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    Audiobook10 hours

    Don’t You Cry

    Written by Cass Green

    Narrated by Lisa Coleman, Anna Bentinck, Huw Parmenter and Richard Trinder

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    One stolen baby. Two desperate strangers. One night of terror.

    The USA Today and Sunday Times top ten bestselling author returns with a dark and twisty psychological thriller.

    She saved your life.
    When Nina almost dies during a disastrous blind date, her life is saved by a waitress called Angel. But later that evening, Nina is surprised by a knock on the door. It’s Angel – and she’s pointing a gun at her.

    Now she’ll make you pay.
    Minutes later, Angel’s younger brother Lucas turns up, covered in blood shielding a stolen newborn baby in his arms. Nina is about to endure the longest night of her life – a night that will be filled with terror and lead her to take risks she would never have believed herself capable of…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 11, 2018
    ISBN9780008287238
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    Don’t You Cry
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    Cass Green

    Cass Green is the pseudonym of Caroline Green, an award-winning author of fiction for young people. Her first novel, Dark Ride won the Rona Young Adult Book of the Year and the Waverton Good Read Award. Cracks and Hold Your Breath garnered rave reviews and were shortlisted for eleven awards between them. She is the Writer in Residence at East Barnet School and has been a journalist for over twenty years. The Woman Next Door is her first novel for adults.

