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Broken Country

By: Clare Leslie Hall
Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
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A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.” —Reese Witherspoon

“Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” —Delia Owens, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing

A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.


“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”

Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.

As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.

A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.©2025 Clare Leslie Hall (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio
Family Life Genre Fiction Romantic Suspense Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Heartfelt Exciting Tearjerking

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“BROKEN COUNTRY is a beautifully observed and brilliantly constructed page-turner of novel. It has everything – love, loss, fury, forgiveness – and I was absolutely immersed from page one.”—MARY BETH KEANE, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes and The Half Moon

Captivating Plot Twists • Beautiful Love Story • Exceptional Narration • Emotional Depth • Masterful Storytelling
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Can I say, I am disgusted with Beth? Everyone else suffered her selfish choices and actions. She skimmed by feeling a little but, not like her victims.

How heartbreaking

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Liked the topic, character depth, plot, and generally the narrator (although there were mispronunciations). Intensely disliked the abortion moralizing. Didn’t believe or get the whole thing about him taking the fall for the boy.

Twisty love story

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I loved the story- perfectly written, each character so well developed- experienced every emotion. Wonderful!

Beautifully written

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This story unfolds over the course of several years. It is beautiful and tragic, and I absolutely fell in love with every character.

Beautiful

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A captivating story of love and loss. Beautifully written, I could not put it down. Excellent narration.

Wonderful story

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I Enjoyed the story and the voice that read the story very much! I would highly recommend.

Excellent

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Love the twists and turns! Enjoyed the back and forth timeline. A great read! Highly recommend!

Romance, love, and mystery!

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I enjoyed this story and I appreciated the ending as it kept me intrigued till the final page.

Captivated from the start

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Loved the story. Sweet. Sad. Happy. Comes full circle. Such a great book. Narration was perfect! Highly recommend

Beautiful story

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This book evoked an enormous number of emotions…very worth the credit! Read it now!

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