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Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

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Whisper Network

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Publish Date
2 July 2019
Run Time
12 hours 45 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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What to expect

'WOW what a read... A book for the women of today. I loved it!!!!!'

'I am still thinking about Whisper Network weeks after reading the last page'

'I could not put this book down'

'Do yourself a favour ladies and read this well-paced, witty and ballsy homage to working women everywhere'

'Furious and relevant... I loved it so much' CLARE MACKINTOSH

***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***
_____________

'Ms. Sandberg was right about something. We had to lean in. It was the only way to hear the whispers...'

Sloane, Ardie, Grace and Rosalita have worked in the same legal office for years. The sudden death of the firm's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge.

But the world has changed, and the women are watching this latest promotion for Ames differently.

This time, they've decided enough is enough.

Sloane and her colleagues' decision to take a stand sets in motion something catastrophic and unstoppable: lies will be uncovered, secrets will be exposed and not everyone will survive. All their lives - as women, colleagues, mothers, adversaries - will be changed for ever.

'Add another great book to your beach bag! This story has a workplace murder mystery that happens in today's #MeToo era. It's honest, timely and completely thrilling - I was so surprised to find out who the murderer was!'
REESE WITHERSPOON

'It's The Firm meets 9 To 5. This is a juicy air-punch of a novel'
ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY, GRAZIA

'Slick, smart, fierce, it's Big Little Lies set against attorneys and recast in the light of #MeToo. Relevant, resonant and rage inducing'
SARAH VAUGHAN

'A barnstorming modern novel'
EVENING STANDARD MAGAZINE

'Smart, witty and scarily relateable... this is going to get everyone talking'
FABULOUS MAGAZINE

'Witty and timely will make you cheer for sisterhood'
LIV CONSTANTINE

'A timely and apposite #MeToo novel, but also a clever thriller, which highlights the many ways in which women are discriminated against in the workplace'
SARA MANNING RED MAGAZINE

'A primal roar of a novel. A fantastic read'
RILEY SAGER

'A thriller for the #metoo era'
LUCY MANGAN, STYLIST

Critics Review

  • Add another great book to your beach bag! This story has a workplace murder mystery that happens in today's #MeToo era. It's honest, timely and completely thrilling - I was so surprised to find out who the murderer was!

    Reese Witherspoon

  • This is a poolside treat. One of those novels you put down reluctantly and long to get back to all day... A great read, brilliantly written, in which class, betrayal and friendship take centre stage.

    Daily Mail

  • You'll recognise every character in Whisper Network. Furious and relevant writing: the ultimate #metoo book. I loved it so much.

    Clare Mackintosh

  • Slick, smart, fierce, it's Big Little Lies set against attorneys and recast in the light of #metoo. Relevant, resonant and rage inducing.

    Sarah Vaughan

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  • Don't be fooled by its title. Whisper Network is a primal roar of a novel. Furiously funny and just plain furious, it's as timely as today's headlines and as big-hearted as your best work friend. A fantastic read.

    bestselling author of The Last Time I Lied

  • A thriller for the #metoo era

    Stylist

  • Part work-based thriller, part feminist call to arms... It's The Firm meets 9-5. This is a juicy air-punch of a novel

    Grazia

  • What do you get if you mix Big Little Lies with the #MeToo scandal? This perfect-for-now tale of four women who take a stand against their misogynistic boss, with results none of them could have foreseen. A barnstorming modern novel

    Evening Standard Magazine

  • Woah. What an incredible page turner. Simply loved Whisper Network

    author of Now You See Her

  • A fierce and funny #MeToo thriller set in the corporate world

    New York Times

  • A timely and apposite #MeToo novel, but also a clever thriller, which highlights the many ways in which women are discriminated against in the workplace

    Red Magazine

  • [A] gripping thriller about #MeToo in the workplace - pack Whisper Network by Chandler Baker for a page-turning read'

    ELLE

  • Smart, witty and scarily relatable in this #MeToo era, this is going to get everyone talking.

