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The Disappearance of Emily Marr

By: Louise Candlish
Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Noreen Leighton, Various
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Arriving on the windswept Ile de Ré, Tabby Dewhurst is unable to even afford a room for the night. Overhearing a villager repeating the access code to her front door, she lets herself into the house, and so she enters the strange, hidden world of Emmie, whose sudden offer of friendship is at odds with her obsession with privacy.

Tabby begins to form suspicions about Emmie, suspicions that lead her to a scandal with shattering consequences.

©2013 Louise Candlish (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Women's Fiction

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"A story of scandal and tragedy it's a nail-biter until the very last pages" ( Daily Express)
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I listen to a LOT of audio books and shouldn’t have broken my own rule: always to listen to a sample. I was seduced by the Ile de Ré setting as I know it well- and I’d read another book by the author. The story is an undemanding domestic thriller lite and perfectly good but the reading of it is truly dreadful and comes so far between the story and the listener that it really does ruin it.
Apart from the ridiculous different voices for each character, which are ludicrous and intrusive - just bloody READ it!- there are infuriating mispronunciations of simple French words- femme, gare, pied and debuting are just a few examples - which could and SHOULD have been easily checked. Shame on the publisher too for such laziness. Ultimately too irritating to give the book even a fighting chance.

Horrible performance

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Loved the story and was riveted all the way through. Couldn't wait to find out what happened but was totally let down at the end. Don't know if it's just me but I didn't get it. What happened to eve and is it the real Emily Marr who lives with Arthur? What a let down.
In the positive I love Louise candlish books.

Disappointing ending

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Great book. Kept me entranced from start to finish. A must listen to book for sure

The disappearance of Emily Marr

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Absolutely fantastic book . Really good story. Excellent narration. Good twist at the end but wished the ending could have been more informative

Brilliant

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It took me a while to click with this book as did not believe in Tabitha as a character who is the guide through the plot. However once the tale re Emily got going, I was hooked.
The plot develops and so did my interest but the suddenly, there we were at the end of the story with no warning and I felt there was more to come.
Narration was secure but I felt Tabitha sounded unnecessarily childlke. Arthur's and Emily's voices were convincing

Slow to start,great middle, abrupt finish

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