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The Boy at the Door

By: Alex Dahl
Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò, Sophie Amoss, Jenna Lamia
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Set against a stunning Scandinavian backdrop, a gritty novel of psychological suspense that asks the question how far would you go to hold onto what you have?

Cecilia Wilborg has it all - a loving husband, two beautiful daughters and a gorgeous home in the affluent Norwegian town of Sandefjord. And she works hard to keep it all together. Too hard. Because one mistake from her past could bring it all crashing down around her.

Annika Lucasson lives a dark life with her abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend. She's lost everything one too many times and now she's got one last chance to save herself, thanks to Cecilia. Annika knows her secret - and just how much she's willing to do to make it all go away...

When someone forgets to pick up their little boy at the local pool, Cecilia agrees to take him home, only to find an abandoned, empty house. It's the first step in the unraveling of her meticulously crafted life, as her and Annika's worlds collide...

©2018 Alex Dahl (P)2018 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Critic reviews

"Dahl savagely delineates the price of living in a society that insists women must try to be perfect wives and mothers and have successful careers, too, or they’ll be inevitably made to feel they’re never good enough." (Publishers Weekly)

"A tangled web, masterfully constructed and certain to satisfy fans of the genre." (Booklist)

"Scandi Noir at its best... Atmospheric and beautifully written...combines complex and believable characters with a heart-breaking and head-spinning plot." (Mary Torjussen, author of Gone Without a Trace and The Girl I Used to Be)

"The three actors who voice Cecilia, a beautiful rich housewife, Tobias, an abandoned child, and Annika, a doomed junkie, are perfectly cast, have appealing voices, and do exactly what the story needs them to do....this is an unusual and brilliantly executed example, and a flawless listen." (AudioFile)

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story was hard to follow at times because it skipped back and forth in time and one character lied often, but that made it interesting as well. Alex Dahl’s writing is good. I look forward to her next book.

I listened twice

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The writing is superb! And each performance was as outstanding as the story.
This is a must read/listen!

Excellent Book & Outstanding Performances

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I was drawn in almost immediately, the characters and their situations had me so engrossed that I didn't want to stop listening. The three actresses beautifully narrated this heart-breaking tale of loss and redemption mixed with pain and the cruelty humans sometimes inflict on others and themselves. Every character was brought to life, but of course Cecilia, Annie and Tobias were so gorgeously given life that it was as though I was there, in the story, with them. I sobbed, I smiled and I loved them all, as flawed and beautiful as they are.

A beautiful, heartbreaking story flawlessly told

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Liked everything about this book. Story and performance were both excellent. Loved the way it unfolded

One of the best

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This book took me by surprise. I did not expect the twist and the turns it took. I also enjoyed the narrators. You will not want the book to end.

Page turner!!!

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The main character is despicable, a true narcissist thru and thru! This plot is intricate and the characters are written really well. I especially enjoyed Cecelia's narration. Annie's was a little whiney, but rang true.

Loved to Hate Cecilia!

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Dahl explores addiction, narcissism, love, abuse and the metaphysics of the parental bond in this exquisitely narrated novel. Marnò’s performance was as always wonderful to and the actor that read the part of the little boy was painfully marvelous. This is the suspense genre at its best—there were no innocent bystanders or straw men in this novel.

Beautiful understanding and articulation of the female human condition

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The story had me hooked right away. The narration, particularly for the child, was really wonderful.

Truly superior narration of a wonderful story.

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I liked it. The mother was an awful person who didn't deserve what she got in the end.

Great Narration

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This was suspenseful, intense and gripping. I had a hard time putting it down and wanted to keep reading to find out the ending. I was annoyed, disgusted but also sympathetic for Cecilia, which made me feel weird.

The suspense was thrilling

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