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    • 5/5
      An absolute must-read for fans of psychological thriller.
    • 4/5
      This is the 3rd of Kubica's books that I have read. It is a standalone thriller with interesting characters and a plot with lots of twists and turns. The story gets off to a slow start with two separate narrators telling two separate stories. Piece by piece you begin to see how these stories can be related but you are kept guessing until the very end. Kubica writes in such a way that you think you know where the story will go but you are always proved wrong. I like books that surprise you and that's what her books are all about. I'm looking forward to her next book and I would recommend her books to those who like psychological thrillers.
    • 4/5
      This did take a while to get into and the story seems unrelated until you get into it. This was not her best book. I did like the ending. Some what unbelievable.
    • 4/5
      Loved this once I was able to really get into it. I wasn't surprised by the ending, but I feel it was a bit abrupt.
    • 3/5
      Quinn, Esther, Alex, Genevieve, Ingrid...so many characters, all essential to the plot. Unfortunately, Quinn, who wasn't written as a particularly likeable character, dominates the story line. I felt manipulated as a reader, that the author was thinking movie or sequel instead of best possible. The plot is intriguing. The storytelling device of two separate narrators is awkward. Overall, disappointed, it could have been a better book.
    • 3/5
      This was not my favorite psychological thriller, but it was a fun experience. The twist was nicely done and I liked the stark perspective switch between Quinn and Alex. I thought the plot wasn't terribly creative and there were a number of things that cluttered the story for me (Nick's dad, Quinn's relationship with Nick, etc.), but I'm not mad I read it.
    • 4/5
      Psychological thriller - will keep you guessing until the end. Quinn's roommate, Esther, goes missing. Clues point to an Esther that Quinn can't reconcile with the Esther she knows. Meanwhile, across Lake Michigan, Alex, an 18 year old working at the local cafe, meets a girl that is very mysterious. Has Esther run away? What is happening?
    • 4/5
      Another great mystery with a lot of twists and turns.
    • 3/5
      Classic thriller where not everything is what it seems. Questions who you trust...classic.
    • 3/5
      Mystery Thriller genre - Esther Vaughn goes missing - fire escape window in her bedroom open with no trace of Esther - her roommate, Quinn - doesn't know what to do, so she engages her friend (her secret crush) at work (Ben) to help her find Esther. During the ordeal, Esther appears to be someone Quinn doesn't know with a secret change of name, possible murderer of a prior roommate? - The parallel story of Alex who also appears to befriend Esther as a squatter in the abandoned house across the street, keeps you guessing as to what is actually going on - It held my attention.. however, it lacked something so much that it really didn't do it for me. I am giving it a 2.5 stars - just wasn't for me.
    • 3/5
      When Quinn Collins set out to live on her own, she answered an ad for a roommate and moved in with Esther Vaughan never dreaming that Esther would turn out to become her best friend. Then one morning she awakes to the sound of Esther’s alarm going off but Esther’s not in her room and her bedroom window is wide open to the freezing cold Chicago air. Surely she didn’t climb down the fire escape in the middle of the night! Quinn waits in vain for Esther to return but it doesn’t happen. It seems that Esther has disappeared! Was she kidnapped? Did she run away from something? Quinn idolizes Esther and she can’t imagine what has happened to her. She enlists the help of her friend Ben from work and tries to figure out where Esther is. But the more Quinn tries to puzzle through what happened to Esther, the more she realizes how little she really knows about her friend. She’s beginning to think that Esther is not the saint that she always imagined. Meanwhile, in a small town near Lake Michigan, a young man named Alex Gallo has given up his dream of college to take care of his father who became a good-for-nothing drunkard when his mother left. He spends his hopeless days working as a dishwasher in the Priddy’s café. One day a new customer comes in and she’s a young woman he has never seen around town before. Alex gives the woman the name “Pearl” and he finds her to be quite an intriguing mystery. He sets his sights on finding out more about her. But Alex’s boredom and loneliness may be leading him down a dangerous road. Don’t You Cry is full of suspense and the details of each storyline will keep the reader guessing right up until the end. Piece by piece the puzzle falls into place until the big reveal. This is one of those where you think you have it all figured out but you never quite get there. A fast-paced and compelling read! I want to thank the publisher (Harlequin- US & Canada) for providing me with the ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      Digital audiobook performed by Kate Rudd2.5**Quinn is a bad roommate; she’s frequently late with her share of the rent, she doesn’t respect her roommate’s privacy, and she’s messy and disorganized. But when her roommate Esther disappears out of the fire escape of their Chicago apartment, Quinn is certain something very wrong has happened. She investigates (- okay, snoops), and what she finds shocks and puzzles her. Meanwhile, in a small town some 70 miles away, in Michigan’s Harbor Country, Alex notices a strange woman in the diner where he works and quickly develops a major crush on her. Kubica uses these two narrators, telling seemingly different stories in alternating chapters. In this way the reader gets clues that Alex and Quinn (who don’t interact) do not have. Additionally, Kubica occasionally includes the text of a “letter” (or is it a diary entry), supposedly written by Esther. I’m assuming Kubica felt this technique would build tension and suspense, but it didn’t quite work for me. I think part of the problem is that both Alex and Quinn are somewhat broken people, with difficult pasts (and presents). This makes them unreliable narrators, especially Quinn. I didn’t really care about them, and I didn’t get a good sense about the missing Esther, other than Quinn’s repeated “Esther would never do that!” The two stories finally intersect in the last few chapters, and the tension increases. The final reveal is both cliched and strains credulity. And that last sentence is just plain lame. Kate Rudd does a fine job performing the audio. She’s a talented voice artist, and it’s too back she didn’t have better material to work with.
    • 4/5
      Mary Kubica writes the kind of thrillers I love to listen to in the car. In this fine offering, Esther Vaughn, an exemplary young woman, disappears without a trace from her Chicago apartment one Saturday night. Her roommate, Quinn, is devastated and in searching for Esther, finds there is a lot she did not know. Meantime, on the other side of Lake Michigan, a mysterious young woman appears and becomes an obsession for a lonely young man. Is it Esther? Why is she there? Kubica kept me guessing until the end.
    • 4/5
      A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

      I really enjoyed The Good Girl and was really excited to get my hands on another book by Mary Kubica. If you have read either/both of her other two books, you are going to love this one too. In the genre of thrillers, Kubica asserts herself as a top player.

      Each story could stand on its own as a novel, the way Kubica intersects them is quite clever, I didn't have it all figured out. There were just enough plot twists, both subtle, and dramatic to make this book a contender to appear on various "best of" lists for 2016. The writing is tight, descriptive, and the pace is fast enough to keep the reader engaged to polish off this book in one sitting.

