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The Family Holiday

By: Shalini Boland
Narrated by: Katie Villa
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Two families. One house swap. A vacation to die for.

The white-washed Italian villa is perfect. I thought it might feel odd, living in a stranger’s house for the summer, but as my husband and children swim in the infinity pool, I start to relax. And then, in the back of a wardrobe, I find something that shatters everything....

Sparkling green eyes, square jaw, lopsided smile. A young man with his arm around a beautiful woman. The picture is old and faded, but I’d recognize him anywhere. The man is my husband.

But we’ve never met the family we’ve swapped homes with, and my husband swears it isn’t him in the photo. He’s lying. We argue on the balcony with the sun setting behind us, and I storm out.

When I finally calm down enough to go back to the villa to confront him, I find his dead body sprawled across the veranda.

Who killed my husband? Was our marriage a lie? And are my children now in terrible danger?

©2022 Shalini Boland (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd. Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Holiday Mystery
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I Loved this intriguing thriller with its twists…. excellently and expertly read and performed too.

A fantastic listen on audible!

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Even listening at increased speed didn’t help. The characters were all unlikeable, the main character Beth was so spineless it was unbearable! The story was repetitive and the action, such as it was, didn’t happen until 3/4 through the book…

Dragged myself through but wish I hadn’t

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didn't love it
not sure I'll read / listen to more of the authors books. bit bland at times.

didn't love it. it was ok but got bland at times

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I struggled to finish this. The main character is exasperating and the husband loathsome. The nosy neighbor is a twat. The story is fairly predictable, though if you make it through to the end the epilogue isn’t bad.

Prepare to dislike almost every character

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