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    Safe as Houses
    Audiobook5 hours

    Safe as Houses

    Written by Simone van der Vlugt

    Narrated by Julia Binns

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    About this audiobook

    A single mother stands in the garden of her isolated house, when suddenly a man appears. When he grabs at her, Lisa runs, but she is not quick enough. Suddenly Lisa and her young daughter find themselves held hostage in their own home. In the following hours and days, Lisa will do the unimaginable to protect her child - all the time wondering why the only witness has not come back to help her…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Audio
    Release dateApr 7, 2013
    ISBN9781471241963
    Author

    Simone van der Vlugt

    Simone van der Vlugt is an acclaimed Dutch writer. She was born in Hoorn and lives with her husband and two children in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. She has written a number of books for young readers. Her debut novel for adults, The Renunion, has sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into English, French and German.

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    • 4/5
      Blauw Water is a great thriller. I have noticed before that van der Vlugt knows how to describe human emotions into detail. Anything she writes could be real. She knows how to describe daily actions, ordinary people and common reactions. I admire her writing because of this. I also like the plot of this story. It is beautifully built up and never ceased to interest me.Although I like van der Vlugt's colleagues in the genre as well, she is my favourite Dutch thriller writer.
    • 5/5
      This thriller, set in the Netherlands, tells the story of a woman and her child whose home is invaded by an escaped murderer. Although the story is quite short I found it really gripping. It raises some frightening questions about what we would be willing to do to save the lives of ourselves and our children.