The Last Bench
- Author Carmel Harrington
- Narrator Aoife McMahon
- Publisher Headline
- Publish Date 9 April 2026
- Run Time 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
Journalist Vega Pearse arrives at the home of Anne and John Davis to interview them for a piece she is writing on the local drug crisis.
The devoted couple show Vega around their beautiful blossom tree maze, which sits at the top of their garden. They tell Vega their family's life story and share their devastation at losing a child.
But as they approach the last bench in the maze, Vega starts to suspect there is something they're not telling her.
And secrets, like memories, rarely stay buried for ever . . .
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