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56 Days

By: Catherine Ryan Howard
Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
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Publisher's summary

No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.

Fifty-six days ago

Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.

Thirty-five days ago

When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is.

Today

Detectives arrive at Oliver’s apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?

Crime by the Book

©2021 Catherine Ryan Howard (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing
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great book as always

this is my favorite author on audible and my very favorite narrator. the story is good maybe not her best but I definitely did not see the twist coming!!!

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Disjointed

The story started out interesting, even with the word-for-word repetition of segments with added observations from the 2 main characters’ points of view. Adding the journalist, Laura/Lauren?, did not end up augmenting the story. Of the 2 twists at the end, only 1 was supported by what came before. The investigators were interesting but in the end, superfluous.

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Great book. A voice change would be nice.

The story was great, however, the audio would benefit from two (or more) narrators ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Riveting!

I couldn’t wait to hear what would come next. This is my second book by this author and I’ve found both engrossing stories with unexpected endings.

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Engaging and Kept Me Guessing

Believable characters and slow reveals added to a revolving timeline all support a riveting tale.

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Interesting

Definitely took a turn I wasn’t expecting at the end. Quite a sad book really, but it’s always interesting to hear books about the quarantine and what happened (or could have).

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Amazing

I could really connect with some of the scenarios during lock down. The characters really came alive. I almost felt like I was there watching above. Please keep writing you are amazing!

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Pay attention and you’ll hear a really great story!

There were several points where I had to back up and re-listen for a few minutes because there is quite a bit of jumping from past to present. You really have to focus throughout this one, but it is sooooo worth it. Great listen!

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IF I COULD ONLY COUNT DAYS I COULD KEEP UP

THE BOOK WAS GOOD BUT THE CONSTANT REFERENCE TO DAYS WASNT CLEAR UNTIL THE END. MEH!

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Excellent story

This was an excellent story, but the jumping back and forth by 56 days, 39 days, today, 76 days, etc. was a little confusing.

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