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Imogen Church
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Louise Douglas
About this listen
The latest unforgettable, atmospheric novel from the Richard and Judy NUMBER ONE bestseller.
A mysterious bequest and the legacy of a tragic love – only one person can unravel the hidden secrets of the past before it’s too late…
When Elisabeth Quemener dies she leaves a small parcel with the instructions that it must only be opened by Astrid Oake. The trouble is, no one knows who Astrid Oake is…
Elisabeth’s family turn to Touissants detective agency for help but, when Mila Shepherd and Carter Jackson try to track Astrid down, their frustration soon mounts. Their only clue is a photo of two young women holding the hands of a tiny child. The women are smiling but Mila is haunted by the sadness in their eyes. Is this Astrid and Elisabeth and if so, who is the child? And why are there signs everywhere in Elisabeth’s home that the old woman was frightened despite her living a quiet life with no known enemies?
As Elisabeth and Astrid’s story slowly unfolds, Mila feels the walls of her home The Sea House closing in. And as the secrets finally begin to reveal themselves, she is ever more determined to carry out Elisabeth’s final wishes. Because what is inside that unprepossessing parcel might just save a life…
Louise Douglas is back in the Brittany seaside town of Morranez with a heart-stopping, heart-breaking, brilliantly written and utterly compelling mystery. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Eve Chase and Lucinda Riley.
‘I love the way in which Louise creates such an atmospheric mystery, building the intrigue and suspense brick by brick.’ Nicola Cornick
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Slim Parsons is all but burned. When her last deep-cover job for MI5 ended with a life-and-death struggle on a private jet, she went on the run from her deadly target–a conniving businessman and money launderer codenamed “Hagfish." Now she's back at home, in hiding from her angry bosses in the Security Service, who have accused her of being overly violent and unsuitable for the role of an MI5 operative. But after several months off the grid, Slim is called back to another job–Operation Linesman–where she is asked to infiltrate a news website.
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parallel to actual corruption
- By jordanmaj on 03-01-25
By: Henry Porter
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In Her Shadow
- By: Louise Douglas
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Hannah Brown thought she had put the past behind her. But now it's coming to find her.... Hannah never dreamed she'd have a best friend like Ellen Brecht. Ellen is everything Hannah wants to be - beautiful, daring, glamorous and powerful. Growing up together in windswept Cornwall, life seems perfect. But their idyllic childhood is shattered by obsession, betrayal and, ultimately, a terrible tragedy.
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Main character
- By Bookfan on 07-07-21
By: Louise Douglas
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The Secret of Villa Alba
- By: Louise Douglas
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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1968, Sicily. Just months after an earthquake has destroyed the mountain town of Gibellina, Enzo and his wife Irene Borgata are making their way back to the family home, Villa Alba. When their car breaks down, Enzo leaves his young wife to go and get help, but when he returns there is no trace of Irene. 2003. TV showman and true crime aficionado Milo Conti is Italy’s darling, uncovering and solving historic crimes. When he turns his attention to the story of the missing Irene Borgata, accusing her husband of her murder, Enzo’s daughter asks her friend for help to prove her father’s innocence.
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Good mystery
- By Rosa on 01-24-24
By: Louise Douglas
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The House by the Sea
- By: Louise Douglas
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When Edie’s mother-in-law, Anna DeLuca, dies, she is relieved. Edie blames Anna for the accident that destroyed her family. So, when her will lures Edie to Sicily and the long-abandoned Villa della Madonna del Mare, she sees through Anna’s games. Suspecting Anna is meddling from beyond the grave to try to reunite her and her ex-husband Joe, Edie is determined to leave Italy as soon as possible.
