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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.
Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary
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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Great, But the Ending

I absolutely loved everything, except for that ending. Not only did the bad guys get away. They were also made to look like they did nothing wrong. The main character did deserve consequences for his actions, but so did they!

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Gripping

This was literally like watching a movie in my head the narration of the story is awesome and griping and keeps you on the edge of your seat Mad about the characters ending but it is what it is

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Riveting

Once I started I couldn’t stop but I wish it would have ended differently. I would recommend it to others.

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FANTASTIC

Usually I can figure these out but I was hanging on the edge listening. What an amazing story!! Awesome narrative.
TOTALLY RECOMMEND

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Entertaining

Great listen. Suspenseful with unexpected twists and believable characters. I listened to the entire book nonstop!

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This story grabs your attention!

Wow quite a ride as the story unwinds you can’t stop listening. The ending was not what I expected stopping abruptly. It did not fit the narrative in my opinion.

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Don’t Hang Up

Fast-paced and engrossing, this Audible Original is a perfect way to spend a stormy evening.

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I enjoyed it

It started off slow, but then became riveting. The end had quite a twist. I recommend it.

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Definitely a page turner

Initially, the static caller voice was distracting because my listening speed is 1.7x. However, the storyline has a great climax!

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Didn’t care much for the radio sound

The radio conversation was rough to hear But loved the story, well done there, including the end

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