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The Grandmother

By: Jane E. James
Narrated by: Anna Cordell, Max Dinnen
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I might be a grandmother. But I’m not some sweet, harmless old lady who people can push around.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince.

They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by.

I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

Now he wants his daughters back.

Over my dead body.

I finally have a family of my own. And nobody is going to take it away from me.

©2024 Jane E. James (P)2024 Audible Ltd.
Domestic Thrillers Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense

About the Performer

Anna Cordell trained in acting for theatre, radio, film and TV at Manchester Metropolitan University and has worked in film, TV, theatre and radio. She is an experienced voice artist with commercial, corporate, film and TV credits, as well as ELT and ADR work. Anna is a popular audiobook reader, having narrated for Penguin, Harper Collins HQ, Imprint, Bolinda Publishing, ISIS and WF Howes. Her radio credits for BBC Drama include Is There Room in Your Life? and the lead role in Dead Treasure.

About the Performer

Max is an actor from South West London. He trained for three years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has worked on large theatrical projects since graduating, including roles in Witness for the Prosecution and the Olivier Award-winning The Inheritance. Max has voiced a regular Cartoon Network promo and various corporate, commercial and ADR jobs. His audiobook credits include Charlotte Rixon's After the Fire and The Four Thoughts That F-ck You Up ... and How to Fix Them by Daniel Fryer.

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In the very best way, this was not at all what I expected. Fun and interesting - I never knew what was coming next!! I think we need a sequel!

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Oh the twists!!!

Very well written book with several plot twist. I enjoyed listening to it. The characters were well thought out and the ending was unexpected.

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Fun listen

Great narration, fun and well written thriller. The ending, I would have liked to have been different. Although, the groundhogs day-like-ending made sense-it’s difficult to change unhealthy patterns of behavior- the story could have done with more of a resolution. Did enjoy the story all the way through though.

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Good storyline

Twist on twist!!! if this were not an audible book, it would be one you can’t put down… I kept listening until the end.

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the suspension

I like how it's a plot twist you don't see coming... I really hope they come out with a part 2

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Roller coaster

What a roller coaster ride with unending twists and turns!! I thoroughly enjoyed this book in 1 day because I couldn’t stop listening.

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Disappointing ending

Yes there were twists, and the end was especially a twist, but that didn’t make it good. I feel cheated, having stayed with the story, expecting an ending that at least lived up to what came before. Now that I’ve finished, I feel like I just drove by a terrible wreck.

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In laws

Grandma and dad was a piece of works. Kept me laughing and my attention. Little ms Daisy needs a beating

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Disappointing content

Last twist to story was not to my liking. Maybe others will appreciate the surprise.

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The twists and turns, wow!

This story has so many twists and turns you don’t know it keeps you guessing. The ending also leaves you wondering.

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