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    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    Twisted

    Written by Lynda La Plante

    Narrated by Judi Spiers

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    About this audiobook

    'Please don't let anything bad have happened to her, please don't let anything have happened to my baby…'

    Marcus and Lena Fulford are the envy of their friends. Wealthy, attractive and successful, the couple, with their strikingly beautiful teenage daughter Amy, seem settled and content. But appearances mask a strained relationship almost at breaking point. Marcus's latest business venture has failed, draining Lena, the major breadwinner, dry. Putting Amy into weekly boarding school and striving to get her own career back on its feet, Lena remains alone in the luxurious family house as her marriage heads towards as amicable a divorce as she and Marcus can muster, and joint custody of their only child.

    So when Amy arranges a sleepover with a school friend one weekend, neither parent sees the need to be in touch with her. Saturday, Sunday, Monday morning pass before Lena - seething from her first, unexpectedly confrontational, meeting with Marcus's divorce lawyer - phones Amy. Straight to Amy's voicemail. She must be in lessons. Lena sends a text. She waits. No reply, no contact whatsoever. It is only when Amy is reported missing from school and her friend's mother reveals that, instead of staying with them, Amy was visiting her father - a fact vehemently denied by Marcus - that Lena contacts the police. Her daughter has not been seen since Saturday afternoon.

    As the police intensify their enquiries, their reassurances that Amy will be found safe and well begin to sound increasingly hollow. DI Victor Reid, in charge of the case, fears the worst - abduction or murder. A family under constant police and press scrutiny, a father who has seemingly lied about his alibi for the weekend, a mother whose perfect world is crumbling beneath her feet, a detective under pressure from his impatient superiors to deliver a result, the length of time that Amy has been missing gathering speed… all conspire to make Lynda La Plante's latest thriller her most tense and terrifying yet.

    Where is Amy? Is she alive or dead? Lies and betrayal mount as the hunt for a missing girl becomes a search for a body…

    **Lynda La Plante's Widows is now a major motion picture**
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio UK
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9781471139758
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    Lynda La Plante

    Lynda La Plante's many novels, including the Prime Suspect series, have all been international bestsellers. She is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and a member of the UK Crime Writers Awards Hall of Fame. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2008. She runs her own television production company and lives in London and Easthampton, New York. Visit her website at LyndaLaPlante.com.

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    • 4/5
      The least likely suspect, the unreliable narrator, the mind-bendingly unexpected plot twist. Go ahead. Think you know where the story's going. You'll be wrong every time. Contains some language.

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    • 4/5
      I greatly enjoyed this collection of short stories featuring twisted people in stories with excellent plot twists. Everytime I thought I knew what was going to happen, I was wrong. This was my first time reading anything by this author, although I had heard of him before. Some of the highlights for me were:*A beautiful woman goes to extreme lengths to rid herself of a stalker.* A former nerd, now an adult, gets revenge on his former tormentors. *A father's fishing trip turns deadly and the absolute best story features detective Lincoln Rhyme in a Christmas themed disappearance.I am looking forward to reading the Bone Collector and I will be reading the rest of the Lincoln Rhyme series in the near future.
    • 3/5
      These stories reminded me of those published in the old Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Each story was worth reading, but with about three notable exceptions, they were nothing special.
    • 4/5
      A great collection of short stories with the twist at the end.In most of the stories Deaver has been able to surprise you with unexpected endings.
    • 2/5
      I was really looking forward to a new book by Lynda La Plante. I?d gotten a bit sick of Anna Travis (the heroine of a number of her previous books), as she didn?t seem to be moving forward personally, even though the murders she investigated were interesting. (I haven?t read the last two books in her series though ? please let me know if I?m missing out). Twisted is a new, standalone book focusing on the disappearance of teenager Amy Fulford. Is she a wilful runaway? Has someone murdered her?The book focuses primarily on Amy?s parents initially, providing a different focus from the police investigation. Lena and Marcus are separated, but tell the police repeatedly that it?s ?amicable?. In reality, it?s far from that, with Marcus engaging a top divorce lawyer to try to get what he believes is his share of Lena?s multiple businesses. Lena?s a very focused woman, primarily on her businesses, but Amy?s disappearance has left her bereft. Finding a diary that Marcus gave Amy opens another world to what she thought was her perfect teenager. Could Amy have been less than the perfect student? The more the police investigate, the more confusing things seem to be. Amy?s room at Lena?s house is perfectly neat and organised. At her father?s flat, it?s chaos with more than a few unsavoury items amongst the mess. Who was Amy? Was she unwell? Did she disappear after cyberbullying attacks? Is she a student prostitute? DI Reid, leading the missing person investigation is really not sure. Then, people close to Amy start dying. Could Amy be the murderer?This was a mixed book for me. I found the first half incredibly slow, focusing in immense detail what Lena wore, what Lena ate, what Lena did. DI Reid really wasn?t a strong enough character to tamper down Lena?s fixations and Marcus?s oddness. I felt like he didn?t have the leadership skills or the drive to hone in on the investigation. When the murder squad was brought in, he seemed to take their criticism lying down. He does redeem himself later, but I felt he just wasn?t deeply interested. The murder squad did speed up the plot, and I thought the discoveries around the diary and what it meant were the strongest parts. It was interesting, fast paced and I couldn?t get enough of it. Then the plot moved to another area entirely, and although it was useful for closure, I felt it was drawn out and slowed the previous momentum. I also found some of the dialogue clunky ? Lena seemed to speak very correctly and precisely, but without the emotion I?d expect of someone whose daughter is missing and may be dead. DI Reid also sounded awkward in my mind as I was reading.While the book as potentially an excellent storyline, I felt it was overly drawn out in some places which slowed the pace down. It?s disappointing, but I?d still be likely to try out the next book by Lynda La Plante to see if there?s an improvement.Thank you to Simon & Schuster for the copy of this book.