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Dear Child: A Novel Audiobook
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"Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, and Simon Slater narrate as three parts of a fractured triangle brought together by a terrifying abduction...this mind-bending thriller is sure to enthrall listeners." -- AudioFile Magazine This program includes an exclusive author's note, read by Romy Hausmann Bustle Best Books of Fall 2020 Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers of Fall 2020 She Reads Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2020 A woman held captive finally escapes—but can she ever really get away? Gone Girl meets Room in this #1 internationally bestselling thriller from one of Germany’s hottest new talents A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare. She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn’t their Lena. The little girl who escaped the woods with her knows things she isn’t sharing, and Lena’s devastated father is trying to piece together details that don’t quite fit. Lena is desperate to begin again, but something tells her that her tormentor still wants to get back what belongs to him…and that she may not be able to truly escape until the whole truth about what happened in the woods finally emerges. Twisty, suspenseful, and psychologically clever, Romy Hausmann's Dear Child is a captivating thriller with all the ingredients of a breakout hit. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books "A trio of well-cast, English-accented performers embody the unreliable narrators of German author Hausmann's debut thriller, each of whom is harboring secrets...Nothing is as it seems here, and listeners will be enthralled as each new twist is revealed." --Booklist “Chilling, original and mesmerizing.” --David Baldacci “[A] tantalizingly disturbing debut…As enthralling as it is thought-provoking.” --New York Times Book Review
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“Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, and Simon Slater narrate as three parts of a fractured triangle brought together by a terrifying abduction…This mind-bending thriller is sure to enthrall listeners.”
— AudioFile
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“Chilling, original, and mesmerizing.”
— David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author -
“As enthralling as it is thought-provoking.”
— New York Times Book Review -
“Deftly crafted and keeps you guessing until the very last page.”
— Real Simple -
“A trio of well-cast, English-accented performers embody the unreliable narrators…Nothing is as it seems here, and listeners will be enthralled as each new twist is revealed.”
— Booklist (audio review)
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A BookPage Best Book of the Year in Mystery & Suspense
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A Bustle Pick of Best Books This Fall
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A Publishers Weekly Pick for Fall
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2020
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About the Narrators
Jane Collingwood is an actress, voice-over artist, and audiobook narratior.
Helen Fisher spent her early life in America but grew up mainly in Suffolk, England, where she now lives. She studied psychology at Westminster University and ergonomics at University College London, and she worked as a senior evaluator in research at the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Simon Slater is an English actor and composer. His film credits include Dealers and Entrapment. His work as a theatrical actor includes a five-year run in the musical Mamma Mia! as Sam Charmichael. Slater has made guest appearances in several television series, including Heartbeat, Birds of a Feather, Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, Monarch of the Glen, and Where the Heart Is.