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Narrated by:
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Ben Elliot
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Amelia Cormack
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Peter Forbes
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By:
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JP Delaney
About this listen
What if you found out that your family isn’t yours at all? How far would you go to protect them? A gripping new psychological thriller from the best-selling author of The Girl Before....
"[JP] Delaney takes domestic suspense beyond its comfort zone.” (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review)
Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete's son, Theo, isn't actually his son - he is the Lamberts', switched at birth by an understaffed hospital while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife, Lucy. For Pete, his partner Maddie, and the little boy they've been raising for the past two years, life will never be the same again.
The two families, reeling from the shock, take comfort in shared good intentions, eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one unconventional modern family. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation that unearths some disturbing questions about the night their children were switched. How much can they trust the other parents - or even each other? What secrets are hidden behind the Lamberts' glossy front door? Stretched to the breaking point, Pete and Maddie discover they will each stop at nothing to keep their family safe.
They are done playing nice.
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Critic reviews
"When it comes to ordinary families faced with terrifying dilemmas, there is no one better than JP Delaney. He is King of Thrillers, and Playing Nice is his best book yet. His chilling, compelling and oh-so-real books force us to confront our darkest fears - and question how far we would go to protect those we love.... Brilliant." (Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle)
"A nightmarish scenario drives this gripping psychological thriller...Genuinely surprising twists reveal just how far a parent will go for the sake of a child. This is domestic suspense at its most unsettling.” (Publishers Weekly)
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From her downstairs apartment in suburban London, Emma has often overheard the everyday life of the seemingly perfect family upstairs - Steph, Paul and teenage daughter Freya - but has never got to know them. Until one day, she hears something that seizes her attention: Freya has vanished and the police are questioning Steph and Paul about their life. Do either of you have any enemies? Anyone who might want to harm or threaten you?
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PLEASE. ignore the negativity and give it a listen
- By Jerusha on 09-10-21
By: Helen Cooper
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Cul-de-sac
- A Novel
- By: Joy Fielding
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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A shooting lays bare the secrets harbored by five families in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of All the Wrong Places.
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I rarely give a book 5 stars...
- By Blue sky on 08-14-21
By: Joy Fielding
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The Truth Hurts
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Reid
- Narrated by: Tamaryn Payne
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this twisty, compelling thriller, a young woman quickly embarks on what she thinks is the relationship and love of a lifetime, and she’s thrilled when her new husband insists they follow one rule: They don’t talk about the past. But it’s a rule that has dangerous consequences.
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Loved it, until the letdown of an ending
- By RueRue on 08-07-20
By: Rebecca Reid
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The Possibilities
- A Novel
- By: Yael Goldstein-Love
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Hannah is having a bad day. A bad month. A bad year? That feels terrible to admit, since her son Jack was born just eight months ago and she loves him more than anything. But ever since his harrowing birth, she can’t shake the feeling that it could have gone the other way. That her baby might not have made it. Terrifying visions of the different paths her life could have taken begin to disrupt her cozy, claustrophobic days with Jack, destabilizing her marriage and making her husband concerned for her mental health.
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Fascinating spot on insight about motherhood.
- By Jillibean on 12-02-23
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The Memory Watcher
- By: Minka Kent
- Narrated by: Sally Vahle, Morgan Laure
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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When Autumn Carpenter stumbles upon the social media account of the family who adopted her infant daughter years ago, she finds herself instantly drawn into their picture-perfect existence. From behind a computer screen, Autumn watches Grace's every memory, from birthdays to holidays to bedtime snuggles. But what starts as an innocent fascination soon spirals into an addictive obsession that comes to a screeching halt the day the McMullen family closes their Instaface account.
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Webs within webs, within a large web...
- By Jenn on 05-03-17
By: Minka Kent
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The Wild Inside
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Christine Carbo
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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For fans of Louise Penny, C. J. Box, and Nevada Barr comes a haunting crime novel set in Glacier National Park, where one man finds himself on a collision course with the dark heart of the wild and the even darker heart of human nature.
