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Don't Hang Up

By: Benjamin Stevenson
Narrated by: Luke Arnold, Sibylla Budd
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‘You and I are going to have a chat. If you hang up, this girl dies.’

Adam Turner works the mid-dawn shift at his local radio station. From 12am to 6am, it’s his job to fill the airtime with old songs, inane chatter, and the occasional talkback caller. It’s a long way from his prime-time slot from over a decade ago, when he was a star in the making. Now there’s no producers, no billboards, no stakes, and, crucially, not many listeners. His frequent callers are drunk college students headed home from a night out, or long-range truck drivers. He is completely alone in the studio from midnight until dawn every night.

And then one night at 12:45am, he gets a different kind of call, with higher stakes than he could ever have wanted. The caller’s rules are simple – stay on the line, live on air, until dawn, or the woman they are holding captive will die.

The night wears on and Adam is tormented by his caller, forced to answer increasingly personal questions, exposing his fall from grace for all to hear. He must try to figure out just who is calling him, what they really want, and how he can stop them. All while staying live on air, and keeping the psycho talking.

But as the conversation gets deeper, is Adam willing to broadcast his darkest secrets to the world in order to keep a stranger safe?

©2023 Benjamin Stevenson (P)2023 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
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About the Creator - Benjamin Stevenson

About the Creator

Benjamin Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian and author. His first novel, Greenlight, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction, and his second novel, Either Side of Midnight, was shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Original Paperback.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, his bestselling third novel, has sold in 26 territories around the world and is soon to be adapted by HBO. It was named one of the best crime novels of 2022 by The Sunday Times, and shortlisted for the Dymocks Book of the Year 2022, ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2023 and BookPeople's Fiction Book of the Year 2023. His next novel, Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect, will be released in October 2023.

About the Performer

Luke Arnold is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). His international television credits include Long John Silver in Starz’s Treasure Island prequel, Black Sails, Salvation for Amazon / CBS, MacGyver and Rush Hour, also for CBS, and the Hasbro/Netflix animation series Stretch Armstrong & The Flex Fighters. His growing list of international film credits include the Western biopic thriller Deadman Standing and the romantic comedy Half Magic. In Australia, Luke was awarded the TV Week Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his portrayal of Michael Hutchence in the critically-acclaimed mini-series, Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS.
Luke is also an author, with three books in his Fetch Phillips series published around the world in multiple languages.

About the Performer

Since graduating from the prestigious Victoria College of the Arts, Sibylla Budd has enjoyed a successful career in film, television and theatre. She is best known for the role of Gabrielle in the multi award-winning drama series The Secret Life of Us. Sibylla’s other performances for television include Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Rake, Winners and Losers, All Saints, Kath and Kim, and Picnic at Hanging Rock. Sibylla has also had a flourishing film career and has performed with many major Australian theatre companies, including Company B Belvoir, Queensland Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, and Griffin Theatre Company. Sibylla also enjoys an extensive and accomplished career as a voice artist.

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Good story, so-so performance style

I liked the plot to this story, but I don't feel like it lived up to my expectations. I think the style of the performance inhibited my listening and enjoying this book. While it probably seemed like a great idea to have the antagonist sound like he's really on a telephone, it was extremely annoying to listen to. Tinny and static sound was realistic, but it felt very distracting to me. Like being blasted with a loud voice suddenly. Again, maybe it was just me, but it really ruined my enjoyment of the story.

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This was ok. Good production. Cool story. Weirdly unsatisfactory. Good; not bad, but not… great

I quite like this author and his other books - notably the two about a writer and the two about a podcaster - are both really good series, maybe some of the best in terms of golden age style mystery novels. This is.. not a golden age style mystery novel. It’s like half a story, maybe a novella, and it’s not bad but it doesn’t follow the rules exactly. You never get a chance of figuring it out. In the end the “bad guy” maybe isn’t that bad, who knows. It’s ok. I liked this. I just don’t think it’s anywhere as good as some of this authors other work.
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suspenseful

I'm so glad I found this author. Each story is different, and each one has a wicked twist. Radio DJ, with a chip on his shoulder from a demotion in time slot, receives a call. The caller advises him not to hang up or the woman he has taken captive dies. As the night proceeds and the confessions mount up. Will he be able to figure this out
So intense and wonderfully narrated.

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Pleasantly Surprised

I like the detail that went into this audiobook.
Storyline was gripping, didn’t want to stop hearing. First time “reading” anything from this author. Surprise ending.

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Haunting

Twists and turns with a great narration and story. Will stay in my mind for a long time.

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So good!

Twists and turns! I loved this story and couldn't stop listening. Great plot and reader.

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INTENSE

Smooth voice acting and an a thrilling story. This novel has been an intense journey, with twists and turns I was unable to pause this one.

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Entertaining story and excellent performance!

I love the novellas and this one didn’t disappoint. The performances were fantastic, and the story was suspenseful and had some twists and a surprise ending (well, surprise to me). Nice quick listen while I cleaned the house. I definitely recommend!

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Good!

I liked the narrator and the story. Will try both the authors and this delivery method again.

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Had me on the edge of my seat!

This has great suspense, creative storyline that kept me guessing and just enough clues to figure out “who done it” at the last minute so it wasn’t obvious all along, but was believable.

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