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The One Who Got Away

By: Caroline Overington
Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
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A compulsive and startling psychological thriller for fans of Girl on a Train and Gone Girl.

Loren Wynne-Estes appears to have it all: she's the girl from the wrong side of the tracks who's landed a handsome husband, a stunning home, a fleet of shiny cars and two beautiful daughters....

Then one day a fellow parent taps Loren on the shoulder outside the grand school gate, hands her a note...and suddenly everything's at stake.

Loren's Facebook-perfect marriage is spectacularly exposed--revealing an underbelly of lies and betrayal. What is uncovered will scandalise a small town, destroy lives, and leave a family divided.

But who is to be believed and who is to blame? Will the right person be brought to justice or is there one who got away?

"The One Who Got Away is the new Gone Girl and then some.... The twists and turns are masterful and the way she channels the voices of her characters is a dream to read. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Bring on the movie." (Mia Freedman)

©2017 HarperCollins Publishers Australia pty Ltd (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Australia pty Ltd Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Marriage
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. Whilst the story was okay the narrator drove me mad. Switching voices (badly) was quite distracting and I found it irritating.

Would you ever listen to anything by Caroline Overington again?

Perhaps.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Jennifer Vuletic?

I’m really not sure but not her.

Could you see The One Who Got Away being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No.

Annoying narrator!

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Kept me guessing right to the end. Brilliant! You won't be disappointed with this read!

Fabulous!!

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Good storyline, but the voices of the main characters turn them into whinging brats I could not care about at all.

Whiny voices ruin it

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There were some good twists and turns. A few holes in the storyline. Nice touch giving different tellers of the story throughout the book. Narrator’s performance with men’s and children voices was a bit annoying.

Held my interest

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The characters and their actions were all exaggerated, everyone was a big personality. Story was ok, not my favourite Overington book. Was hard to listen to with the voices

was an interesting story but the voices were awful

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Love her writing but was ruined by the irritating narration which seemed to take over the story

Terrible narration

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Well I love this author & think I have read everything of hers on audible but I found this the hardest probably as it was American & the accent was a tad grinding but as usual the story was great & with such a twist I was glad I hung in there for the end but definitely not one of my favourites of hers.

What a twist !!

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I love Caroline Overington but this wasn’t my favourite. The story starts slow but builds into something that starts to feel like a Gone Girl situation with some twists and turns.
The narration was AWFUL. I hate saying that but it really was. It was hard to persevere through it. Terrible over the top voice and the way she did men and children (and the judge omg) was so bad.

Not her best

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Great story. Never guessed the ending. Usually do. Highly recommended. Want to read more by author

Great read

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Some of the character voices were questionable, but I managed to get through it and enjoyed the mystery. Not my favorite, but an easy listen if you have an extra credit laying around.

Didn't see that coming.

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