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Brutal animal torture
- By L on 11-21-16
By: Christine Carbo
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Run Away with Me
- By: Daniel Hurst
- Narrated by: Luke R. Francis, Francesca Waite
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Laura is married, she has a good home, and she is due to give birth to her first child any day now. But her perfect world is shattered when her husband comes home flustered and afraid. He's made a terrible mistake. He's done a bad thing. And now the police are going to be looking for him . . . There's only one way out of this. He wants to run. But he won't go without his wife.
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Loved it!
- By claire bronster on 10-04-23
By: Daniel Hurst
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House of Correction
- A Novel
- By: Nicci French
- Narrated by: Michelle Ford
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Tabitha is not a murderer. When a body is discovered in Okeham, England, Tabitha is shocked to find herself being placed in handcuffs. It must be a mistake. She’d only recently moved back to her childhood hometown, not even getting a chance to reacquaint herself with the neighbors. How could she possibly be a murder suspect? As Tabitha is shepherded through the system, her entire life is picked apart and scrutinized - her history of depression and medications, her decision to move back to a town she supposedly hated, and her past relationship with the victim, her former teacher.
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An unreliable narrator who herself doesn’t know what happened
- By Barbara on 03-04-21
By: Nicci French
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Do I Know You?
- A Novel of Suspense
- By: Sarah Strohmeyer
- Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman, Hillary Huber, Kyla Garcia, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Jane Ellison is a “super recognizer” able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details - the curve of a head, the arch of an eyebrow. When she spies human rights activist and heiress Bella Valencia in a crowded Boston airport, Jane’s convinced she’s found the person responsible for her sister Kit’s disappearance and presumed death 11 years earlier. But her attempt to detain the suspect ends with Jane herself fired and humiliated.
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The book is entertainment, but I didn't love it.
- By Anne-Marie Berge on 12-09-21
By: Sarah Strohmeyer
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A Slow Fire Burning
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are, whether they know it or not, burning to right the wrongs done to them.
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This book should have a DISCLAIMER!
- By Amazon Customer on 09-06-21
By: Paula Hawkins
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Do Not Disturb
- A Novel
- By: Claire Douglas
- Narrated by: Hannah Daniel
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Following a traumatic event in London, Kirsty Woodhouse packs up her family and moves back to her native Wales. There she sets up her new home with her husband and two young daughters, and goes into business with her difficult mother managing a guesthouse in the Brecon Beacons. But when the guesthouse is ready to be occupied, Kirsty encounters the last person she ever expected to see: her estranged cousin Selena. It has been seventeen years since they last talked—when Selena tore everything apart between them. Why has she chosen now to walk back into Kirsty's life?
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Good story line, gullible main character
- By Anonymous User on 06-25-23
By: Claire Douglas
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The Violence
- A Novel
- By: Delilah S. Dawson
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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They call it The Violence: a strange epidemic that causes the infected to experience sudden bursts of animalistic rage, with no provocation and no memory of their crimes. While it tears the nation apart, one woman sees something unlikely in the chaos—an opportunity.
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Loved e every minute of this book!
- By Keith Boyd on 03-15-22
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The Perfect Escape
- By: Leah Konen
- Narrated by: Erin Deward, Karissa Vacker, Kelsey Navarro Foster
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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New friends Sam, Margaret and Diana are thrilled to be getting out of the city for a girls’ weekend - they’ve bonded over their messy divorces, and every mile on the odometer feels like another step towards putting their exes in the past. But when car trouble halfway into their trip strands them in the most unlikely of mountain towns, they come face-to-face with the hurts and betrayals they were so desperate to leave behind. When Diana doesn't return home after a night out, Sam and Margaret's search for her reveals just how little they know about their friend.
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Don’t listen if you’re in your 30s
- By Nikki Rose on 05-09-22
By: Leah Konen
A real page turner!
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Entertaining
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A really great read
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Great story and info
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Great book!
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GREAT BOOK!
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More complex with great twists and turns
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