      Thank you NetGalley, this page-turner was just what I needed on a winter's day.
    • 4/5
      Good story, well written, but I think it would have been more successful, more suspenseful, as a novella. The story, alternating between Quinn and Alex's points of view, really drags on and it's not too hard to see where it's going. It gets frustrating when Quinn and Alex can't see where things are going though, and if the book were shorter, their obliviousness would more tolerable. Some little points are never explained: (spoiler alert) Esther's hetero chromatic eyes and the contact lenses - not sure how necessary that was to the story and it really went no where. Quinn and Alex are likable characters and Esther is suitably ambiguous, but all in all, it would have been better as a novella.
    • 3/5
      Mildly suspenseful story about a woman that disappears and another woman who shows up in a town not far away (are they the same person?) told from two different perspectives. I do have one gripe - after spending nearly 300 pages developing the story, the author finishes it off in a quite perfunctory manner in the last 20 pages of the book. You would think that the author would take as much care in the ending of her story as in all that leads up to it. I just don't understand that - and it happens a lot.
    • 4/5
      I was reading this book along with the audio edition.
      ISBN: 9781488201714
      Duration: 10 hours 31 minutes
      Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
      Narrator: Kate Rudd and Kirby Heyborne

      I was reading this book along with the audio edition, so the narrators' performance might have some influences. The first thought I had was this book is kind of like Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Both books are thriller and read by Kirby Heyborne. There are some other similarities but the plots are completely different. If you like Gone Girl or thriller in general, I highly recommend Don't You Cry.
      This book was told in two different perspectives, Quinn and Alex, in parallel days. They do not know each other or any relations. They are actually in two different cities. Somehow at the end, everything will connect.

      I do not typically read thriller books, but the expected endings are making me more and more interested in the genre. The way it made me want to keep reading to end to find out what is going on or what happened was awesome. I was glad I gave this book a try and thank you, Mary Kubica.

