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The Sleepover

Written by: Samantha King
Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
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From the internationally best-selling author Samantha King, a gripping, emotional psychological thriller about a mother's worst nightmare.... The Sleepover asks "Who would you trust to keep your child safe?"

It was meant to be the best night of her son's life.... Was it his last?

Izzy is thrilled when her shy, 12-year-old son is invited for his first sleepover. Nick has spent years being isolated and picked on; he deserves a night of fun and friendship. But Izzy is also nervous: it's a year to the day since bullies put Nick in the hospital. She drops him off at his new best friend's house with mixed feelings. Arriving to collect him the following morning, her worst fears come true.... Nick isn't there. Who has taken her son? And will she ever get him back?

©2020 Samantha King (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Domestic Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Feel-Good
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Samantha King offers an interesting enough tale about a child going missing after sleeping over at a friend's house - but tells it through the eyes of an insecure but confrontational near-hysterical single mom. 'Isobel "Izzy" Brooks' questions her relationships with everyone around her [including all of her friends, teachers, police, the boy's biological father, her ex-husband, her son's friends, and the boy ('Nick') himself]. I understand the necessity to explore plausible motivations & alternative suspects in books within this genre.. but King offers a certifiable paranoiac to narrate the story. The writing is capable, the plot is twisty-turny, and King has a great sense of how to build tension - but I couldn't ignore my eyes rolling every time Izzy accuses some peripheral character of kidnapping her child.

Fortunately for listeners, Gemma Dawson turns in a commendable, emotive performance. Yes, she reads too slowly, and Highbridge Audio engineers have trouble softening her crisp cadence and injudicious deep breaths (avoid headphones for this one) - but if you are given the choice between a text version of the book or this recorded iteration, set playback speed at 1.15X and choose this one.

Altogether, 'The Sleepover' merits a mere 5 stars out of 10. It was a reasonable distraction for a couple of quiet afternoons as a 'Plus' selection, I guess.. but spend your Credit elsewhere should they ask for one.

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Lots of twists and turns. I kept listening to find out what was next. Worth the read definitely!!!

Great story

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