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The Patient

Kim Slade Thrillers, Book 1

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The Patient

By: E. V. Seymour
Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
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Summary

I have a scarred man who wants my help. Why won’t he take no for an answer? Now he’s sending weird gifts to my home. I don’t feel safe anymore.

Some scars never heal...

I know I’m lucky. I have a stunning Cheltenham apartment and a charming weekend cottage in Devon. Chris, my partner, is kind and supportive. He loves me in spite of my scars—the result of a childhood incident I don’t talk about. Most of all, I love my job, helping young women with eating disorders.

But I can’t help everyone, as I tell Kyle Stannard. Kyle was once a top male model—before he was left horrifically scarred in a random attack. Kyle thinks we’re the same, but I can’t help him with his problems. It’s not my field.

Then creepy things start to happen. A box of chocolates shows up—but it’s not from Chris. A beautiful mirror is delivered to my home, but I didn’t order it. Silent phone calls in the dead of night.

It must be Kyle. He’s completely obsessed.

But the police don’t believe me. So I take matters into my own hands. I need to uncover Kyle’s secrets. But the deeper I dig, the weirder it gets.

What if Kyle isn’t my stalker? What if the person who wants to destroy me lies much closer to home...

The Patient is an exhilarating blend of domestic suspense and nail-biting tension with a breathtaking twist. Perfect for fans of Patricia MacDonald, Lisa Jewell, Shalini Boland, T.M. Logan, and Clare Mackintosh.

©2023 E. V. Seymour (P)2023 Podium Audio
Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Exciting
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This story had a catalogue of characters in it, many of which had no real relevance to the convoluted plot, I was literally begging this to audio book to end. The only reason I continued was because I had already invested so much time into it and wanted to know who the suspect was. Not for me I’m afraid.

Too many characters

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Started strong and got a bit long in the tooth half way through. Then it started to escalate and raised the stakes for suspense and drama just to fall down a cliff for me too early. The plot was good and the twists and surprises were enough to keep the tension going and peaked at a good time to prepare for a dramatic and nail biting finish. But for some reason I lost the plot before it came all together. Maybe it was too obvious too early, maybe some characters didn’t add to the story and became a nuisance rather than help including the police, maybe the hints for an explanation based on history and previous traumatic events didn’t come to full fruition and were replaced by tame psychology as explanations, too attached from the characters. For me it seemed as if a part was removed or not added in and let some open questions.
It wasn’t a bad read and maybe I just expected too much as I liked the promise of the plot line.
I will check some more written by the author as if it’s part of a series it might fill in some blanks going forward and with familiar POVs it might make more sense.
It’s always biased anyway, it’s my opinion and experience, possibly not any general view.
Interestingly I liked the monologues of the MC and her inner struggles helped a lot until she got stuck too much in her own head. That’d be a great incentive though to get her a place in more stories now that her own trauma should be easier to take the backseat. Her helping solving other psychological issues ending in crime would keep me getting more invested again.

Gripping due to narration

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This is really let down by the final few sentences. Other than that, it’s enjoyable enough. Narrator is fine.

Good, although the ending isn’t

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Easy to listen to, good characters, good story line and plot that kept me guessing right until the reveal.

I enjoyed it

Would recommend

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I m very sorry I just didn’t take this in at all. Impossible to engage

Whole Chapters passed me by!

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