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I Let You Go

By: Clare Mackintosh
Narrated by: Nicola Barber, Steven Crossley
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The next blockbuster thriller for those who loved The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl.... A novel with "an astonishing intensity that drags you in and never - ever - lets you go" (Daily Mail, UK).

On a rainy afternoon, a mother's life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street....

I Let You Go follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past.

At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them.

Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner, says, "I read I Let You Go in two sittings; it made me cry (at least twice), made me gasp out loud (once), and above all made me wish I'd written it...a stellar achievement."

©2016 Clare Mackintosh (P)2016 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Crime Exciting Suspense

Critic reviews

"Chilling, compelling, and compassionate." (Paula Hawkins, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Girl on the Train)

"Astonishingly good." (Lee Child, number one New York Times best-selling author of Make Me)

"Genuinely shocking.... [A] cunning psychological thriller." (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review)

Unexpected Twists • Compelling Storyline • Excellent Dual Narration • Emotional Depth • Gripping Suspense
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I pressed in to finish the book but feel she made her character about as dumb as they get. I know she was drownded with fear... but she was as stupid as it gets.
Really unimpressed.

Not very good

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Didn't like the narration. Found it hard to feel the proper emotions because of their inflections. Story was good not great. Quite predictable.

Way better suspense novels out there

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I really enjoyed this book - especially the unexpected twists and turns!
The intensity of the first person view into the mind of the villain was well-written - both believable and haunting.

Kept me listening

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The beginning of this book was difficult. t was so slow then the middle picked up with a good plot and the outcome was just ok.

Slow start, great middle, decent end

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I liked the twist, got a little confusing jumping back and fourth, i had to re-listen at times thinkin I missed something when it jumped back and fourth. However, good read.

almost like a Quintien Teratino story

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normally i always feel a little let down at the end of a book..not this one. it held me captive start to finish.

good story...start to finish

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This book has a very clever twist midway, but the rest of the story is so predictable that I thought that the solution had to be a red herring when I first figured it out early on. Disturbing scenes of domestic violence from the perpetrator's point of view take up a big proportion of the book but don't advance the plot. I don't think I will read this author again, if this is representative of her work.

Clever plot twist does not redeem this book

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I Let You Go explains the brutal honesty of domestic violence.
Clare knows her subject and her descriptions and character development is perfect. Can’t wait to read her next book.

So many layers and a powerful message

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Great book for readers who love twists! Alternating male and female narrators help give appropriate feelings for the story.

Compelling

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Book had lots of twists and turns. Ending was intense. Very good story line. Performances were well done.

Excellent

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