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The Chain

By: Adrian McKinty
Narrated by: January LeVoy
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The only way to save your child is to kidnap another.

Listen carefully. Your child has been kidnapped. You must abduct someone else's child to save your own. Disobey. Break the rules. Go to the cops. Your child will die.

Your victim's parents must kidnap another child before yours is released. You are now part of the chain.

#dontbreakthechain

A book for listeners who loved The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl.

©2019 Adrian McKinty (P)2019 Hachette Australia Audio Crime Fiction Domestic Thrillers Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction

Critic Reviews

"This book is Jaws for parents." (Don Winslow, New York Times best-selling author of The Cartel and The Force)

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This was exceptional Complwtely gripping all through. Well written and well read holds your interest thruour

The best A McKinry by far

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I enjoyed the first part of the book. The actual kidnapping was really good and engaging. I could not stop listening my it was the second portion that was bland and boring.

Started off strong but rest is lacking

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The opening lines caught me off guard, American accents, where’s Sean Duffy?

I pre ordered on Audible months ago, didn’t recall what it was about. It’s a book by Adrian McKinty so it has to be good, and it didn’t disappoint. Absolutely enthralling. Highly recommended.

American accents!

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First of all this is only a four star review because of how slow it felt at certain points throughout the book. The ending was well done and didn’t leave me thinking huh…what just happened like a lot of thriller books seem to like these days (I hate unfinished endings or rushed). The ending felt like a natural progression of the story and not rushed at all without being too drawn out. The drawn out part was in the middle of the story where there was a bit of jumping around but you could understand it eventually but I thought I had zoned out and missed something so I re-read several chapters multiple times to make sure, it was just a sudden jump which initially seemed weird and not fitting for where the story was prior to the jump. Overall though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to exploring some more books written by this author.

A great read that was well written but sometimes dragged along

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A wonderful book, kept me wanting more that I didn’t want to put it down

Loved it

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What a ride- held my attention the whole time and right from the start. Easy to follow, fairly uncomplicated storyline.

Couldn’t put it down

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This is entertaining enough, based on a neat premise but a bit unbalanced in the plot structure. The narration is very good though – if not for that it really would have been a dud I think.

Excellent narration, but overblown story

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Action from start to finish! I enjoyed this immensely, and would highly recommend it as a thrilling, entertaining listen.

Another Gripping McKinty Novel

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I was never convinced the chain would work and the ending seemed contrived. McKinty’s Irish books are streets better - more poetic and full of wit and real human feelings. The feelings in the Chain never seemed real.

Not believable

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really enjoyed this entire story - narration was great and the concept is really creative.
was simply not a fan of the ending, seemed predictable and dragged out

intriguing plot

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