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Without a Word by Kate McQuaile

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Without a Word

Author
Kate McQuaile
Narrator
Aidan Kelly, Aoife McMahon
Publisher
Quercus
Publish Date
19 October 2017
Run Time
9 hours 12 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives

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I was there when it happened. I watched her disappear...

'POWERFUL' - Amazon Reviewer
'ABSORBING' - Karen Perry
'INCREDIBLE' - Amazon Reviewer
'ELEGANT' - Sunday Mirror
'GRIPPING' - Amazon Reviewer
'ACCOMPLISHED' - Sunday Times
'TANTALIZING' - Amazon Reviewer
'COMPELLING' - Candis
'INTRIGUING' - Amazon Reviewer
'TWISTY' - Good Housekeeping
'FAST-PACED' - Prima

'Everything you want in a thriller' - Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths

AN EMOTIONAL AND ADDICTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL WHAT SHE NEVER TOLD ME

Lillian had phoned telling her to get Skype up and running. 'I have so much to tell you.' Then, the knock on the door. 'Sorry Orla, I'd better see who it is' she said. Orla waited. Seconds became minutes. She didn't know how long she waited before she realised that something terrible had happened.

For more than a decade, Lillian's disappearance has remained unsolved, and Orla has found it impossible to move on.

Then she receives an unexpected visit from Ned Moynihan, the detective who led the original investigation into her friend's vanishing. Moynihan has been receiving anonymous notes accusing him of having failed to investigate the case properly. He assumes the notes are coming from Orla, yet Orla knows nothing of these letters.

Is somebody trying to tell them the truth about what really happened to Lillian that night?

(P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited

Critics Review

  • A twisty tale

    Good Housekeeping

  • Everything you want in a thriller

    Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths

  • A fast-paced read

    Prima

  • What She Never Told Me pulls you in from the first page in its exploration of love and identity, and the complicated bonds that tie families together. An absorbing read

    Karen Perry on What She Never Told Me

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  • McQuaile displays great empathy for her characters in this tale of an Ireland where the past can never be left behind

    Sinéad Crowley on What She Never Told Me

  • Elegant, clever and totally convincing

    Sunday Mirror on What She Never Told Me

  • An impulsive act has extraordinary consequences in this accomplished novel . . . Disturbing and compassionate

    Sunday Times on What She Never Told Me

  • A compelling and compassionate novel

    Candis on What She Never Told Me

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Details
Author
Kate McQuaile
Narrator
Aidan Kelly, Aoife McMahon
Duration
9 hours 12 minutes
Release Date
19 October 2017
ISBN
9781786485922
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Quercus
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives

Synopsis

I was there when it happened. I watched her disappear...'POWERFUL' - Amazon Reviewer 'ABSORBING' - Karen Perry'INCREDIBLE' - Amazon Reviewer'ELEGANT' - Sunday Mirror'GRIPPING' - Amazon Reviewer'ACCOMPLISHED' - Sunday Times'TANTALIZING' - Amazon Reviewer'COMPELLING' - Candis'INTRIGUING' - Amazon Reviewer'TWISTY' - Good Housekeeping'FAST-PACED' - Prima'Everything you want in a thriller' - Emma Flint, author of Little DeathsAN EMOTIONAL AND ADDICTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL WHAT SHE NEVER TOLD MELillian had phoned telling her to get Skype up and running. 'I have so much to tell you.' Then, the knock on the door. 'Sorry Orla, I'd better see who it is' she said. Orla waited. Seconds became minutes. She didn't know how long she waited before she realised that something terrible had happened.For more than a decade, Lillian's disappearance has remained unsolved, and Orla has found it impossible to move on. Then she receives an unexpected visit from Ned Moynihan, the detective who led the original investigation into her friend's vanishing. Moynihan has been receiving anonymous notes accusing him of having failed to investigate the case properly. He assumes the notes are coming from Orla, yet Orla knows nothing of these letters. Is somebody trying to tell them the truth about what really happened to Lillian that night?(P)2017 Quercus Editions Limited

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