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Touch

By: Claire North
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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He tried to take my life. Instead I took his.

It happened so long ago, I've forgotten the details. But he was desperate, hungry enough to kill. As I was dying, my hand touched his. That's when my first switch took place.

I looked through the eyes of my killer just in time to see my own body die.

Now switching is easy. I can jump from body to body, have any life, be anyone. All it takes is a touch.

©2015 Claire North (P)2015 Hachette Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Fiction Paranormal Suspense
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Great storyline, fast paced (don't let yourself get too distracted while listening or you may get lost). Narration was excellent, would have been a tough job doing so many different accents but was done beautifully. Loved being led on a world tour as i listened.

Fast paced, SUPERB narrator

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Not my usual style of book, but such a fast moving story that although convoluted is easy to follow. Loved it.

Will not disapoint

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The narrator was very good at representing the characters. There were a lot of action scenes which made it difficult to stop listening. A few confusing moments when the story jumped back and forth in time but made sense as the story progressed. A lot of characters involved so you have to stay alert as too who is who. Highly recommended.

A great story well told.

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If you enjoyed The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, you'll probably like this. They are similar in theme and have the same (very good) narrator.

Harry August was a man that lived the same life over and over again. This book is about ghosts who inhabit the bodies of people (who have no memory of it) and pass from one to another via touch.

There is lots of action and it's a good story. However, it didn't seem as taut as the Harry August novel and just below it in quality somehow. That being said, it was enjoyable and certainly worth a listen!

Lots of fun but not quite as good as her last

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First, the positives, the narration and the writing style are excellent, but the premise is weird and the delivery of the story is hard work.

Told in the first person, the main character, Kepler jumps from body to body, and supposedly seeks to avenge the death of Josephine whom he purports to have loved and whom was gunned down by a sect hunting these body jumpers (ghosts). Kepler jumps from Josephine's body, leaving her to die as he moves onto another body, as he always does. He claims to LOVE all his bodies, but he uses them and disregards them with impunity seeking only to further his own existence.

The bad guy (or girl) Galileo is ridiculous and unauthentic. The pursuit of him is like a travel diary, and pointless. I am still struggling to understand the inclusion of the old Duke and his daughter, Antonina. What was that part about!?

I loved "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" but I really struggled to get through this book and will be returning it.

Disappointing and difficult to finish

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