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The Girl in the Red Coat

By: Kate Hamer
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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When Beth Wakeford takes her eight year-old daughter, Carmel, to a local children's festival, they become separated. Unable to accept the possibility that her daughter might be gone for good, Beth embarks on a mission to find her. Meanwhile Carmel begins an extraordinary and terrifying journey of her own, with a man who believes she is a saviour.

©2015 Kate Hamer (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting

Critic reviews

"Kate Hamer conjures mystery with such grace, cool beauty and urgent suspense.... Brilliant." (Matt Haig)
"Kate Hamer's novel is both gripping and sensitive - beautifully written, it is a compulsive, aching story full of loss and redemption." (Lisa Ballantyne)
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Excellent story for listening in the car on a long journey. The author captures so well the language, comprehension and world view of a child. The narrator very cleverly adopts a different tones for the two protagonists. Congratulations all.

A gripping story

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Easy to listen.lightly lengthy and sometimes find it unbelievable.Good ending.Enjoyed the reader's soothing voice and different intonations.

Enjoyable story!

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I enjoyed this, but was very aware of 'the writer's craft'. The writing was self conscious and there was an excess of figurative language - one simile and metaphor after another. Some of them rather clunky. It got to the point where I wanted to shout, 'Stop with the similes!'. The effect was to make me feel disassociated from the characters. I mean the third person narrator can effectively use figurative language to create pathetic fallacy or to provide a 'God like' insight into a character's mind, but when the characters themselves define experience through a proliferation of ' I sniff at the air like ...my voice rushes out of me like ...I am like a squirrel ...' I do not mean to be overly critical because this is a well written, compelling, book but I think the audible made me hyper aware of all these comparisons.

An excellent idea for a storyline but has a contrived feel

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I am afraid I gave up on it.

Would you ever listen to anything by Kate Hamer again?

Don't know, not because she does not write well, but because I am not into the paranormal.

What aspect of Antonia Beamish’s performance might you have changed?

It started off very well, but then turned into the land of fantasy. Not my cup of tea.

Could you see The Girl in the Red Coat being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

I was expecting a crime book , but got something different.

very disappointed

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Would have been even better if the narrator didn't insist on shouting into the microphone!

Great story

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