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The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey
Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Mark Noble, Asif Khan, Gemma Whelan, Simon Harvey
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A BEST DEBUT OF 2024 BY BB

The instant Sunday Times bestseller

Yorkshire, 1979

Maggie Thatcher is prime minister, drainpipe jeans are in, and Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South.

Because of the murders.

Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon simply isn't an option, no matter the dangers lurking round their way; or the strangeness at home that started the day Miv's mum stopped talking.
Perhaps if she could solve the case of the disappearing women, they could stay after all?

So, Miv and Sharon decide to make a list: a list of all the suspicious people and things down their street. People they know. People they don't.

But their search for the truth reveals more secrets in their neighbourhood, within their families - and between each other - than they ever thought possible.

What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve is the one that lies much closer to home?

THE PERFECT DEBUT NOVEL TO DISCUSS IN BOOK CLUBS


'To read it is to feel that little bit better about life'
ELIZABETH DAY

'A beautiful mystery with heart'
ROB RINDER

'This is a heart-warming book'
EMMA HEALEY

'A gorgeous, page-turning book'
I PAPER

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A very clever and original novel, well written and not what I was expecting. The narration is pitch perfect too. Deals beautifully with some difficult topics. A very uplifting story! Can see why this has had such an impact in the UK and been so popular.

Unexpected and wonderful

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loved this book, interesting way to cover the topic. enjoyed the different narrators, and the 80's references have me flash backs to growing up. would recommend 💯

brilliant story telling

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This was the most fabulous book. I couldn’t stop listening to it and finished in two days. Everything about it is wonderful and the memories of being a child in 1979 were bittersweet when listening to the story. Just loved it.

The beautiful intertwined characters and story.

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Loved all of it - story, insights, narration, characterisations, descriptions of time and place - with a lightness over the top of a dark and unseen undercurrent

A beautiful story of love, joy and sadness

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Excellently narrated. I was transported to that time and that place. Carefully crafted so as to lead the reader there.

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