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Six Wicked Reasons
- Author
- Jo Spain
- Narrator
- Aoife McMahon
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 16 January 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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One family. One night. Ten years of lies.
It's June 2008 and twenty-one-year-old Adam Lattimer vanishes, presumed dead. The strain of his disappearance breaks his already fragile family.
Ten years later, with his mother deceased and siblings scattered across the globe, Adam turns up unannounced at the family home. His siblings return reluctantly to Spanish Cove, but Adam's reappearance poses more questions than answers. The past is a tangled web of deceit.
And, as tension builds, it's apparent somebody has planned murderous revenge for the events of ten years ago.
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'Loved, loved, loved' Caz Frear
'A really cracking read' BA Paris
'Keeps you gripped' Prima
'I absolutely loved it' Liz Nugent
(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited
Critics Review
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Jo Spain interweaves the lives of her multiply flawed characters with great skill. The clever twists and cracking dialogue make it hard to put down
The Times
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With its eclectic cast of characters, isolated setting and knockout twists, this gives a certain Ms Christie a run for her money
Heat
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Jo Spain is increasingly big news in the crime fiction community...Six Wicked Reasons...is deceptively simple and completely addictive
i paper
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A Christie-esque masterpiece!
My Weekly
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This is her best yet. Six Wicked Reasons will cement Spain's position as one of Irish crime writing's hottest names
Sunday Independent
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Wonderfully drawn characters and more secrets and motives than you can shake a stick at. Loved, loved, loved
Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies
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Clever, pacey, compulsive
Sunday Mirror
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Brilliant writing, great story . . . a really cracking read
BA Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors and Bring Me Back
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Enthralling - Spain dissects her characters' secrets with razor-sharp precision
JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before
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Brilliantly crafted . . . each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end
Prima
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A clever and unusual premise . . . punchy and energetic . . . a brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride
Irish Independent
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A contender for the most arresting opening paragraph of the year . . . This is crime fiction for grown-ups, taking its time to explore the ins and outs of human psychology
Sunday Express
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Fresh, witty writing style . . . an eye for details make the characters instantly believable
Daily Mail
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An intriguing Rubik's Cube of a book that kept me turning the pages to get to the truth. So well plotted and beautifully written. I absolutely loved it
Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver
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A book to sink into with a cast of characters you'll genuinely care about... completely memorable... a gorgeous read
Dervla McTiernan
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Jo Spain interweaves the lives of her multiply flawed characters with great skill. The clever twists and cracking dialogue make it hard to put down
The Times
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Jo Spain is at the vanguard of Ireland's flourishing crime writing scene, one that is being led by women
The Irish Examiner
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Spain keeps the pace cracking along and, more importantly, the intrigue high until the last
The Crack
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A cleverly constructed and thoroughly immersive thriller that seamlessly links past with present
Irish Independent
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Definitely one you won't want to miss this year
Her.ie
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Filled with tension from the outset...Utterly brilliant
Woman's Way
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Agatha Christie at her best...makes for truly wicked fun with a salutary undertow of genuinely affecting sadness
Sunday Express
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An entertainingly toxic revenge tale
People
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A rich, flawed family and murder aboard a yacht make this tale ideal screen fodder
Irish Sunday Times
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A dazzling performance
Irish Times
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A witty, insightful and an intriguing mystery...a cracking read
NB magazine
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Told with style and great skill, this is classic stuff
Sunday Sport
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A well-drawn story of love, empathy and friendship
Candis
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Details
- Author
- Jo Spain
- Narrator
- Aoife McMahon
- Duration
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 January 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529400243
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Psychological thriller
Synopsis
'Clever, pacey, compulsive' Sunday Mirror********One family. One night. Ten years of lies.It's June 2008 and twenty-one-year-old Adam Lattimer vanishes, presumed dead. The strain of his disappearance breaks his already fragile family.Ten years later, with his mother deceased and siblings scattered across the globe, Adam turns up unannounced at the family home. His siblings return reluctantly to Spanish Cove, but Adam's reappearance poses more questions than answers. The past is a tangled web of deceit.And, as tension builds, it's apparent somebody has planned murderous revenge for the events of ten years ago.********'Loved, loved, loved' Caz Frear'A really cracking read' BA Paris'Keeps you gripped' Prima'I absolutely loved it' Liz Nugent(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited
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