Kate’s 2¢: “The accidental family” by Rowan Coleman

“The accidental family” by Rowan Coleman

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   Martha Harmon Pardee put her extraordinary talent for narration to good use in this romance. Her vocal portrayal of the little girls was well done and so realistic.

   Sophie promises: Always. Forever. Whatever. 

From the WEB:

Rowan Coleman is the internationally bestselling and award winning author and screenwriter of sixteen novels including THE MEMORY BOOK, THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBLE THINGS and THE GIRL AT THE WINDOW.

A life long Bronte fan, under the Bronte inspired pen name Bella Ellis, Rowan also writes the Bronte Mysteries – a carefully researched series of novels that imagine that before they were were famous the Bronte Sisters were amateur detectives. THE VANISHED BRIDE and THE DIABOLICAL BONES and The RED MONARCH are out now.

   Bella Ellis is a mixed-heritage American-born actress living in London and an ArtsEd MA Acting graduate (2023). Born October 22, 2000. Making Manson (2024)

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The accidental family DB69946

Author: Coleman, Rowan

Reading Time: 11 hours, 39 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Martha Harmon Pardee

Subjects: Family, Romance

Sophie Mills, from The Accidental Mother (RC 66229, BR 17655), leaves London to follow her former wards Izzy and Bella to Cornwall after she falls in love with their father Louis. Complications occur when Louis runs into an old lover and learns that he has a grown son. 2009.

New York : Pocket Books, 2009.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Accident” by Chris Pavone

“The Accident” by Chris Pavone

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   Jim Zeiger, one of my favorite narrators, did an excellent job of relating this fictional, suspense story.

   I like the ending.  

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Chris Pavone (born 1968) is an American author. His first novel, The Expats, was a New York Times bestseller.[1] His 2025 novel, The Doorman, was an AP bestseller.[2]

Backgroundedit

Pavone attended Cornell University. Before writing his first novel, Pavone worked at a number of publishing houses as an editor.[3] He lived briefly in Luxembourg with his family.[4][5] He currently lives in New York City with his wife and his two children.[6]

The Expatsedit

The Expats, Pavone’s debut, was a New York Times bestseller.[1][7] It was published in March 2012 by Crown.[8] The Observer described the book as “expertly and intricately plotted, with a story spiralling into disaster and a satisfyingly huge amount of double crossing, [which] certainly doesn’t feel like a first novel”.[5] The Expats won the 2013 Edgar Award for best first novel by an American author.[9][10] It also won the 2013 Anthony Award for best first novel.[11]

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The accident: a novel DB78402

Author: Pavone, Chris

Reading Time: 14 hours, 8 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Jim Zeiger

Subject: Suspense Fiction

An anonymous author delivers a manuscript to literary agent Isabel Reed, who stays up all night reading it–and is horrified. Meanwhile, a covert team–including Kate from The Expats (DB 74483)–will do anything to prevent the book’s publication. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2014.

New York : Crown Publishers, c2014.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Acceptable risk” Danger never sleeps(2) by Lynette Eason

“Acceptable risk” Danger never sleeps(2) by Lynette Eason

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   Callie Beaulieu did a good job of narrating this story for us.

   Eason crafted suspense throughout the story by a dual time-line, going tom Nam to the present. It is quite upsetting to think your own government is plotting against you.

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Lynette Eason is an author of Christian fiction novels within the inspirational romantic suspense genre; she has won various awards for her writing and been on the ECPA and CBA bestseller lists and published nearly fifty books.[1]

Personal life and educationedit

Lynette Eason grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, where she became a Christian at age eight through the influence of her parents and the Sunday school teachers at Northgate Baptist Church.[2] An avid reader as a child, she was influenced by many writers including “Alfred Hitchcock, Carolyn Keene, Agatha Christie, Francine Pascal…Steven King and others.”[3] As an adult she enjoyed Christian fiction by “Randilyn Collins, Dee Henderson, Shirlee McCoy, Karen Kingsbury, Robert Liparulo, Terri Blackstock and Deborah Raney”[4]

She graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1989 with a B.A. in Finance and Real Estate and then graduated from Converse University in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1993 with an M.Ed. in Special Education and Teaching. After graduation she taught school for a period at a school for deaf and blind children, and she is fluent in American Sign Language.[5] In 1996 she married her neighbor, Jack Eason, a Christian consultant and worship leader.[6] Eason and her family were active at New Life Baptist Fellowship Church in Boiling Springs, South Carolina where she served as a Sunday School teacher.[7] Lynette Eason currently resides with her husband in Simpsonville, South Carolina, and they have two adult children, Lauryn and Will.[8][9]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Acceptable risk DB104067

Series: Danger never sleeps; Eason, Lynette Danger never sleeps

Order in Series: 02

Author: Eason, Lynette

Reading Time: 9 hours, 16 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Callie Beaulieu

Subjects: Religious Fiction, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Suspense Fiction

Home after being held hostage overseas, journalist Sarah Denning digs for the truth behind her brother’s death with the help of former Army Ranger Gavin Black. As her enemies seek to silence her, Sarah and Gavin race to peel back layers of lies so the truth can be revealed. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

Old Saybrook, Conn. : Tantor Media, Inc., OverDrive, 2020.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Accident” by Linwood Barclay

“The Accident” by Linwood Barclay

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   I enjoyed listening to Peter Berkrot narrate this intriguing tale. The author wielded his craft to create drama and suspense with multiple surprise endings to each dilemma.

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Linwood Barclay (born 1955) is an American-born Canadian author, noted as a novelist, humorist, and (former) columnist. His popular detective novels are bestsellers in Canada and internationally, beginning with No Time for Goodbye in 2007.

Biographyedit

Linwood Barclay was born in Darien, Connecticut, son of Muriel and Everett Barclay. His father was a professional illustrator who moved his family to Canada in 1959 where he had accepted a job with William R. Templeton Studios in Toronto. In 1966 the family purchased a vacation campground in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, which they ran for about five years until his father died from lung cancer when Barclay was sixteen.[3]

Barclay recognized his interest in writing detective fiction at an early age, inspired by the works of Ross Macdonald, who had grown up in Kitchener, Ontario.[4] After graduating from high school Barclay studied literature at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, where one of his teachers was the noted novelist Margaret Laurence. While attending university, he began a correspondence with Macdonald that proved inspirational for Barclay. They met once, at which time Macdonald inscribed one of his books to Barclay: “For Linwood, who will, I hope, someday outwrite me”.[4]

After graduation with an English literature degree from Trent, he could not sell any of his novels so he found work on a number of local newspapers beginning with the Peterborough Examiner.[3] He subsequently moved to the Toronto Star in 1981. In 1993, following the death of Gary Lautens, he began to write a thrice-weekly humour column for the paper. He also released podcasts of his articles and published three collections: Mike Harris Made Me Eat My Dog, Father Knows Zilch: A Guide for Dumbfounded Dads, and This House Is Nuts!. Between 2004 and 2007, while still writing his column, he published four mystery/comedies, all featuring a sleuth named Zack Walker who works as a newspaper columnist by day. The books were published in the United Kingdom and were modestly successful.[4]

His break came in 2007 when he published No Time for Goodbye. A runaway bestseller in the UK, it quickly sold a million copies there and elsewhere.[4] He took a one-year sabbatical to promote his novel and he had planned to return to the Star in September 2008. On June 28, 2008, he wrote his last column, announcing his retirement from the newspaper. His 2012 novel Trust Your Eyes was a finalist for the Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read from the UK Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards.[5] At the time of its publication, it was announced that Trust Your Eyes had been optioned by a Hollywood studio. Barclay made the cover of Variety Magazine because of the bidding war it had caused between Universal Studios and Warner Bros.[4][6][3] Eric McCormack had planned a script for a film version of No Time For Goodbye, with himself starring. The project never came to fruition.[7] A French TV adaptation titled That Night, was made in 2023. The series appeared on TF1 Television in France on April 23, 2025.[8][9][10]

Barclay lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his wife of more than three decades, Neetha, with whom he has two children – Spencer and Paige.[3]

From NLS/BARD/LOC”

The accident: a novel DB74117

Author: Barclay, Linwood

Reading Time: 12 hours, 17 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Peter Berkrot

Subject: Suspense Fiction

After his wife Sheila is killed in a drunk-driving accident she caused, struggling contractor Glen Garber is angry and confused–Sheila never drank that much. When the mother of his eight-year-old daughter’s best friend also dies mysteriously, Glen’s suspicions deepen. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2011.

Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2011.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Heights” by Louise Candlish

“The Heights” by Louise Candlish

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   I enjoyed listening to Milo Twomey, Louise Candlish, and Genevieve Gaunt narrate this interesting book. The author chose a triple point of view to move the story’s narrative arc. It came to a wonderful, surprise ending.  

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Louise Candlish is a British author. In 2019, her crime novel Our House won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year award at the British Book Awards.[1] In 2021, the novel was adapted into an ITV drama starring Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston.[2][3]

In 2024, her book The Only Suspect won the Capital Crime Fingerprint award for thriller of the year.[4]

Early lifeedit

Candlish was born in Hexham, Northumberland,[5] and grew up in Northampton. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from University College London (UCL) in 1989.[6]

From NLS/BARD/LOC”

The Heights DB114514

Author: Candlish, Louise

Reading Time: 10 hours, 52 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Milo Twomey, Louise Candlish, Genevieve Gaunt

Subjects: Psychological Fiction, Suspense Fiction

“The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if you weren’t standing at the window of the flat directly opposite. But you are. And that’s when you see a man up there—a man you’d recognize anywhere. He may be older now, but it’s definitely him. But that can’t be because he’s been dead for over two years. You know this for a fact. Because you’re the one who killed him.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

[New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2022]

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Kate’s 2¢: “Acceptable losses: a novel” by Irwin Shaw

“Acceptable losses: a novel” by Irwin Shaw

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   I enjoyed listening to Roy Avers  narrate this story. The author crafted several possible suspects, only to find…well, I won’t be a spoiler. Sufice to say the who ever hired the killer is still unknown.

A few take aways:

–The luck of the draw. Acceptable losses.  A the military so delicately put it.

–Haunted by a feeling that nothing has been concluded.

–A sense that everything that has happened is an overture.

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Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.

Personal lifeedit

Shaw was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Jewish immigrants from Nizhyn, Ukraine.[2] His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brother, David Shaw, became a noted Hollywood producer and writer.[3] Shortly after Irwin’s birth, the Shamforoffs moved to Brooklyn. Irwin changed his surname upon entering college. He spent most of his youth in Brooklyn, where he graduated from Brooklyn College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1934.

He began screenwriting in 1935 at age 21. In 1939 he married actress and producer Marian Edwards, daughter of silent film actor Snitz Edwards.[4] The couple divorced in 1967, remarrying two years before Irwin’s death in 1984.

During World War II, he was approached by William Wyler to join his film unit. Unable to be commissioned as an officer due to his age and 1-A draft status,[5] Shaw decided to enter the Regular Army. Later, the Army, noting his background, reassigned him to the Signal Corps with George Stevens’ film unit.[6] He was one of four writers attached to Stevens’ command, in which he became a warrant officer. After the war, he returned to his career as a writer.

Shaw died in Davos, Switzerland on May 16, 1984, at age 71, after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.[7]

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Acceptable losses: a novel DB18821

Author: Shaw, Irwin

Reading Time: 9 hours, 31 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Roy Avers

Subject: Suspense Fiction

Frightening experiences begin for Roger Damon, a literary agent in his middle sixties, when he receives an ominous phone call from a stranger threatening him. Damon then embarks on a retrospective spiritual quest in which memories of past lovers, enemies, and his ex-wife take on the color of hallucination and nightmare. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex.

New York : Arbor House, c1982.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Tiny tales: stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness” by Alexander McCall Smith

“Tiny tales: stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness” by Alexander McCall Smith

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   This was one of the seven books NLS sent to me on one cartridge.

   Brian Nishii, Robert Ian Mackenzie, and Jamie Jackson did a good job of narrating short pieces on a variety of topics. Some of them resonated with me, others did not.