      4 out of 5 stars
      Received a free copy from BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge in exchange for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      Don’t You Cry, Mary Kubica, author; Kirby Heyborne and Kate Rudd, narrators Quinn Collins and Esther Vaughn seemed to be perfectly compatible roommates who had grown ever closer and were now good friends. They went out together, socialized, shared their belongings and enjoyed each others company. Then one night, Quinn readied herself to go out and was surprised that Esther declined to go with her, saying she was not feeling well and so decided to stay home alone. Quinn offered to stay, but Esther said she should go out and have fun. The following morning, Quinn discovered that Esther was not in her room. Believing that she must have left early to go and sing in her church choir, she didn’t panic, but when she didn’t return by the next morning, she did begin to worry and she searched Esther’s room, answered Esther’s phone, and even pretended to be Esther on one or two occasions to glean any information about her whereabouts, but to no avail. When certain events took place that seemed to suggest that Quinn’s life and lifestyle might be in danger, she began to really worry about her own safety. She engaged the help of her friend Ben, a fellow employee at her place of work. Although he had a girlfriend, Quinn had maintained a strong crush on him. Together, they decided it was time to file a missing persons report with the police.As time passed slowly, Quinn discovered that Esther had placed an ad in the newspaper for another roommate and had put in an order to have the locks on the apartment changed. Quinn wondered why Esther was trying to get rid of her. When she learned that Esther’s former roommate had died suddenly, under suspicious circumstances, she began to feel afraid. Was she in real danger? Adding to her anxiety, she discovered that Esther seemed to have another identity and had removed a large sum of money from the bank. Meanwhile, in a parallel narrative, enter Alex Gallo and “Pearl”. Alex was 18. He had given up a full scholarship to attend college in order to take care of his father, a known drunk, thus he had a menial job as a dishwasher in a coffee shop. All of his friends had moved on, and he was hungry for some companionship. His mother had abandoned him years before. His father offered no solace or comfort to him since he was, more often than not, in a stupor. Alex seemed to be searching for love and for an end to his loneliness, but he also seemed far more responsible than young men his age. As a caring person, he helped a neighbor named Ingrid. She was an agoraphobic and did not leave her house. He did her outdoor chores, like shopping. Often, she cooked for him, and if nothing else, she was company. One day, Alex noticed a woman sitting at a table and gazing out a window at the café where he works. He calls her “Pearl” and becomes obsessed with her. He decided to follow her to see where she went when she left the coffee shop, and he discovered that she lived in an abandoned house, that was believed to be haunted. It was formerly occupied by a family that suffered a terrible tragedy and left abruptly, leaving all sorts of things behind, never returning for them. The house was now in a state of disrepair and decay. It had no heat and was inhabited by vermin and rodents. He approached her there and offered to help her. He brought her a small heater, gave her little gifts and believed that, although she was older, she was his friend. Although he was younger, he tended to her needs, rather than the other way around. Once he learned more about her, he began to question her sanity and her behavior, began to look into the history of the house, and discovered that the stories he had been told and believed for years, were untrue. Soon Alex is frightened. Who was Pearl? Who was Esther Vaughn? Was she planning to murder Quinn? Who was Jane Girard? Many of the characters were not whom they appeared to be on the surface. There were many secrets waiting to be discovered, and some were plausible and some were not. There were many mysteries to be solved, and many unanswered questions needing answers. In the end, when this edge of your seat thriller concluded, it seemed a bit contrived to me, with all of the ends tied up too neatly and not, perhaps, to my satisfaction.The audio was read fairly well by the narrator who spoke clearly and with feeling, but I thought that the male voices all sounded the same.
    • 4/5
      An excellent exercise in the purposeful use of two unreliable narrators. Quinn is wondering what has happened to the roommate Esther. Alex is curious about the mysterious Pearl. We the reader are pulled through the story wondering if they are the same person, and, if so, what happened to split the narrative. The audiobook makes great use of two readers. One reads the Quinn chapters. The other reads the Alex chapters.
    • 4/5
      A decent psychological thriller about a woman who disappears from her Chicago apartment, leaving her roommate clueless about the circumstances, as well as a mystery woman who suddenly appears in a Michigan harbor town. Good characters and a few nice twists, except that the major twist was way too obvious.
    • 3/5
      I was underwhelmed with Kubica's The Good Girl, so I hoped that this would be an improvement. The story moved well, and I had no idea how things were going to get sorted out but I didn't really like any of the characters and I found myself not really caring whether or not things would work out. Entertaining enough, but nothing to write home about.
    • 5/5
      Quinn and Esther were fast friends. Answering an add in the paper advertising the need for a roommate, these two have been close since day one. That was almost a year ago. After a night out drinking, Quinn wakes up to realize Esther is gone, the window in her room left open to the chilly Chicago air. Not far away, in a small town on the coast of Lake Michigan, 18 year old Alex goes about his day as usual. Make breakfast for his hungover, drunk of a father and head off to work as a busboy at a local diner. Every day the same as the one before, serving the same crowds of people, and delivering lunch to the town recluse, Ingrid across the street. Today is different, today a young woman shows up in the diner, sitting for hours over lunch, seemingly with nowhere to go. Seperated by towns, and miles, Esther and Alex are masterfully woven together in a tale of heartache and loss, violence and danger. Another slam dunk for Mary Kubica guys! Don't You Cry was written in much the same style of The Good Girl, alternating in first person perspective between Quinn and Alex which I really enjoyed and kept the read fresh. Several times throughout the novel I felt as if I had figured it out, only to have Quinn stumble across some new clue or the mystery girl reveal some new information to Alex. It wasn't until the last few chapters that everything clicked into place. Mary cleverly weaves her tale, dropping breadcrumbs for the reader throughout the novel until the grand finale at the end where all is revealed. And man what a revelation it was! In addition to a masterful plot and a unique set of characters, Mary Kubica's writing style is superb. The attention to detail and scenery really set a beautiful and descriptive backdrop to her story line. Can't recommend this book enough!