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not really a ghost story
- By SMATTHEWS on 06-18-20
By: Louise Douglas
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The Secret by the Lake
- By: Louise Douglas
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When a tragedy forces the family Amy works for as a nanny to retreat to a small lakeside cottage, she realises they desperately need her help and support, so she agrees to go with them. But Amy finds the cottage by the lake unsettling, even sinister. The house is where the children’s mother spent her childhood - and the place where her 17-year-old sister disappeared mysteriously. Before long, ominous truths begin rising to the surface, and Amy becomes bewitched by the missing sister’s story. Can Amy unlock the secrets of the past before they repeat themselves?
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One of her best
- By Bitten and Seven Forever on 06-06-21
By: Louise Douglas
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The Madness
- By: Dawn Kurtagich
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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With one unexpected email from her estranged best friend, Lucy, Mina Murray’s carefully curated life is turned upside down. Leaving behind her psychiatric practice in London, along with her routine and the calm it brings, she returns to the windswept shores of Wales. Faced with everything she’s left behind, she soon discovers that Lucy’s symptoms mirror those of her mysterious patient with amnesia hundreds of miles away.
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Excellent Story
- By Heather B on 09-02-24
By: Dawn Kurtagich
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The Art of Murder
- The Village Detectives, Book 1
- By: Fiona Walker
- Narrated by: Christine Mackie
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Former stand-up comic Juno Mulligan has been suffering a serious sense-of-humour failure. Not only has she lost the love of her life, but she’s having to relocate to the (admittedly idyllic) village of Inkbury to watch out for her elderly mother, who she’s genuinely worried might be marrying a wife-killer. She hopes that her old friend, disgraced-journalist-turned-novelist Phoebe Fredericks can help her crack the case of whether her mother’s perma-tanned, iceberg-smiled, three-times-a-widower fiancé is hiding a murderous past.
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Loved it!
- By Kindle Customer on 07-23-24
By: Fiona Walker
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The Love of My Life
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- By: Rosie Walsh
- Narrated by: Imogen Church, Theo Solomon
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she’d do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie. And she might just have got away with it, if it weren’t for her husband’s job. Leo is an obituary writer; Emma a well-known marine biologist. When she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best – researching and writing about his wife’s life. But as he starts to unravel the truth, he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t really exist. Even her name isn’t real.
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My preference
- By Avid series reader on 03-03-22
By: Rosie Walsh
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Your Little Lies
- An Addictive and Gripping Domestic Thriller
- By: Sue Fortin
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When Hannah and Jasper move to Silverbanks, a luxury gated neighbourhood, it’s a dream come true. This house, with its floor-to-ceiling glass doors, direct access to the sandy beach, and close-knit, caring community, will be the perfect place to raise their precious daughter, Pia. And then Hannah meets her next-door neighbour. The flicker of recognition in his eyes only lasts for a second, but it’s enough. Suddenly, her safe haven has become the most dangerous place she could be. Unless she does something about it.
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ok but ending is good
- By lisa on 09-25-24
By: Sue Fortin
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A Month of Summer
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Lisa Wingate has been favorably compared to authors Nicholas Sparks and Richard Paul Evans. In A Month of Summer, Hanna Beth has been caring for her aging husband - who suffers from Alzheimer's - and her developmentally challenged adult son for years on her own. But when she suffers a stroke, estranged stepdaughter Rebecca must take the reins. As she cares for her father and the step-brother she's barely met, Rebecca slowly begins to heal both herself and her family.
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TRUE ACCOUNT OF ALZIEMERS
- By RobinN on 03-21-10
By: Lisa Wingate
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One by One
- By: Ruth Ware
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide.
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Decide for yourself
- By Breezybealle on 09-10-20
By: Ruth Ware
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The Booklover's Library
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In Nottingham, England, widow Emma Taylor finds herself in desperate need of a job. She and her beloved daughter Olivia have always managed just fine on their own, but with the legal restrictions prohibiting widows with children from most employment opportunities, she’s left with only one option: persuading the manageress at Boots’ Booklover’s Library to take a chance on her with a job.
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excellent & historically accurate.
- By Kindle Customer on 10-19-24
By: Madeline Martin
I enjoyed the narrator.
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