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Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit

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Fear

Narrator
John Telfer
Publisher
Orion
Publish Date
25 January 2018
Run Time
6 hours 59 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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What to expect

LISTEN TO THE THRILLER EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT:

'Beautifully written, frightening and absorbing' THE TIMES
'You'll never see your neighbours in the same light again' OBSERVER
'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'[An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' - SUNDAY TIMES
'Something we've not see before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN
'A must have new read' DAILY EXPRESS
'If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR' - BBC NEWS

You'd die for your family. But would you kill for them?

Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? And those you thought would help - the police, your lawyer - can't help you.

You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them.

Is there?

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What critics are saying about FEAR:

'I'm intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs' - LIONEL SHRIVER, THE OBSERVER

'Remarkable' - THE OBSERVER

'Addictive... There's a twist at the end that is worth waiting for' - INDEPENDENT

'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' - WOMAN&HOME

'Brilliantly done to play on every parents' deepest fears' - FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOW

What readers are saying about FEAR:

'Thought-provoking, intelligent and genuinely chilling. It's quite possible that we are all just a few provocations away from cold-blooded murder' - ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER

'A terrific, original thriller - I loved it' JOANNE HARRIS

'FEAR makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder' - HERMAN KOCH, author of THE DINNER

'I loved it. So rich and claustrophobic' - RENEE KNIGHT, author of DISCLAIMER

'The most original thriller of the year' - NETGALLEY

'Expertly constructed, highly entertaining and thought-provoking' - Cloggie, Amazon reviewer

'If you're looking for a thriller with psychological insight, I highly recommend this one' - Marjorie, Amazon reviewer

'Not your usual thriller' - Fiona, Amazon reviewer

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FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor

Critics Review

  • Praise for FEAR, the most original thriller of 2018 for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn, LULLABY by Leila Slimani and ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by Sarah Vaughan:

    A terrific, original thriller, and a marvellous exploration of the psychology of menace - I loved it

    JOANNE HARRIS

  • Five stars - as intellectually stimulating as it is gripping

    DAILY TELEGRAPH

  • Wonderfully sinister. . . You'll never see your neighbours in the same light again

    THE OBSERVER

  • Beautifully written, frightening and absorbing

    THE TIMES

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  • Something we've not seen before in contemporary crime fiction

    GUARDIAN

  • Kurbjuweit takes you right into the heart of darkness

    MAIL ON SUNDAY

  • I'm intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs

    LIONEL SHRIVER, Observer's Best Holiday Reads 2017

  • If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR by Dirk Kurbjuweit... Claustrophobic and unsettling

    BBC NEWS

  • [An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller... A powerfully disturbing read

    SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB

  • Its layers of paranoia and memories are brilliantly done to play on every parents' deepest fears - including mine

    FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOW

  • Addictive... There's a twist at the end that is worth waiting for

    INDEPENDENT

  • This creepy tale of obsession will make you wonder 'what would I do?'

    SUNDAY MIRROR

  • FEAR shifts our moral codes. It makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder. Do we want the victim to survive? No, we don't. Long after I had put this book down I still didn't. A great achievement

    HERMAN KOCH, bestselling author of THE DINNER

  • A must-have new read

    DAILY EXPRESS

  • I loved it. So rich and claustrophobic. An unsettling tale of merciless self-scrutiny

    RENEE KNIGHT, Sunday Times bestselling author of DISCLAIMER

  • A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs

    WOMAN & HOME

  • FEAR grips you from the get-go. A creeping, creepy and darkly-hued tale of family, fatherhood and failure, it is also a deliciously suspenseful thriller, an intelligent investigation into guilt and a superb slice of bourgeois domestic noir

    STAV SHEREZ, author of A DARK REDEMPTION

  • Thought-provoking and intelligent, calling into question our own values when dealing with those on the fringes of society.. Genuinely chilling, and a compelling read

    ELIZABETH HAYNES, bestselling author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER

  • FEAR is a smart, psychologically complex and morally acute fable decked out in the garb of an intricate thriller... [and] a wry, complex, at times disturbing survey of middle-class life

    SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

  • The most original thriller of the year

    NETGALLEY

  • Highly original and chilling

    BOOKRIOT.COM

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Details

Author
Dirk Kurbjuweit
Narrator
John Telfer
Duration
6 hours 59 minutes
Release Date
25 January 2018
ISBN
9781409172055
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Orion
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation

Synopsis

LISTEN TO THE THRILLER EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT:'Beautifully written, frightening and absorbing' THE TIMES'You'll never see your neighbours in the same light again' OBSERVER'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping' DAILY TELEGRAPH'[An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' - SUNDAY TIMES'Something we've not see before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN'A must have new read' DAILY EXPRESS'If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR' - BBC NEWSYou'd die for your family. But would you kill for them?Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? And those you thought would help - the police, your lawyer - can't help you.You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them.Is there?************What critics are saying about FEAR:'I'm intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs' - LIONEL SHRIVER, THE OBSERVER'Remarkable' - THE OBSERVER'Addictive... There's a twist at the end that is worth waiting for' - INDEPENDENT'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' - WOMAN&HOME'Brilliantly done to play on every parents' deepest fears' - FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOWWhat readers are saying about FEAR:'Thought-provoking, intelligent and genuinely chilling. It's quite possible that we are all just a few provocations away from cold-blooded murder' - ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER'A terrific, original thriller - I loved it' JOANNE HARRIS'FEAR makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder' - HERMAN KOCH, author of THE DINNER'I loved it. So rich and claustrophobic' - RENEE KNIGHT, author of DISCLAIMER'The most original thriller of the year' - NETGALLEY'Expertly constructed, highly entertaining and thought-provoking' - Cloggie, Amazon reviewer'If you're looking for a thriller with psychological insight, I highly recommend this one' - Marjorie, Amazon reviewer'Not your usual thriller' - Fiona, Amazon reviewer-------------------------FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor

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