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When I Was Ten
- Author
- Fiona Cummins
- Narrator
- Olivia Dowd
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 15 April 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
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What to expect
When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins.
‘Grips like a vice’ – Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series
‘Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced’ – Daily Mail
Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age.
Their ten year-old daughter – nicknamed the Angel of Death – spent eight years in a children’s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own.
Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence.
Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story.
For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened that night – with devastating consequences for them all.
‘I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended’ – Louise Candlish, author of Our House
‘Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate’ – JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before
‘Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller’ – Clare Mackintosh, author of The Last Party
Critics Review
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Fiona Cummins evokes the dark arts of journalism and politics with an insider’s relish in this rich, intricately woven novel of childhood crime and adult redemption. I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended
Louise Candlish on When I Was Ten
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This thriller explores typically dark territory for this author, who has a gift for tapping a rich seam of evil that underpins the surface of the every day. Superbly sinister
Sunday Mirror on The Neighbour
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Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced
Daily Mail
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She is the master of depicting the way the most terrifyingly grotesque and evil psychopaths inveigle their way into the lives of ordinary people . . . When writing from the perspective of ordinary people caught up in horrific events, Fiona Cummins is unbeatable
Sunday Express
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The Neighbour is masterfully written and intricately plotted to keep the reader captivated until a hugely enjoyable finale
Daily Express
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A crime novel of the very first order
David Baldacci on The Collector
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Creepy as hell and kept me guessing to the very end
Ian Rankin on The Neighbour
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Trust me – Cummins is a keeper
Lee Child on The Collector
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It’s rare that a debut has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition
Val McDermid on Rattle
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Pretty much held my breath for the last twenty pages. It’s sensational
Clare Empson, author of Him and Mine
User Reviews
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Excellent 👍
Eviecatmum 2025-04-12
Details
- Author
- Fiona Cummins
- Narrator
- Olivia Dowd
- Duration
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781509876976
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins.‘Grips like a vice’ – Val McDermid, author of the Karen Pirie series‘Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced’ – Daily MailTwenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age.Their ten year-old daughter – nicknamed the Angel of Death – spent eight years in a children’s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own.Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence.Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story.For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened that night – with devastating consequences for them all.‘I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended’ – Louise Candlish, author of Our House‘Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate’ – JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before‘Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller’ – Clare Mackintosh, author of The Last Party
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