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Half Past

A Novel

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Half Past

By: Victoria Helen Stone
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
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At forty-five, Hannah Smith is at a crossroads. That's her spin on it. The reality is she's divorced, jobless, and moving back to her family home in Iowa to keep an eye on her mother, who's slipping into dementia. Her return stirs up the same unnerving sense of disconnect Hannah has felt since childhood - always the odd girl out, the loner outshone by her two older sisters. Hannah knew the feelings of hurt would come back. But she never expected fear. Because when her mother looks into her eyes and whispers, "You're not my daughter," Hannah is beginning to believe it's not just the rambling of a confused woman.

It's the truth.

Now Hannah's following the trail of a family mystery to the dark coast of Big Sur, where years ago a lie was born - and buried. As frightened as she is to unearth it, Hannah knows this is the last chance she has before her past - and all its terrible secrets - are lost forever.

©2017 Victoria Helen Stone. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Mystery
Intriguing Mystery • Well-paced Suspense • Fantastic Performance • Complex Characters • Compassionate Storytelling
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didn't care about the main character at all nor her journey. lt seems like a lot of audiobooks aren't as good as ones they don't bother making into audiobooks

I thought it was pretty boring

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For fans of genealogical mysteries this was a great book. The characters are believable the main character someone I could identify with and the setting one I know well, it was described perfectly. Perhaps I'm bias as I absolutely love Emily Sutton Smiths voice but I thought she did a wonderful job here. She really shines on doing introspection and her soothing voice is both mysterious and yet calming even when she's reading action scenes. Don't pass this great find up!

Great plot with excellent narrator

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I felt like I knew the characters. Excellent storyline. Didn't have the ending I wanted but more true to life.

Holds Your Interest

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Very entertaining and I was surprised by the way the story flowed. The characters were interesting. The story kept me up. I had to know how it would end.

Half Past

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I actually live a very similar story so this was touching. bravo and keep it up!

wonderful story

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Narrator sounds like a robot! Love this author but can’t tolerate this narration! She runs the story

Terrible narration

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Perhaps because I live near Big Sur, the story struck a chord with me. It's believable, sad and captures your imagination.

Enjoyed the story

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Yes there are lots of family secrets, but you can probably figure then all out before the end of the book. I was looking for more of thriller. This book was alright but not one I would read again.

Not what I thought it was

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I enjoyed unraveling the truth with Hanna. It was also a pleasure to see a character with similar non-traditional desires. Emily Sutton-Smith gives another great performance!

Enjoyed unraveling the truth

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Nice twists and turns with a wonderful narrator. A very entertaining read with memorable characters.

page turner

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