    Sun, Fabulous Magazine

  • It's Nine to Five on speed. This preternaturally timely novel - provocative, disturbing, and (dare I say it?) surprisingly fun - is serrated as a kitchen knife, and twice as sharp. I read it with horror. I read it with pleasure. I'll read it again.

    bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

  • The best thrillers are those that leave us wondering if we're actually reading fiction. Chandler Baker has given us that kind of book.

    author of Vox

  • Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood.

    bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

  • A clever whodunit that confronts what it's like to a working woman right now

    Good Housekeeping

  • A great read . . . This has a huge buzz in the book world already and deservedly so! You'll wanna take this one on vacation with you

    Laura Jane Williams

  • Big Little Lies in a Texas power suit...[Baker] captures keenly what it means to be a modern woman in an old boys' world.

    Entertainment Weekly

  • Whisper Network manages to be provocative, timely, and a ripping good read: A murder mystery and a manifesto all rolled up into one. I couldn't put it down.

    NYTimes bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear

  • This book is gonna be huge... Topical, unflinching and sharp

    author of How To Be Happy

  • Compelling and disturbing. Pierces right to the centre of the current zeitgeist.

    Carole Matthews

  • Viciously funny and compulsively readable... [Whisper Network] is a breezy page-turner of a book, which is the brilliance of it: Under the froth is an unmistakable layer of justified rage.

    Kirkus

  • Baker's caustic debut - about four women working in corporate America who all have secrets about their new male boss - might just make the strongest claim yet for the thriller of the #MeToo era.

    Oprah Magazine

  • In the midst of a police investigation and meetings involving suits and counter suits, Baker works in succinct statements about the quandaries of modern women: torn between motherhood and work, plagued with guilt about nearly everything, suppressing their femininity while being undervalued because of their sex, and schooled in secrecy. These truths serve to bolster the plot, not distract from it, and the result is a compulsively readable mystery with a strong message. Don't miss it.

    Booklist

  • Big Little Lies meets Working Girl

    Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

  • A delectable read

    Refinery29

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Details

Author
Chandler Baker
Narrator
Almarie Guerra, Chandler Baker
Duration
12 hours 45 minutes
Release Date
2 July 2019
ISBN
9781405542043
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Thriller / suspense fiction, Political / legal thriller

Synopsis

'WOW what a read... A book for the women of today. I loved it!!!!!''I am still thinking about Whisper Network weeks after reading the last page''I could not put this book down''Do yourself a favour ladies and read this well-paced, witty and ballsy homage to working women everywhere' 'Furious and relevant... I loved it so much' CLARE MACKINTOSH***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***_____________'Ms. Sandberg was right about something. We had to lean in. It was the only way to hear the whispers...' Sloane, Ardie, Grace and Rosalita have worked in the same legal office for years. The sudden death of the firm's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge.But the world has changed, and the women are watching this latest promotion for Ames differently. This time, they've decided enough is enough. Sloane and her colleagues' decision to take a stand sets in motion something catastrophic and unstoppable: lies will be uncovered, secrets will be exposed and not everyone will survive. All their lives - as women, colleagues, mothers, adversaries - will be changed for ever.'Add another great book to your beach bag! This story has a workplace murder mystery that happens in today's #MeToo era. It's honest, timely and completely thrilling - I was so surprised to find out who the murderer was!'REESE WITHERSPOON'It's The Firm meets 9 To 5. This is a juicy air-punch of a novel' ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY, GRAZIA'Slick, smart, fierce, it's Big Little Lies set against attorneys and recast in the light of #MeToo. Relevant, resonant and rage inducing' SARAH VAUGHAN'A barnstorming modern novel'EVENING STANDARD MAGAZINE'Smart, witty and scarily relateable... this is going to get everyone talking' FABULOUS MAGAZINE'Witty and timely will make you cheer for sisterhood'LIV CONSTANTINE'A timely and apposite #MeToo novel, but also a clever thriller, which highlights the many ways in which women are discriminated against in the workplace' SARA MANNING RED MAGAZINE'A primal roar of a novel. A fantastic read'RILEY SAGER'A thriller for the #metoo era'LUCY MANGAN, STYLIST

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