The Companion

  • Author Lesley Thomson
  • Narrator Richard Attlee
  • Publisher Clipper Audiobooks
  • Run Time 10 hours and 30 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Crime and mystery fiction.
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What to expect

In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, seven people have seen more than they should...
James Ritchie was looking forward to a boys' day out with his son, Wilbur – even if he was a little late picking him up from the home of his ex-wife, Anna. Annoyed by his late arrival, and competing for their son's attention, Anna leaves the two of them to their day with the promise of a roast dinner when Wilbur returns.
But Anna will never see her family again. That afternoon, James and Wilbur are found dead, the victims of a double stabbing on the beach.
DI Toni Kemp, of Sussex police, must unravel a case that shocked the county to its core. What she discovers will lead her to Blacklock House, a grand country mansion, long ago converted into flats. Here in the middle of nowhere, where a peacock struts the lawn, and a fountain plays intermittently, seven long-term residents have seen more than they should.
But this is a community who are good at keeping secrets...

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