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The Passenger

By: Daniel Hurst
Narrated by: Rupert Bush, Deirdra Whelan
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She takes the same train every day. But this is a journey she’ll never forget. The Passenger is a stunning psychological thriller with a nerve-shredding climax. Perfect for fans of Mark Edwards, K.L. Slater and Miranda Rijks.

Amanda is a hardworking single mum, completely focused on her job and her daughter, Louise. She’s been saving for years, and now, finally, she can afford to give up work and chase her dream. But then, on her commute home from London to Brighton, she meets a charming stranger - who seems to know everything about her. He delivers an ultimatum. She needs to give him the code for the safe where she keeps her savings before the train reaches Brighton - or she’ll never see Louise again. Convinced that the threat is real, Amanda is stunned, horrified. She knows she should give him the code, but she can’t. Because she also knows there is a terrible secret in that safe which will destroy her life and Louise’s, too....

©2021 Daniel Hurst (P)2021 W F Howes
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“Hurst draws the reader into his characters’ world and turns our expectations on their heads as we try and navigate through this unusual and cleverly drawn plot." (On the Shelf Books)

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Riveting

I Couldn’t stop listening. I needed to know what happened next. Highly recommend for those that like a good suspenseful read.

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Good story w/ some room for improvement w/ SPOILER.

Very good story from a great author. However, I could think of 2 alternative plots/endings which may have landed better….


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1. Amanda could have attempted to split stranger and James up by saying to stranger on the train “ how do you know James won’t run with the money”, then going with stranger back to her home and tag team with Lou.

2. Lou could have killed James when he was taking the belongings from the safe.

Just some other ideas 🙃

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Konnte nicht aufhören zu hören!

Spannende Storyline - spannender Thriller mit Suchtpotenzial, der unter die Haut geht. Viele Twists, man will definitiv wissen wie es ausgeht!

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Who is who🤔

I had a really hard time figuring out who the parent was in this story. As a parent the teenage daughter grated on my last nerve. It was an interesting listen nonetheless.

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Bad people but entertaining listen

Bad people throughout but it was entertaining! Enjoyed this quick listen. It was suspenseful and I was surprised.

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Action packed from start to finish

Loved story line, action packed and wondering how it would end. Loved the Powerful, smart women and getting their revenge was so sweet.

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Great read

Story was really well done. I really didn’t care for the daughter who felt entitled and selfish. At seventeen she should have had a job and not leaching off of her Mother. Of course the mom didn’t have very good parenting skills either, allowing her daughter to talk back at her so disrespectfully.

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Fast paced, and throughly entertaining

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙃𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙩

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🎧𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥
🎙️𝘙𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘩 & 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯

I enjoyed this story and was entertained from beginning to end. I like the mother daughter aspect of this, and seeing their relationship shift and change. I also enjoyed the multiple different POVs as it added to the depth of the story and in turn had me more invested. This is fast paced from the beginning and it stays that way throughout the story. Highly recommend.

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She takes the same train every day. But this is a journey she’ll never forget.

Amanda is a hardworking single mum, completely focused on her job and her daughter, Louise. She’s been saving for years and now, finally, she can afford to give up work and chase her dream.
But then, on her commute home from London to Brighton, she meets a charming stranger - who seems to know everything about her.
He delivers an ultimatum . She needs to give him the code for the safe where she keeps her savings before the train reaches Brighton - or she’ll never see Louise again.
Convinced that the threat is real, Amanda is stunned, horrified. She knows she should give him the code, but she can’t. Because she also knows there is a terrible secret in that safe which will destroy her life and Louise’s too…
The Passenger – the stunning psychological thriller with a nerve-shredding climax. Perfect for fans of Mark Edwards, K.L. Slater, Miranda Rijks.

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interesting all the way through

bad men bad men what ya going to do. what you going to do when she comes for you!

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Missed opportunity

I wish the author had left the ring on the dying man’s finger. That would have closed that part of the case. HE would have been linked to the murder with the ring. He already had a criminal past. I swear I thought that’s where that part of the story was going.
Her keeping the ring leaves the case open.

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