- Title:
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The Silent Listener (MP3)
- Written by:
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Lyn Yeowart
- Read by:
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Annie Maynard; Jessica Bell; Anthony Gooley
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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14 hours 26 minutes
- MP3 size:
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636 MB
- Published:
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February 02 2021
- Available Date:
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February 02 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867515555
- Genres:
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Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Mystery; Psychological Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Penguin Audio Australia
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Australian author
Debut novel
Propelling the reader back and forth between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s, The Silent Listener is an unforgettable literary suspense title set in the dark, gothic heart of rural Australia.
In the cold, wet summer of 1960, 11-year-old Joy Henderson lives in constant fear of her father. She tries to make him happy but, as he keeps reminding her, she is nothing but a filthy sinner destined for Hell ...
Yet, decades later, she returns to the family’s farm to nurse him on his death bed. To her surprise, her ‘perfect’ sister Ruth is also there, whispering dark words, urging revenge.
Then the day after their father finally confesses to a despicable crime, Joy finds him dead – with a belt pulled tight around his neck ...
For Senior Constable Alex Shepherd, investigating George’s murder revives memories of an unsolved case still haunting him since that strange summer of 1960: the disappearance of nine-year-old Wendy Boscombe.
As seemingly impossible facts surface about the Hendersons – from the past and the present – Shepherd suspects that Joy is pulling him into an intricate web of lies and that Wendy’s disappearance is the key to the bizarre truth.
'Steeped in atmosphere and with taut, intricate plotting, The Silent Listener, contrary to its title, had me audibly gasping throughout.'
Benjamin Stevenson
'A heartbreaking, terrifying and stunningly accomplished novel that had me holding my breath.'
Kirsten Alexander
'A cracking thriller with heart. It intrigues, it twists and turns, it deftly combines the muddy domestic details of life on a Victorian farm with a black, Gothic sensibility of lies and violence and the heartbreaking fantasy world of a young child.'
Jane Sullivan
'Intense, intricate, emotionally devastating. This is proper Australian gothica.'
Liam Pieper, award-winning author of The Toymaker
'An ingenious form of storytelling archaeology: down through layers of family trauma, the truths are finally brought to light.'
Jock Serong, author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket
'A deftly wrought suspense novel from a remarkable new literary talent.'
J.P. Pomare, award-winning author of Call Me Evie