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  • The Island of Lost Girls

  • A Novel
  • By: Alex Marwood
  • Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
  • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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The Island of Lost Girls

By: Alex Marwood
Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
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Publisher's summary

“A stunning, genre-defying novel, poetic, immersive, and as dazzling as the Mediterranean sun even as it pulls the reader through the darkest corridors of human behavior. I was totally mesmerized. . . . Alex Marwood is in a class of her own.”—Lisa Jewell

“A stiletto of a novel: heart stopping and devastating.”—Jenny Colgan

Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide evil secrets in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about money, corruption, power and lost innocence from “one of crime fiction's brightest stars” (Megan Abbott), the Edgar and Macavity Award-winning author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door.

It's paradise for the super-rich, but hell for the girls whose lives they've stolen

1985

To twelve-year-old Mercedes, La Kastellana is home, an island with deep-rooted traditions untouched by the modern world. But this secluded paradise is upended with the arrival of multimillionaire Matthew Meade and his pampered young daughter, Tatiana. While the Meades lavishly spread unimaginable wealth around La Kastellana, the price Mercedes and the rest of the islanders will pay is more than they could ever have imagined.

2016

Robin has been desperately searching for her seventeen-year-old daughter Gemma, who’s been missing for more than a year. Finding herself on La Kastellana, an island playground for the international jet set, Robin quickly realizes she’s out of her depth. No one is willing to help and Robin fears she’s running out of time to find her child.

But someone has been watching, silently waiting for the moment to expose the dark truth of what really happens on the island of lost girls.

©2023 Alex Marwood (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers
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A great listen

Keeps you on your toes. This is a great book, you won’t want to stop listening.

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Great characters

This is not The Wicked Girls or Marwood’s other thrillers. But it IS a great and complicated story that I can only imagine took ages to research and perfect. These characters had such depth - you truly loved or hated them, as you should. The story is an important one to tell, such terrible goings on in such a beautiful location. If you’re wanting a thriller, this isn’t it. But if a psychological, speculative fiction-esque story told by one of the greats interests you, don’t pass this one up.

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Another great one from Alex

The beginning was a bit hard to follow with the different time lines but I quickly caught on. Could be just me with my ADD. Lol. This story was a nice break from the others in this genre. Most of the book out there seem to be cut from the same cloth. This one kept me wanting to find out what happened next. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it. However, I can see that it might be triggering for some, so listen with care. That being said, I would definitely listen to it again.

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Great story

Great story till the end. Enjoyed the whole thing from start to finish

Good characters

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Try The Killer Next Door

by this author, Alex Marwood. I've read all of her work and pre-ordered this one months ago. Unfortunately this one fell flat for me. i wasn't interested in these characters or what they were up to. Had to return it. Would definitely try her next one. She has the talent to create good stories with lots of twists and even humor.

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Completely boring

The end was satisfying but it sure took a long time to get . The story and the narrator kept putting me to sleep. I have been a Marwood fan for a long time but this story would be much better abridged

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