
The Secret Place
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Stephen Hogan
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Lara Hutchinson
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By:
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Tana French
Listen to the New York Times best seller by Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post).
A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when 16-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: “I know who killed him".
Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case - beneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey. With the clues leading back to Holly’s close-knit group of friends, to their rival clique, and to the tangle of relationships that bound them all to the murdered boy, the private underworld of teenage girls turns out to be more mysterious and more dangerous than the detectives imagined.
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"An absolutely mesmerizing read." (Gillian Flynn)
"A book full of giddy, slangy, devious schoolgirls who cannot be trusted about anything, at least not on the first, second, third or fourth rounds of questioning.... Part of this book’s trickiness is its way of letting characters hide the truth behind the smoke screen of language and let both readers and investigators gradually figure out who is lying." (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)
"There are echoes of Leopold and Loeb and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, but the language and landscape are unmistakably French’s, as is the way she excavates the past to illuminate the present." (O Magazine)
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I remember being a teenager, not in the cool group of kids. I went to a private girls school though not boarding. I knew the boys at the boys school. My best friend went to a catholic boarding school and she still knows knows the school and the nuns of today-granted in the US not UK. They conduct searches of the girls rooms, would have found those phone, she feels. They are not oblivious to the newer age things the kids can get into. So I found the story a bit unbelievable in that area.
The detective part was OK. I was a bit disappointed that the pattern Ms French seemed to have going : of using one detective from the previous novel to be that main detective in the next. I thought that was an interesting pattern to have created. it kept the detectives fresh while continuing with the Dublin Murder Squad. Not that I don't enjoy 10 or 17 or 22 books all with the same lead character but I think it would be quite interesting to write-in these new detectives each new book.
So , sadly, after waiting 2 very long years for Ms French's new book- I was disappointed and couldn't wait until when I wouldn't have to hear Lara Hutchinson's voice ever again.
I have listened to the other 4 books twice and must go listen to one again just to get her voice out of head.
I must also say the very end was no surprise.
TERRIBLE FEMALE NARRATOR-RUINED THE BOOK FOR ME
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Another Good Story from Tana
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Where does The Secret Place rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The characters are interesting and well-developed, though stay away if you don't want to delve into the minds of teenage girls. The plot is unpredictable and the performances are good. Irish accents and slang.Good Mystery, Good Characters
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Too many girls?
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Fantastic story and structure!
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Secret Place to be better than the print version?
Live theatre is always better than reading.Who was your favorite character and why?
Can’t see the value of identifying a favourite character..it’s a work of fiction where all characters should have a role even if its only "Fifth Business."Have you listened to any of Stephen Hogan and Lara Hutchinson ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Stephen Hogan is extremely good at keeping characters separated, despite doing the voices for eight teenagers he manages to create a "theatrical performance" in the best sense of the term. The book listens like the best in BBC radio drama.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The secret place of the teenage mind.Any additional comments?
The alternating adult detective/school girl chapters/ narrator, dampens the suspense and plot development. Almost stopped listening it was so annoying but having persisted you are rewarded with an intelligent story.Listen to great theatre
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Another excellent Tana French mystery
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Suspenseful as always!
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Another engaging story from Tana French
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Teenage OMG dialogue painful to get through
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