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  • The Mosquito

  • Obsession Collection
  • By: B. A. Paris
  • Narrated by: Will Watt
  • Length: 48 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (169 ratings)

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The Mosquito

By: B. A. Paris
Narrated by: Will Watt
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Publisher's summary

After his marriage fails, he hopes a vacation in France will relax and restore him. But fate has something more poisonous in store in this biting tale from bestselling author B. A. Paris.

Michael wanted to back out of this trip to the South of France after his wife left him, but his sister and their friends wouldn’t hear of it. His fellow houseguest Rupert isn’t in the mood, either, having recently been widowed. But rather than bonding, Michael is unsettled by Rupert’s constant needling. That and the bug bites are enough to suck the life right out of an idyllic holiday.

The Mosquito is part of Obsession, a collection of compulsively readable short stories about people pushed to their extremes. So addictive you won’t be able to put them down—read or listen to each story in a single sitting.

©2023 Bernadette MacDougall. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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The ending you prayed for!

Though it may have seemed prolonged in the middle - but that is likely because you were feeling the main characters pain and just wanted relief! Great writing put you in his shoes and helped you to suspend and moral compunction about 'swatting the mosquito."

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Pleasantly Surprised!

I enjoy all of B.A Paris’ work and this was no different. It kept me on edge and the ending was great.

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Sweet revenge

I loved that he got rid of that obnoxious Rupert and seemingly will get away with it

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Entertaining!

I’m not much of a short story person but this was perfect! Narration was great, too.

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😂 bugged

Cute story. definitely didn't end the way I thought it would. Will Watt is awesome, I love his voice. Could have listened to more, if it was longer..... a lot of detail in a short listen.

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I really enjoyed this book!

I enjoyed the story. I enjoyed listening to the reader. He did a great job.

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Fun quick read!

Good, short listen with a happy ending. B.A. Paris is a great author and the narration is great too!

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I wanted more.

This is a great teaser to go read more of this writer. Hmm…looking into it

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Loved it!

A great short story! The slow build and narration had me sympathizing with the main character and equally annoyed with the protagonist. I was eager to find out how it ended - perfect!

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Progressively unhinged mania

The story became slowly more unhinged as it kept going, and I loved it. I like the seemingly normal interactions cataloging every day but then at night The Mosquito slowly got more unbearable. The ending was perfect. Not such a nice guy after all.

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