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The Teacher's Lie

By: Brid Cummings
Narrated by: Mia Wasikowska
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There are some secrets you just can’t bury.

A gripping Audible Original for fans of Jane Harper’s The Dry and Sarah Pearse’s The Sanatorium, The Teacher’s Lie is a psychological thriller set on the harsh and rugged South Australian coast, performed by Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are All Right).

It’s been two years since Anna Cartwright’s life fell apart. During her first school trip as a young teacher, a student went missing and was never found. Not only was her career ruined, she was also accused of having an affair with fellow teacher and prime suspect Graham. Facing questions from journalists, police and family, Anna said she didn’t know what happened. She was lying.

Now, Anna has returned to Australia. Her only hope is Land’s End Area School, an isolated concrete wasteland perched on the cliffs. The failing institution is so understaffed that it is the one place her history might remain hidden. But while the eccentric Headmistress seems welcoming, deputy-head Miss Baxter seems determined to expose her secrets.

With new lies spinning out of control, how long can Anna keep her secret hidden? And is she being haunted by her guilt or by something far more sinister?

©2024 Brid Cummings (P)2024 Audible Ltd. Psychological Thriller & Suspense

About the Creator

Brid Cummings is a writer living in South Australia whose stories veer towards the darker side of fiction. Her love of nature and wild places often provide inspiration for her stories, as does her curiosity about all things mysterious. Brid’s short stories have been published in a range of magazines and anthologies. She was the winner of the inaugural Glencairn Crime Short Story Competition and a winner of The Ghost Story Screw Turn Competition. When not writing fiction, Brid can be found hiking the beautiful trails around South Australia with her independently minded kelpie.

About the Performer

Mia Wasikowska recently starred in Jessica Hausner’s thriller Club Zero, which premiered in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Her recent credits include Mia Hansen-Love’s Bergman Island, which had its World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Robert Connolly’s Blueback based on the Tim Winton novel of the same name, Roger Michell’s Blackbird alongside Kate Winslet, Sam Neill and Susan Sarandon, the Netflix feature The Devil All the Time alongside Chris Evans, Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland, and Mirrah Foulkes’ debut feature Judy and Punch, which had its World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and earned her a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actress.
Mia gained international recognition as the title character in Tim Burton’s 2010 retelling of the Lewis Carrol novel Alice in Wonderland, alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. Her performance earned her the AFI Award for Best International Actress. In 2015, she reprised the role in James Bobin’s sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Her other credits include Nicolas Pesce’s Piercing, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, David Zellner’s Damsel, Cedric Jimenez’ The Man with the Iron Heart, Guillermo Del Toro’s period thriller Crimson Peak, Sophie Barthes’ Madame Bovary, David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, Richard Ayoade’s The Double, John Curran’s Tracks, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Chan-wook Park’s Stoker, John Hillcoat’s Lawless, Rodrigo Garcia’s Albert Nobbs, Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre, Gus Van Sant’s Restless, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, Scott Teems’ That Evening Sun, Peter Carstairs’ September, Greg McLean’s Rogue and Paul Goldman’s Suburban Mayhem. Mia also featured in the first season of the acclaimed HBO series In Treatment.
Mia made her directorial debut with Long, Clear View, a segment of The Turning anthology film, based on Tim Winton’s novel, which was nominated for an AACTA Award in 2013. She followed this with Afterbirth, a segment of Madly, an international anthology of short films featuring innovative love stories, which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.
In 2019, Mia made her main stage theatre debut as Ralph in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Lord of the Flies, directed by Kip Williams.
Mia has also received the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the Year Award and the Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.
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The reader was very good at narration, but it was difficult to tell the characters apart; they were too similar sounding. The story started off with promise, but fizzled out about midway. That made for a disappointing listen.

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I really enjoyed the story, the characters were well developed, and unique. kept my interest.

The Story Was Unpedictable

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oh what a tangled web we weave.

.....wonderful Australian setting, complex characters, riveting suspense and a twisty troubled narrator make this a keeper.

Atmospheric and Compelling

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This story held my attention and kept me engaged. I enjoyed the storyline and the character development.

Captivating

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Great story with some intense moments. I couldn’t pull myself away from it most of the time!

Loved it!

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Normally I listen to audiobooks during chores or exercise & this just didn't keep my attention. I got to chapter 33 & just couldn't do it anymore. It just bounced around & was meh. It was free so at least I didn't waste money on it, but it just didn't do it for me.

I just couldn't finish...

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The story kept me engaged and anxious to solve the mystery and know how all the pieces fit together. Wonderful storytelling!

Intrigue mystery great performance

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This book is not one of my go to authors but I found this book to be really interesting and the details was amazing

A little shocked

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The story was all over the place, overall it’s a good story, but it was very hard to follow, everything jumping all over the place honestly disappointed it started out really well, but had a real drag in the middle and then chaos at the end that was too hard to follow. Almost needed a chart to keep track of characters.

Good read bad write

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I liked this story. I just felt bad for the main character most of the time. It was kind of predictable but still held my interest.

Poor Anna

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