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The Blue Hour

By: Paula Hawkins
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan, Paula Hawkins
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Brought to you by Penguin.

As seen on BBC 2’s Between the Covers.
A Guardian Audiobook Of The Week

Includes an exclusive bonus interview between Paula Hawkins and Gemma Whelan.

For twelve hours each day, the Scottish island of Eris is cut off from the mainland. No way in. No way out.

The island’s only house was once home to Vanessa, whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now this remote and beautiful place is home to Grace . . . a solitary creature of the tides, guarding the island’s past.
But far away in London, a stranger has just made a startling discovery - a human bone where no human bone should be. And in that moment Grace’s precious isolation is threatened.
How will she respond? Can she be trusted? Or is it Grace who should be afraid?
Suddenly this is a very dangerous time to be alone . . .


'[Gemma Whelan] captures the clashing interests and inner complexities of Hawkins’ protagonists' THE GUARDIAN
'A darkly atmospheric, engaging mystery - her best book since The Girl On The Train.' Good Housekeeping (Book of the Year)
'A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling, and I couldn’t put it down.' SHARI LAPENA
‘An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller’ - LIZ MOORE

©2024 Paula Hawkins Biography (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Crime Thrillers Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Highlander

Critic Reviews

Paula's very best book. An utterly compelling exploration of loneliness, obsession and jealousy, and a bloody good read. Could not put it down.
Paula Hawkins has more in common with Patricia Highsmith than just her initials . . . The Blue Hour is her finest work yet.
An addictive, exhilarating book.
A tensely atmospheric and layered exploration of artistic drive and devotion; loyalty and betrayal; class, money and revenge . . . I loved it.
Incredible storytelling combined with complex characters whose true natures will keep you guessing.
An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller with a deliciously inventive premise. I love a locked-room mystery - or, in this case, a locked-island mystery - and Paula Hawkins has delivered a truly exceptional one.
Set on a remote but beautiful Scottish island, the novel has much to say about creativity and relationships.
I LOVED this art-world-set thriller with its stately-home Saltburn vibe. . . Hawkins weaves a skilful tale about class and privilege and keeps up the tension until the end.
All stars
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I did not care for any of the characters. That said, it might make a good play.

The ending also sort of drifts off, and I had to go back and re-listen to see if I missed it. It's nowhere near as good as Girl on Train.

A slog to listen to

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Bored me. Unlikeable characters, thin plot, I abandoned due to total lack of interest in tedious people.

Tedious

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Had high hopes for this however I found it soooo boring and the story didn’t ever really take off. Really quite a painful listen.

Yep boring and story ending just fizzled out

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I just found this book boring. The narrator was ok but sometimes the character voices were a bit hard to listen to

Boring

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Everything about this was boring, the narrators and the story line ….. not worth the effort of trying to finish it

Boring!!!

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