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The Undesired
- A Thriller
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Nick Underwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's summary
Aldis hates her job working in a juvenile detention center in rural Iceland. The boys are difficult, the owners are unpleasant, and there are mysterious noises at night. And then two of the boys go astray....
Decades later single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the center. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that killed his ex-wife. Was her death something more sinister?
Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a huge European best seller with both her crime and her horror novels. You might want to sleep with the light on after listening to The Undesired.
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Dear Elizabeth, I've been watching you. I hope to see you...soon. Liz Cafferky is on the up. Rescued from her dark past by the owner of a drop-in centre for older men, Liz soon finds herself as the charity's face - and the unwilling darling of the Dublin media. Amidst her claustrophobic fame, Liz barely notices a letter from a new fan. But then one of the centre's clients is brutally murdered, and Elizabeth receives another, more sinister note. Running from her own ghosts, Liz is too scared to go to the police.
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Fantastic!!
- By Brett McAteer on 03-06-19
By: Sinead Crowley
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A Share in Death
- By: Deborah Crombie
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A week's holiday in a luxurious hotel is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But his vacation ends dramatically with the discovery of a dead body in the whirlpool bath. Despite a suspicious lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to ignore the heinous crime, impelling him to send for his enthusiastic young assistant, Sergeant Gemma James. But the stakes are raised significantly when a second murder occurs....
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series readers, start here
- By connie on 02-09-13
By: Deborah Crombie
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Sister Sister
- A truly absorbing psychological thriller
- By: Sue Fortin
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
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Alice: beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar. Clare: intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous. Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family. One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac. Two sisters. One truth.
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Wow, that was intense!
- By Wayne on 04-21-17
By: Sue Fortin
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Others
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
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The ugly truth. Nicholas Dismas is a Private Investigator, but like no other that has gone before him. He carries a secret to which not even he has the answer. Dismas is hired to find a missing baby. One that was taken away at birth... Or was it? His investigation takes him to a mysteriously located place called Perfect Rest, a nursing home for the elderly. Here Dismas will discover the dark secret of the Others. And in an astonishing and spectacular finale he will resolve the enigma of his own existence.
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Good book
- By Joy on 06-26-18
By: James Herbert
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Snowblind
- By: Ragnar Jónasson, Quentin Bates - translator
- Narrated by: Will Damron
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When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theater, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one and secrets and lies are a way of life. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts as Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness - blinded by snow and with a killer on the loose.
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Unexpected and different
- By green ice cream garden on 10-12-17
By: Ragnar Jónasson, and others
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Jar City
- By: Arnaldur Indridason
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Gold Dagger Award winner Arnaldur Indridason’s novels featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson became international sensations on their way to selling millions of copies worldwide. The debut of morose detective Sveinsson finds the inspector and his team delving into the murder of a retiree with horrifying secrets.
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Cerebral Police Procedural
- By Aaron on 09-14-13
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After Anna
- By: Alex Lake
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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The real nightmare starts when her daughter is returned.... A bone-chilling psychological thriller that will suit fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Daughter by Jane Shemilt, and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss; her parents are beyond grief. Their daughter is lost forever, perhaps dead, perhaps enslaved.
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My feedback..2 overall
- By Haneet on 09-05-16
By: Alex Lake
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Gold Dust
- By: Kimberley Freeman
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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Three women linked by their blood, their dreams...and their sins. From Leningrad in the '70s to America and London in the present day, Kimberley Freeman's new novel follows the lives of two sisters, Lena and Natalia, and their cousin, Sofi, as they move away from Russia and all they have known. Despite promising to always take care of each other, a pact to meet every winter is shattered as their lives change and long-held resentments begin to surface. Can that resentment turn to hatred? To murder?
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It's just not the same without Caroline Lee
- By Maria on 12-04-17
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Two Little Girls
- A Novel
- By: Laura Jarratt
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis, Ana Clements
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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When Lizzie’s car crashes with her two daughters inside, she faces a terrible choice. And when she recovers from her injuries, she must deal with the impact of that tragedy and the police investigation into it. As Lizzie and her family struggle to come to terms with the events of that night, things take an even darker turn. What exactly happened on that remote country road? Who is responsible? And can the family get through this together…or will the truth finally tear them apart?
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Ugh
- By Beth on 05-07-22
By: Laura Jarratt
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Eva's Eye
- Inspector Sejer Mystery, Book 1
- By: Karin Fossum
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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Eva Magnus and her daughter are out walking by the river when a man's body floats to the water's surface. Eva goes to call the police, but when she reaches the phone, she dials another number altogether.
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Very little of Sejer, a whole lot of Eva
- By John Barnett on 07-04-17
By: Karin Fossum
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The Secret Keeper
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
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England, 1959: Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime.
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Kate Morton (and Caroline Lee) does it again!