    • 3/5
      From my blogMy Review - Not Rating, Nor Recommending I have read all of Mary Kubica's other books and enjoyed them, so I was excited to see a new release. This story just kept going and going and going, I was bored and felt like I was torturing myself.Finally I reached 50% and couldn't take it anymore, I read the last 3 chapters to see how it ends, not impressed and not really a surprise.I usually really enjoy a story being told by multiple characters but they all sounded the same to me. I am shocked to see this as her 3rd book, I really thought I would start to see her writing improve over time and really become a great 'formula' author.This was not really a DNF but I think rating it 2 stars is also unfair. I am really glad this wasn't my first experience with a book by Mary Kubica as I wouldn't try again if it was.
    • 5/5
      Once again, Mary Kubica did not disappoint.Esther and Quinn are roommates and one morning, Esther turns up missing. Where did she go? Why did she go? When Quinn searches the apartment for clues, she's only left with more questions. Pieces to the puzzle that don't fit. What is going on?Then, there's Alex. A young kid who lives with his alcoholic father. When he sees a young girl in the restaurant, he can't stop thinking about her. Is she his answer? Can she provide some escape from his life where he's left taking care of his dad, working and helping the recluse, Ingrid, who lives across the street.A lot of misleading information gets this story all tangled up in your brain. What's what? Who's who? What just happened? Did I read that right?Enjoy :)
    • 4/5
      I'm a huge fan of Mary Kubica's first novel, The Good Girl, and her third stand alone novel Don't You Cry did not disappoint. When Quinn's roommate disappears, a dark and twisted story begins to unfold. Esther, the responsible and saintly choir girl, does not return home as Quinn contacts the police and tries to patiently wait. As circumstances become more bizarre and frightening then just an open window and empty bed, Quinn investigates the disappearance just to be left with more questions. Meanwhile a stranger has shown up in Michigan, who is shrouded in mystery. This left me guessing until the last page, a suspenseful and engrossing thriller.
    • 5/5
      How well does Quinn know Esther, the roommate who has mysteriously disappeared from their Chicago apartment? Is Esther the young woman who shows up suddenly in Alex's small Michigan town on the lake and, if so, why is she there? Quinn and Alex tell their own stories in alternating chapters and the reader has no reason not to believe them and yet... there are elements in both of their personalities that could lead them to misinterpret events. Mary Kubica's well-plotted story creates page-turning tension without cheating, resulting in a suspenseful tale with an unpredictable but utterly believable resolution. Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      The author of “The Good Girl” has another hit. This is the tale of Quinn Collins who wakes up one morning to find her roommate Esther missing. Meanwhile, in a town not far from Chicago where the girls live, a young woman mysteriously appears, catching the eye of young Alex who has given up dreams of college to work as a dishwasher while caring for his father, the local town drunk. Alex becomes more and more involved with this mysterious stranger while Quinn pursues the answer to what happened to her friend. Finally the answers to all of their questions are revealed in a surprise ending. I truly enjoyed this psychological thriller!
    • 4/5
      I was so excited when this book came out but it took me forever to get into it. I'd give it a 3 1/2. There are two stories going on at the same time and while reading, I knew at some point there must be a time when they come together but things didn't get good for me until about halfway and then I devoured it. The stories themselves were interesting enough. On one hand we have Quinn, whose roommate Esther has disappeared. But who is Esther really? As more and more is revealed we learn different things about Esther that we don't know if she's good or if she's evil. Then on the other hand we have Alex, teenager with no friends and living with an alcoholic father. He becomes obsessed with the woman he calls Pearl. And we wonder, is that Esther?Once I got into it, I couldn't stop reading and read the last half same day. I have not yet read "the good girl" but for me "pretty baby" was far better than this one. "Pretty baby" gripped me from the beginning and didn't let go.
    • 3/5
      I won a copy of this book from Goodreads. It's the second Mary Kubica book I've read and I don't think it lives up to all the hype. It's an decent mystery - I thought I had it figured out but she definitely throws a twist in at the end. The writing is okay and the ending falls a little flat. This is an ideal beach read for someone who enjoys mystery and suspense - a quick and easy read.
    • 5/5
      Who is Esther Vaugh that is what Quinn her room mate is asking herslf.Quinn thought she was a quiet Masters degree student who was a good girl and sang in the local choir on Sundays.St. Esther she called her but that dosent seem to be who Esther really is.The novel is told in alternating voices of Quinn the room mate and Alex the smart lonely boy who takes care of his drunk Dad abandoned at an early age by his mother.Alex gives up a full scholarship to work and pay the bills.Alex is lonely enter Pearl the girl of his dreams. She is pretty and maybe literally from his dreams.Alex is haunted by the house across the street . The house that may or may not be evaded by squatters again. Alex has heard the stories about the house and the little girl who lived there Genevieve. The house haunts Alex he need to find out more but that might be a mistake..As Alex is trying to figure out the mystery of the house and Pearl,Quinn is trying to figure out what happened to Esther.Quinn wakes up to Esther’s alarm blaring but no Esther. Not the brightest crayon in the box Quinn thinks that Esther has disappeared and is doing stuff to her because she is a bad room mate until she starts digging and things don’t add up.Ms Kubica leads us on the ride of our lives that will leave us up late and in need of large amounts of coffee.in morning .She drives the plot with subtle clues that add up to an ending that says BAM-what just happened??I have read all three of Ms Kubica books all will have you up til the wee hours of the morning turning pages to find out what happenes. It will be well worth the hours of lost sleep and need for large dose of caffine to function.I high recommend all of the books it dosent matter in what order your read them just start them today.Thank you Ms. Kuciba for another excellent read.