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Five

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Five

Auteur(s): Ilona Bannister
Narrateur(s): Clare Corbett, George Naylor, Juliet Stevenson, Kristin Atherton, Marlowe Chan Reeves, Theo Solomon
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[A] sizzling summer thriller . . . a kind of morality tale, a Rorschach test for all of us.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

Five lives. Five stories. Four will live—one will die. Who it will be? In this slow-burn masterpiece of psychological fiction, the choice is all yours.

“Five is a gripping, chilling story that asks difficult questions about judgement, forgiveness, and the notion of cause and effect.”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark

Have you ever tried to pass the time by imagining the lives of the strangers standing next to you? Ilona Bannister’s Five introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train. But these are not just any five people. From the beginning we know that one of them is going to die soon. Very soon. In five minutes the next train to London will arrive, killing one of them. But before this happens you will learn their stories.

None of these people are saints. Readers might fall in love with the beautiful young man who is on the verge of gambling his life away. They may pity the cantankerous old woman who has fallen to the ground yet is refusing help. Perhaps readers will look away from the child throwing a tantrum. Or judge his mother, who must surely be to blame. And some will be curiously compelled by the successful and damaged businessman orbiting them all.

These are the candidates for this morning’s misfortune. But they don’t know it. Only you know. And you, our complicit reader, will not be able to resist deciding who deserves to walk away, and who deserves only five more minutes to live.

An incredibly original novel that breaks the fourth wall and asks the reader to be judge, jury, and executioner, Five looks at some of the most complicated issues of contemporary life: motherhood, disability, addiction. Every stranger has a story. And in Ilona Bannister’s skillful hands, five people’s stories come together to create an unforgettable novel. Fiction de genre Le choix des éditeurs Psychologique Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense
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Beautiful and shocking. Not in the way you think, but rather in the way it will make you think.

Beautiful and shocking

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This book had me hooked right away and all the way to the end. Ilana is an amazing storyteller.

amazing storyteller!

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A truly wonderful journey about life and the twists and turns that take us down our paths. All told in a very interesting way as a snapshot of the last few minutes before a train arrives at a station. I loved this book!

What a journey!

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One of the best reads ever. I loved the format of the train coming into the station. The character breakdowns were so well done that I was blown away.

Excellent Listen

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This taut, impeccably written teaser is amazing. The premise is fresh, the characters are engaging, and the author predicts what the reader is thinking. I cannot recommend this book enough!

One of the best books I have ever read.

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