- By Maria on 10-20-12
By: Kate Morton
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- Scotty
- 03-20-18
Good one!
As a mystery/thriller lover I really enjoyed this book and listened to it in one day! Interesting plot that quickly gave me chills. The setting of the border school for difficult and undesirable children is all too real. The ending, and final twist, very chilling as well. Will look for more books by this author.
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Santa Fe, NM
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- Lizzystick
- 06-09-17
OK but not the best Scandinavian Noir
I am a fan of Scandinavian noir and this was recommended for that category...However the Scandanavianess of this book is non-existant. There was a little mystery, the story is a bit depressing but even so it held my interest till the end. The ending was was ..."meh" . I feel like this book could have been so much more. The narrator made the male voice very boring.
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- Donna
- 05-22-17
FIVE
This is so good. Just start listening and let the author's story carry you along. When you wonder at some of the detailed parts that seem to slow down the action - just stay with it. No gore. Yes, plot ywists and surprises.
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- Rachel
- 09-20-18
Not As Good As I Remember You
I love the way this author writes. I like the alternating chapters and how the story lines interweave at the end. this story really didn't do it enough for me. I was disappointed with the way the two boys died. It felt like it didn't align with the rest of the storyline and character build up. It seemed like Aldis and Aileen could have been sisters based on some of the mention of Aldis's lack of father, and that something more sinister than an abortion could have been Eiden's (spelling?) crime. it seemed to me that the abortion was consensual? it was anticlimactic is all. It also doesn't make sense why Rune would be evil. I don't know. The plot was well done, I just felt that some of the character build up was left unfinished. I Remember You was much better, maybe because there were fewer characters in that book. I will keep reading all of her books though. really enjoy her writing. narration was excellent.
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- Bitten and Seven Forever
- 11-14-22
Brilliant, Unique
Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a rare and unmatched talent.
To me, she is the voice of Icelandic Noir.
Her writing is wonderfully descriptive, haunting, and her stories are always unique and very well constructed.
She creates characters that are so interesting and her books have such dimension.
She really knows how to draw the reader into a place, a situation, she understands how to make you feel like you are right there watching these things unfold firsthand.
This book has duel timelines and different perspectives and YS constructs this beautifully.
You become invested in these characters.
It is at times scary, a creepy and haunting tale but it is also thoroughly well thought out.
Her work is so unique, there is literally no one that writes the way that she does.
I have every single book of hers available on audible and they are all incredible.
This book is one of my absolute favorites because it’s surprising in every way, nothing can be predicted and who would think from reading the summary that a plot like this would unfold into a brilliant and enthralling murder mystery?!
It’s so haunting, so relatable, atmospheric and creepy.
I also love that you can never quite suss out exactly what’s going on until the last few pages.
This is hard to achieve with readers that have spent years reading books in this genre, we become very adept at figuring out what’s going on (and usually long before the conclusion)
She is such a talent.
This book is also beautifully performed.
The narration is absolutely excellent.
I highly recommend anything from Yrsa Sigurdadottir, but this book and “I Remember You” are my absolute all time favorites.
Give this book a chance, you’ll find yourself quickly falling in love with her unique voice.
This is a fantastic story, in every way.
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- Mrs G Smith
- 03-08-23
Another keeper!
I love her books, this one started a little bit slow for me, but definitely made up for it! Another excellent suspense, thriller, to the very end!
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- Doug M
- 08-18-22
Slow, realistic burn
I didn't mind the slow speed of the story. The pace added to the realism, as did the absence of gore and jump scenes. For me, the scariest stories are the ones that could actually happen, and this was one of them. It was very atmospheric. The supernatural element, while keeping realistic, did fizzle at the end, leaving me wondering why it was in there at all. The twist was startling. I appreciated how the characters behaved and spoke like real people. The different storylines tied up fairly well at the end without belaboring the conclusion. The narrators were alright but could have put more expression into the characters and scenes.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-23-17
Chilling, excellent writing.
Although the storytelling of the male narrator is quite flat, it didn't bother me. The female narrator spoke of the past, the male narrator of the present, and the story speaks for itself. A fascinating story in a fascinating country. Chilling, but not sensationalist. Intriguing and compelling to the last moment.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-23-19
Not as good as the others.
The story start off very well. Like Yrsa other there were many secrets to uncover. Oden was a boring character. And there wad too much inner dialogue with these characters. But the end was the worst ending of all her books. Wouldn't recommend.
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- C. MACMAHON
- 06-17-17
Better without Thora
What did you love best about The Undesired?
I like the central character.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Undesired?
The beginning is memorable!
What does Karen Cass and Nick Underwood bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
They spoke clearly.
Any additional comments?
After my first venture into Icelandic suspense, I was ready to send this back and I am glad I didn't. This book held my interest. I gave it four stars because..... Well read it and see what you think, but it was an easier read than the first Thora also by Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
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