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Unforgiven

By: Sarah Barrie
Narrated by: Cecelia Ramsdale
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Once a victim, she's now a vigilante. An addictive and suspenseful thriller for fans of Candice Fox and Sarah Bailey.

Lexi Winter is tough, street-smart, and has stood on her own two feet since childhood, when she was a victim of notorious pedophile the Spider. All she cares about now is a roof over her head and her long-term relationship with Johnny Walker. She isn't particular about who she sleeps with...as long as they pay before leaving.

Lexi is also an ace hacker, tracking and entrapping local pedophiles and reporting them to the cops. When she finds a particularly dangerous pedophile who the police can't touch, she decides to gather enough evidence to put him away. Instead, she's a witness to his death....

Detective Inspector Rachael Langley is the cop who cracked the Spider case, 18 years earlier - but failed to protect Lexi. Now a man claiming to be the real Spider is emulating his murderous acts, and Rachael is under pressure from government, media, and her police colleagues. Did she get it wrong all those years ago, or is this killer is a copycat?

Lexi and Rachael cross paths at last, the Spider in their sights...but they may be too late....

"Phenomenal. Lexi Winter is the gritty hero I didn't know I needed.... I'm now desperate for more." (Best-selling Australian author Nicola Moriarty)

©2021 Sarah Barrie (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

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Great Story Let Down by Narrator

This was a fantastic story, but I had to force myself to endure the narrator.
Her performance of the two primary characters was really good, but every other character’s sounded like it belonged in a kids OTT cartoon. It was cringeworthy and embarrassing.

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Brilliant

Loved the characters and the story. Had me enthralled right the way through. If you love crime fiction you will love this book.

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Amazing! Top notch Aussie book!

This would have to be my new favourite audiobook. Thanks Sarah Barrie for bringing Lexi to us. Narrator was great, but a few of the male voices were a bit ordinary.
Will be listening to all of Sarah’s books.

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Really enjoyed this

I was a bit hesitant after I read the blurb as I felt maybe a paedophilia story line may have been a bit hard to cope with but I was really glad I went with it. Great plot, interesting characters with just enough humour to lighten it in places.
Hope there is a sequel!

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Loved it

New author for me to continue listening too. Great story. Know I am hooked when I can see the story play out in.my mind.

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Great story!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. A couple of unexpected twists made it particularly interesting, if somewhat fantastical!
Unfortunately, some of the narration sounded like Siri giving directions.

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Unexpected delight

Great tight story, beautifully crafted characters and decent pace! I’m delighted to find this author 👏👏👏

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Great as always

I love Sarah Barrie's books, and this didn't disappoint! Some of the character's voices were a little odd, but I got over that quickly.

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Enjoyed it

Loved it. Kept you guessing until the end of the book. Narrator was easy to listen to.

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great read

great story, captivating all the way through. couldn't wait to hear more. well written, well read

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Absolutely Brilliant Story

I don’t know where to start, this is an amazing, brilliant story written with heart and caring and lots of suspense as Sarah Barrie knows how to do, she has taken us on a dark journey into child abuse (no graphic details) but given us the fabulous Lexi Winter, once a victim herself now she does everything she can to save children, she has become a vigilante and nothing will stop her from saving the children even breaking the law.

Lexi knows what it is like to live on the streets, she knows what it is like to be abused to feel unloved and uncared for, she is now twenty eight and has learnt a lot in the last eighteen years. She was a victim of the notorious pedophile the spider but these days she is an escort and has a roof over her head and loves a good whiskey.

Lexi has learnt to be a great hacker and helps her sister Bailee who works for community services tracking the bad guys, the pedophiles and notifying the cops, gathering information brings her into a situation where she witnesses a murder of someone who is very hard to touch, this leads her to a pedophile ring that needs to be shut down and fast, but memories of the past are surfacing and Lexi is getting more determined but it also brings her closer to danger.

Detective Inspector Rachael Langley was the cop who put the spider away all those years ago but let Lexi slip through the cracks and couldn’t save her and now there is someone claiming to be the spider killing young girls again and Rachael is on the case and is under the hammer not only from the government and media but colleagues as well to prove it is a copy- cat before the spider is let out of prison.

This case brings Rachael and Lexi back together, reluctantly at first they work together to do their best to bring the bad guys down, with a cast of fabulous characters, Detective Finn Carson, Jimmy the IT guy they all work together on this case and I cannot not mention Dawny and Desmond. There are many twists and turns, that had my mind going in all directions. This is a must read book set around Gosford on the Central Coast of NSW.

I loved Lexi she is strong, courageous and so caring after all she has been through she has a heart of gold. The ending is brilliant and I really hope that we will be seeing Lexi again, Sarah Barrie is a fabulous author who brings thriller and mystery together in stories that are page turners and I cannot recommend this one enough, it really is fabulous.
Cecelia Ramsdale was brilliant with the delivery of the story

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