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Sir Alexander “Sandy” McCall Smith CBE FRSE FRSL (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages.[1] He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.[1][2] The “McCall” derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.[3]

Early lifeedit

Rodney Alexander Alasdair McCall Smith was born in 1948 in Bulawayo in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), to British parents.[4] He was the only son, having three elder sisters.[5] His father worked as a public prosecutor in Bulawayo.[6] McCall Smith was educated at the Christian Brothers College in Bulawayo before moving to Scotland at age 17 to study law at the University of Edinburgh, where he earned his LLB[7] and PhD degrees.[4][8] He soon taught at Queen’s University Belfast, and while teaching there he entered a literary competition: one a children’s book and the other a novel for adults. He won in the children’s category.[6]

McCall Smith’s paternal grandfather, George Marshall McCall Smith, born in Nairn, abandoned his wife and four children in Scotland and ran off with one of his patients to New Zealand in 1914. They settled in Rawene where he became the medical doctor and a community leader.[9][10][11]

… McCall Smith is a prolific author of fiction, with several series to his credit. He writes at a prodigious rate: “Even when travelling, he never loses a day, turning out between 2,000 and 3,000 words [a day] – but more like 5,000 words when at home in Edinburgh. His usual rate is 1,000 words an hour”.[2] He has gained the most fame for his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, featuring Mma Precious Ramotswe and set in Gaborone, Botswana. The first novel was published in 1998. By 2009, the series had sold more than 20 million copies in English editions.[2]

According to his publisher in Edinburgh, “He was, until 2005, a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but gave up the position to concentrate on his writing and now writes full time.”[27]

He published 30 books in the 1980s and 1990s before he began the series that has brought him the world’s notice.[1] In 2008 he wrote a serialised online novel Corduroy Mansions, with the audio edition read by Andrew Sachs made available at the same pace as the daily publication. He wrote more than ten chapters ahead of publication, finding the experience of serialised publication to be “a frightening thing to create a novel while his readers watched. ‘I am like a man on a tightrope.'”[2]

In 2009 he donated the short story “Still Life” to Oxfam’s “Ox-Tales” project, comprising four collections of stories written by 38 British authors. McCall Smith’s story was published in the “Air” collection.[28]

In 2020 he published a collection of poetry entitled In a Time of Distance: And Other Poems.[29]

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Tiny tales: stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness DB131950

Author: McCall Smith, Alexander

Reading Time: 3 hours, 59 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Brian Nishii, Robert Ian Mackenzie, Jamie Jackson

Subjects: Short Stories, Romance

“It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages; anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. In Tiny Tales, Alexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness in thirty short stories. Here we meet the first Australian pope, who hopes to finally find some peace and quiet back home in Perth; a psychotherapist turned motorcycle racetrack manager; and an aspiring opera singer who gets her unlikely break onstage. And, of course, we spend time in McCall Smith’s beloved Scotland, where we are introduced to progressive Vikings, a group of housemates with complex romantic entanglements, and a couple of globe-trotting dentists. These tales depict the full scope of human experience and reveal the rich tapestry of life — painted in miniature.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Prince Frederick : Recorded Books, Inc., 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Havoc Nordic”, translation series by Tom Kristensen

“Havoc Nordic”, translation series by Tom Kristensen

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   Andrew Judson did a good job of narrating this lengthy story. Translated by Carl Malmberg

A few take aways:

–Meaninglessness expressed artistically.

A courageous book that describes havoc, the process of spiritual ritual disintegration…of Copenhagen of the 1920’s.

–Finds himself living without meaning, bored and restless.

–You cannot budge from your pointless point of view.

–Sometimes, a person is over-come by discust at being an active participant in this world’s perverted affairs.

–No moral system can be constructed from scientific premise.

–I have longed for ship wreck and disaster, for havoc, and sudden death.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tom Kristensen (born 29 May 1955) is a Norwegian writer, best known for his books in the thriller genre.

He was born on 29 May 1955. Kristensen has a career that includes banking, industrial management and international financial consultancy.[1]

His first book, En kule (A Killing), was published in 2001.[2]

He received the Riverton Prize in 2006.[3]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Havoc DBC24684

Series: Nordic translation series

Author: Kristensen, Tom

Reading Time: 20 hours, 14 minutes

Production: Minnesota State Services for the Blind, Communication Center

Read by: Andrew Judson

Subject: Psychological Fiction

A novel about a thirty-something literary critic who loses himself in a maelstrom of drink, jazz, and sex, is one of the most disturbing and absorbing accounts of self-destruction in modern European literature. Adult. Descriptions of sex. Strong language. Violence.

