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Length
11 hours 31 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Susan Duerden, Fiona Hardingham, Nicholas Guy Smith & Katharine Lee McEwan
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"Utterly engrossing . . . I lived inside this book for two days--and I’m still thinking about it. Superb!" Shari Lapena, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
Featured on Glamour’s “The Best Books of 2019 (So Far)” list
Featured in The Globe and Mail's "Six hot thrillers to get you through the big cold of January"
One of New York Post’s best books of the week
Featured as Marie Claire’s February Interactive Monthly Book Club pick
The New York Times bestselling author of The Widow returns with a brand new novel of twisting psychological suspense about every parent's worst nightmare...
When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight--desperate, bereft and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared?
Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth--and this time is no exception. But she can't help thinking of her own son, whom she hasn't seen in two years, when he left home to travel.
As the case of the missing girls unfolds, they will all find that even when it seems far away, danger can lie closer to home than one might think...
Fiona Barton, the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow and The Child, trains and works with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.
Susan Duerden’s career spans film, television, theater, voice-overs, and animation. She has played critically acclaimed and award-winning theatrical roles on London’s West End and Off Broadway; narrated many audiobooks, including The Tiger’s Wife and The Eyre Affair; acted in the features Lovewrecked and Flushed Away; and held a recurring role on ABC’s Lost.
Fiona Hardingham is an award-winning actress and audiobook narrator whose credits include work in film, television and theatre. She is the recipient of several AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards and an American Library Association Odyssey Honor, and was listed in YALSA’s Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults in 2015.
Nicholas Guy Smith is an award-winning audiobook narrator and a much sought-after voice actor for film trailers, commercials, and documentaries. He has voiced characters for Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, and the Cartoon Network. A postgraduate of Cambridge University, he resides in Los Angeles.
Katharine McEwan is a British actress, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. She wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning drama Solitary, and her latest short film Swim won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In addition to narrating audiobooks, Katharine also voices documentaries and has appeared in numerous stage plays.
Fiona Barton, the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow and The Child, trains and works with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.
Susan Duerden’s career spans film, television, theater, voice-overs, and animation. She has played critically acclaimed and award-winning theatrical roles on London’s West End and Off Broadway; narrated many audiobooks, including The Tiger’s Wife and The Eyre Affair; acted in the features Lovewrecked and Flushed Away; and held a recurring role on ABC’s Lost.
Fiona Hardingham is an award-winning actress and audiobook narrator whose credits include work in film, television and theatre. She is the recipient of several AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards and an American Library Association Odyssey Honor, and was listed in YALSA’s Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults in 2015.
Nicholas Guy Smith is an award-winning audiobook narrator and a much sought-after voice actor for film trailers, commercials, and documentaries. He has voiced characters for Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, and the Cartoon Network. A postgraduate of Cambridge University, he resides in Los Angeles.
Katharine McEwan is a British actress, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. She wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning drama Solitary, and her latest short film Swim won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In addition to narrating audiobooks, Katharine also voices documentaries and has appeared in numerous stage plays.
Fiona Barton, the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow and The Child, trains and works with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.
Susan Duerden’s career spans film, television, theater, voice-overs, and animation. She has played critically acclaimed and award-winning theatrical roles on London’s West End and Off Broadway; narrated many audiobooks, including The Tiger’s Wife and The Eyre Affair; acted in the features Lovewrecked and Flushed Away; and held a recurring role on ABC’s Lost.
Fiona Hardingham is an award-winning actress and audiobook narrator whose credits include work in film, television and theatre. She is the recipient of several AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards and an American Library Association Odyssey Honor, and was listed in YALSA’s Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults in 2015.
Nicholas Guy Smith is an award-winning audiobook narrator and a much sought-after voice actor for film trailers, commercials, and documentaries. He has voiced characters for Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, and the Cartoon Network. A postgraduate of Cambridge University, he resides in Los Angeles.
Katharine McEwan is a British actress, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. She wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning drama Solitary, and her latest short film Swim won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In addition to narrating audiobooks, Katharine also voices documentaries and has appeared in numerous stage plays.
Fiona Barton, the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow and The Child, trains and works with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.
Susan Duerden’s career spans film, television, theater, voice-overs, and animation. She has played critically acclaimed and award-winning theatrical roles on London’s West End and Off Broadway; narrated many audiobooks, including The Tiger’s Wife and The Eyre Affair; acted in the features Lovewrecked and Flushed Away; and held a recurring role on ABC’s Lost.
