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The Choice

By: Alex Lake
Narrated by: Laura Kirman
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An incredible new psychological crime thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author

‘Relentlessly fast paced, a compelling plot and anxiety inducing finale. A cracking read’ John Marrs, bestselling author of The One

‘Opens with a nightmare scenario and races to a gripping, horribly tense ending – I think I actually stopped breathing several times. Loved it! Jackie Kabler, author of The Perfect Couple

A kidnap…
Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car – with his three young children inside – has vanished.

A ransom…
Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text messages: This is a kidnap. If you want to see your children again, you will exchange them for your wife.

A choice…
Matt and his wife Annabelle are horrified. They can’t involve the police, or their children will be killed. Which means they have to choose: Annabelle, or their children. Either option is unthinkable. But one is inevitable. And they have only hours to make their decision…

©2020 Alex Lake (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women's Adventure Women's Fiction Suspense Fiction Marriage
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"Relentlessly fast paced, a compelling plot and anxiety inducing finale. A cracking read." (John Marrs, best-selling author of The One)

"Opens with a nightmare scenario and races to a gripping, horribly tense ending – I think I actually stopped breathing several times. Loved it!" (Jackie Kabler, author of The Perfect Couple)
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It plodded along in bits but was an odd enough story to keep me captivated. Lots of exciting incidents throughout. Highly readable

Good read

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The overuse of " he said she said " when it was obvious who was speaking drove me insane ... once you hear it you can't unhear it almost gave up the book.

Good story but...

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Good read. Easy to get into. Kept me interested. A great holiday read or distraction.

Kept me interested

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after reading seven days, I was very keen to read another book by the same author as I could not put the book down however this book was not so good and the story was drawn out.

drawn out and not gripping enough

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A very easy and simple read. At times it feels this writer is a complete beginner with a very basic grasp of novel writing.

Simple story line with nothing special. Would try another one for comparison.

Simple

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