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Olivia Forrest
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Rebecca Lee
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Beth Lilly
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Ayesha Antoine
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By:
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Jess Ryder
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Three years ago, bride-to-be Aoife died at her own hen party.
Now the hens have returned to the villa where that terrible weekend unfolded.
They long for closure. But the moment they step back inside, old wounds open and tensions begin to rise.
Everyone has a different version of what happened that night.
Who is keeping secrets?
And how far will they go to keep them hidden?
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Critic reviews
Such a great twist of events!!!!
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The book switches from present to past and towards the end the switch seemed to happen in much smaller intervals and made it a little confusing but a few seconds I was caught up.
I’m going to listen to the book again now that I know the ended to see if I missed clues that could have predicted the ending.
Never Saw it Coming!
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Overall good but not suspenseful
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