Fiona Hardingham is an award-winning actress and audiobook narrator whose credits include work in film, television and theatre. She is the recipient of several AudioFile magazine Earphones Awards and an American Library Association Odyssey Honor, and was listed in YALSA’s Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults in 2015.
Nicholas Guy Smith is an award-winning audiobook narrator and a much sought-after voice actor for film trailers, commercials, and documentaries. He has voiced characters for Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, and the Cartoon Network. A postgraduate of Cambridge University, he resides in Los Angeles.
Katharine McEwan is a British actress, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. She wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning drama Solitary, and her latest short film Swim won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In addition to narrating audiobooks, Katharine also voices documentaries and has appeared in numerous stage plays.
Reviews
Praise for The SuspectA GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER
One of Glamour's "BEST BOOKS OF 2019"
"Utterly engrossing . . . I lived inside this book for two days--and I’m still thinking about it. Superb!" Shari Lapena, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
“Edge-of-your-seat suspense.”—Glamour
"Barton’s Kate Waters is the real deal...a great binge-read." The Globe and Mail, "Six hot thrillers to get you through the big cold of January"
“A nail-biting tale of missing teens and the parents who worry for them. Fiona Barton’s first two novels, The Widow and The Child, were international bestsellers....The Suspect deserves equal success. It’s...expertly written....Barton’s characterizations are exceptional.”—The Washington Post
“In The Suspect, Fiona Barton mixes universal truths with a thrilling tale.”—USA Today (3½ out of 4 stars)
“[I]n Barton's expert hands, The Suspect transcends the typical to become something more: A gripping psychological suspense about the changing relationship between parents and their grown children.…masterfully written, expertly plotted, and skillfully paced….Using her exceptional storytelling skills and her keen insight into the minds of each of her characters…Barton creates a twisty mystery that packs a serious emotional punch.”—Bustle
“Barton is a stunning storyteller. Her career as a journalist has helped make this story terrifyingly real. Every turn of the plot feels authentic and very scary...”—Library Journal (starred review)
“The exceedingly twisty tale…will test Kate, and her painfully conflicting loyalties, to the limit. Barton’s many fans will be rewarded.”—Publishers Weekly
“[A] tense, character-driven exploration of expectations and independence.”—Booklist
"A stylish, beautifully written and perfectly pitched thriller that will have you racing to the denouement"—Cara Hunter, international bestselling author of Close to Home
"Intelligent, insightful and compelling. A clever, twisting whodunnit that delivers an emotional punch. I loved it."—C. L. Taylor, international bestselling author of The Missing
"A fast-paced whodunnit with heart, characters I feel I know and a deliciously dark twist."—Gillian McAllister, international bestselling author of Everything But the Truth
"Fiona Barton has taken a nightmarish scenario and woven it into a dark and twisty tale....This is a novel with real heart and a thoroughly surprising and thought-provoking ending."—Lesley Kara, author of The Rumor
Praise for The Widow
A #1 Globe and Mail Bestseller
An NPR Best Book of the Year
One of The Wall Street Journal’s 5 “Killer Books” of the Year
One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year
“If you liked Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, you might want to pick up The Widow. Engrossing. Suspenseful.”—Stephen King
“A twisted psychological thriller you’ll have trouble putting down.”—People
“Barton knows how to ramp up tension.”—The New York Times Book Review
“[A] twisty tale...that will blow your mind.”—Oprah.com
“A smartly crafted, compulsively readable tale.”—Entertainment Weekly
“The ultimate psychological thriller!...The ending totally blew me away.”—Lisa Gardner
“[Barton] delivers the goods…Richly character-driven in a way that is both satisfying and engrossing.”—The Washington Post
Praise for The Child
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Bustle Best Thriller Novel of the Year
“Tense, tantalizing, and ultimately very satisfying...one of the year’s must-reads.”—Lee Child
“An engrossing, irresistible story…and an absolutely fabulous read.”—Shari Lapena
“Startling twists—and a stunning, emotionally satisfying conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
“A lightning-paced, twisty story with an ending so surprising you might have to read it twice.”—Good Housekeeping
“[An] intriguing, twisty tale….nothing and no one is who they seem in this evocative puzzler.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A tense and rightly written tale that keeps the reader engaged and entertained ....a page-turning whodunit.”—USA Today
“This being a Barton thriller, there’s more to pretty much everything than meets the eye.”—The Boston Globe Expand reviews