Madison, W.I. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1968, ©1930.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Three shattered souls”, Broken blades(3 by Mai Corland

“Three shattered souls”, Broken blades(3 by Mai Corland

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   This was one of seven books on one cartridge NLS sent to me.

   Zion Jang, Jaine Ye, Roger Yeh, Greg Chun, and Sophie Oda did a great job of narrating the various characters in this Fantasy Fiction Romance.

   It opens with a lot of gratuitous blood and guts, but there is a plot that comes to a climax on the island.

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Like so many of us, Mai Corland can’t resist a new journal

Mai Corland is a Korean American attorney and New York Times bestselling author of fantasy, best known for her hit series Five Broken Blades. Born in Seoul and adopted into New York, she currently lives in the cold with her family and writes award-winning children’s and young adult books under the pseudonym Meredith Ireland.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Three shattered souls DB132213

Series: Broken blades

Order in Series: 03

Author:

Reading Time: 14 hours, 19 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Zion Jang, Jaine Ye, Roger Yeh, Greg Chun, Sophie Oda

Subjects: Bestsellers, Fantasy Fiction, Romance

“Some betrayals cut deeper than blades. The Blades were never supposed to survive this long. But after the battle in Quu Harbor, escaping is no longer enough. The most dangerous liars in the four realms have one last mission — return to Yusan and finish what they started. But now a usurper sits on the serpent throne. And he may be more dangerous than the god-king. With three relics of the Dragon Lord in their possession, the Blades will face the might of the four realms. Enemies will become allies. Allies will become traitors. And the ones they love most? They’ll be the ones to break them. Grief will carve the Blades into something ruthless and unrecognizable. But only by losing everything can they win this game of kings and crowns.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.

Prince Frederick : Recorded Books, Inc., 2025.

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Kate’s 2¢: “He Said/She Said: A Novel” by Erin Kelly

“He Said/She Said: A Novel” by Erin Kelly

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…

   Helen Johns and Jonathan Broadbent  did a great job of narrating this Suspense Fiction story about a rape.

   It is a good reminder that honesty is the best policy  and that two or more wrongs, never make it alright.

From the AI results:

• Erin Kelly (Bestselling Author): An English journalist and Sunday Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers (e.g., He Said/She Said, The Skeleton Key). She is not a Rochester native, but frequently engages with New York reading communities.

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Erin Kelly (born 1976) is an English writer from Romford. She has worked as a journalist since 1998, writing for newspapers, magazines including Red, Psychologies, Marie Claire and Elle, as well as writing psychological thrillers.

Novelsedit

Kelly’s debut,The Poison Tree, was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, and was turned into a major TV drama.[1] Her sixth novel, He Said/She Said, spent six weeks in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller list,[1] and was also a Richard & Judy Book Club pick.[2]

In 2014, Kelly’s novelisation of the Bafta-winning TV programme Broadchurch became an international bestseller.[1]

Her seventh novel, Stone Mothers, was later published under the title We Know You Know[3], and was selected as a Richard & Judy Book Club pick in 2020.[4]

Kelly’s eighth novel, Watch Her Fall, was published in 2021. Her ninth novel, The Skeleton Key, was published in 2022 and it included references to a song that was created by Ben Walker, Kirsty Merryn and violinist Basia Bartz to accompany the book.[5] Kelly’s latest novel, House of Mirrors, is a standalone sequel to her first, The Poison Tree.

Kelly also works as a creative writing tutor.[6]

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He said/she said: a novel DB89969   

Author: Kelly, Erin

Reading Time: 13 hours, 38 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Helen Johns, Jonathan Broadbent

Subjects: Psychological Fiction, Suspense Fiction

While Kit and Laura watch a total eclipse, Laura sees something terrible occur between a man and a woman. Months later, the woman turns up on Laura’s doorstep and things take a twisted turn. Fifteen years later, Kit and Laura are living under new names and completely off the grid. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2017.

[New York] : Macmillan Audi