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The Near Daphne Experience

By: Alison Reynolds
Narrated by: Cam Ralph, Julian Pulvermacher, Nic English, Raechyl French, Taylor Owynns, Zoe Trilsbach
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 Meet Daphne Buckley, a psychiatrist in search of a great love. He hasn't turned up yet. But surely he will. He could be any one of the respondents to her old-fashioned ‘looking for love’ classifieds. He could be one of the men her overbearing mother tries to set her up with, or even someone she already knows. It doesn’t matter. Daphne is determined and brainy and prepared to bend all the rules. With old schoolfriend Celeste by her side and her mother’s grooming tips for unkempt leg hair, love is likely just around the corner. Whether Daphne deserves it is another question. And with a psychopathic killer lurking, how far she’ll go to get it is the biggest question of all. The Near Daphne Experience is a riotous romp about the unedifying search for love, and the most original book you'll read this year.©2022 Alison Reynolds (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Cosy Detective Mystery Romance Romantic Comedy Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Comedy

Critic Reviews

"Funny and heartwarming. The most original book I've read in years!" (Rachael Johns)

"Delightfully quirky, clever and witty. I absolutely adored it." (Nicola Moriarty)

"In the spirit of the funniest farces, this riotous story and its cast of caustic characters will have you laughing on the train in front of strangers." (Carrie Cox)
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What an absolute delight! What a wonderful way to experience this restrained yet raucous novel told via emails and texts of the story of Daphne, a psychiatrist looking for love. With outrageously mad family and friends interweaving their subplots into a tantalising tangle and a never ending twisting plot that constantly surprises and delights you’re in for a ride that keeps you chuckling and gasping incredulously for hours!

Riotous romp!

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Loved the voice performances and the original style of telling the story entirely through letters, emails, SMSs and patient notes, but I feel like maybe I missed something. Did Daphne foresee EVERYTHING that ended up happening? 🤔

Definitely original!

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