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The Couple at No. 9

By: Claire Douglas
Narrated by: Kenton Thomas, Nathalie Buscombe
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Publisher's Summary

Brought to you by Penguin. 

The new heart-pounding novel from Sunday Times best-selling author Claire Douglas.

It was the house of their dreams. Until the bodies were found....

Bodies found under patio.

When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body - two bodies, in fact.

Police investigate.

Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least 30 years. Nothing Saffy need worry herself over. Until the police launch a murder investigation and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner - her grandmother, Rose.

Owner questioned.

Rose is in a care home, and Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police, but it is clear she remembers something.

A killer at large?

As Rose's fragmented memories resurface and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched.

What happened 30 years ago?

Why did no one miss the victims?

What part did her grandmother play?

And is Saffy now in danger?

©2021 Claire Douglas (P)2021 Penguin Audio

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Unputtdownable! Great story told from different perspectives. Some unforeseen twists and beautifully narrated. Highly recommend.

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Great read

Story line keeps you guessing from the start. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story. Well written

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Completely and Unexpectedly Good

Loved the flow of the story - though without giving too much away the same sex relationship theme towards the end felt a little tokenistic from the writers behalf which was a slightly disheartening end to an otherwise brilliantly written novel. The different perspectives in each chapter flowed well and were cohesive. The female narrator was excellent in every way. The male narrator took some time to get used to so I’m glad his role was smaller, he was a lot quieter and harder to hear.

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well written and narrated.good book

really enjoyed this book.good storyline and well narrated.Some plot twists will keep you guessing.

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Great story

Excellent story , kept the readers interest , well read and performed, great use of different voices and actors to convey different characters in the book.
The twist in the story kept me interested and the climax ending was brilliant.

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Fantasy!

Too many holes in the story to rate this book highly! Won’t divulge my findings as I don’t want to spoil it for others but I won’t be looking to listen to other books by this author

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Engaging and gripping right to the last word!

A really enjoyable read. The story was intriguing and grabbed my attention straight away. The twists were good and the characters were all believable and well written.

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Great storyline

The book draws you in to the lives of the characters and makes you want to keep listening to find out what happens.

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Don't miss this one

Excellent narration and the storyline keeps you guessing the whole way through the book. A great holiday book for my and my partner.

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Confusion reigns

The story is complicated by dividing it up into narratives from the various ‘actors’. I’m not even sure whether the original story had a conclusion. The number of ‘awful events’ is legion. It’s probably not the ideal book for an audio version.
The narrator had a very listenable voice which made me want to keep listening - apart from her very annoying habit of pronouncing words ending in ‘…ies’ as though they ended in ‘…ees’.
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