utterly compelling' – Lancashire Evening Post

'A masterclass in beautiful writing' – The Sun

'Captivating . . . poignant yet uplifting' – Woman's Own

'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling' – Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party
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Some of the narration was irritating but the story line was interesting and I enjoyed the characters

Not quite up to the seven sisters but enjoyable

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Really disliked the narration of certain characters, syrupy sweet and annoying especially the child voices and Greta. Rest of character narration wasn’t as bad. Story was ok but slow to get going

Was ok

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Not sure whether some of the characters were supposed to sound simple and whiny but I found the narration in quite a repetitive vane. This book has an excellent story line but pretty unbelievable, with simple minded characters. Mind you there is a time line when the simple style was realistic, but not as we moved 20 and 40 years on. Typical Lucinda style of time lines and generations fitting together like a jigsaw. Not my favourite book.

Not as good as many others Lucinda has written.

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The narrators voice was hard to listen to. And the story just dragged on and on. Not a fan.

Boring.

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I'm a huge LR fan but found this story to be a bit repetitive and drawn out for far too long. Just as well I got this after the Seven sisters, had I read this first I would never have persisted with LR's work.

Great author,but this one was a bit disappointing

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