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Twelve Secrets

Ben Harper, Book 1

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Twelve Secrets

By: Robert Gold
Narrated by: George Weightman
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A major new voice. A thriller everyone is raving about:

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER

THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FOR DECEMBER 2022

A SMALL TOWN. A SHOCKING CRIME.

YOU'LL SUSPECT EVERY CHARACTER. BUT YOU'LL NEVER GUESS THE ENDING.

Ben Harper's life changed for ever the day his older brother Nick was murdered by two classmates. It was a crime that shocked the nation and catapulted Ben's family and their idyllic hometown, Haddley, into the spotlight.

Twenty years on, Ben is one of the best investigative journalists in the country and settled back in Haddley, thanks to the support of its close-knit community. But then a fresh murder case shines new light on his brother's death and throws suspicion on those closest to him.

Ben is about to discover that in Haddley no one is as they seem. Everyone has something to hide.

And someone will do anything to keep the truth buried . . .

©2021 Robert Gold Ltd (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Crime Crime Thrillers Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Suspense

Critic Reviews

"12 stars." (Lisa Jewell)

"Utterly absorbing." (Shari Lapena)

"Unputdownable." (Karin Slaughter)
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loved it full of surprises, kept me guessing and was spoken beautifully by the narater

loved it kept me guessing and full of surprises

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Excellent plot - I’m usually able to predict the twists in tales but this one had a few surprises. And the narration is superb! His voice for kids was a bit weird though. The only real issue for me was the sheer number of characters to keep up with. I ended up needing crib notes. Overall, well worth listening to.

Great story & narration. Few too many characters

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The story started out quite promisingly! The prose wasn't terrible and the narration was good too. But as it went on it just got progressively less plausible, until, at the end, I'm afraid to say it just went completely and absurdly off the rails...
But it's listenable and entertaining if you're like me and relish a bit of B grade now and again...

Started out well...

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It was a bit rambling and loose at the beginning, hard to connect the various characters. The middle part was quite interesting and gripping.
The end was ridiculous and absurd. Pity.

Bits of it were good,…

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I found this book was full of too many characters and too many inane conversations. The idea was good but it was poorly executed.
I persisted to 58 chapters as I had nothing else to listen to but I just can’t listen anymore. I am so bored.

Hard to enjoy and very drawn out.

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