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The Orchard

Written by: Mike Jones, Mike Cowap
Narrated by: Eric Bana, Gary Sweet, Magda Szubanski
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  • Summary

  • Winner in the Best Podcast Fiction category at the 2022 Banff Rockie Awards.

    Please note: contains strong language and adult content.

    At the edge of an old orchard, on the grounds of an exclusive private girls’ school, a teenage boy is found dead. Was it murder, suicide, or something else?

    Disaffected police detective and struggling single parent, Adam Durwood, is assigned to investigate, but the closer he looks the more the facts don’t add up. At the centre of the mystery are three beguiling and manipulative teenagers who seem to know much more than they should, and are slowly drawing Adam into a web he can’t see....

    Blending crime drama and supernatural mystery, The Orchard is a ground-breaking Audible Original series immersing audiences in a haunting tale of memory, myth and unnatural forces.

    Written by Mike Jones and Mike Cowap and produced by Princess Pictures.

    Performed by Eric Bana, Gary Sweet, Magda Szubanski, Olivia Deeble, Lisa-Marie Shaw and Ashleigh-Rose Nicholson.
    ©2021 Princess Pictures Digital Pty Ltd (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
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Episodes
  • Ep 1: Memories of Others

    Ep 1: Memories of Others
    Sep 7 2021

    Teenager Thomas Royale meets three girls in an orchard on the grounds of a remote private girls’ school. The next morning his cold, naked body is discovered with head wounds and a broken neck. Detective Adam Durwood is reluctant to take the case having promised to quit the force to repair his fractured relationship with his 12-year-old daughter, Lily.
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    16 mins
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  • Ep 2: Chasing Figments

    Ep 2: Chasing Figments
    Sep 7 2021

    Adam must interview the teenage girls who were rehearsing for the school play, Macbeth, with Thomas before he died but meets resistance from the school principal. The delivery driver who found the corpse is equally reluctant to meet Adam as he struggles to cope with what he saw. Adam’s daughter Lily’s strange behaviour attracts the attention of the school bullies.
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    18 mins
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  • Ep 3: Knots and Feathers and Thorns

    Ep 3: Knots and Feathers and Thorns
    Sep 7 2021

    The school’s superiors continue to frustrate Adam’s attempts to interview the three girls, but he tracks down Eva Tatiana, the girls’ enigmatic and protective teacher, and grills her for some insight into the impregnable dynamics of the private girls’ school. Lily, meanwhile, ventures into the apple orchard where she has a haunting encounter.
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    20 mins
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  • 2022-08-06

Excellent storyline

At the beginning I was irritated because the volume of the voices was muted by obscure noises. I was soon to find out that it was meant to be that way and from there the acting and voices of all the characters were very well done.
The storyline was excellent and caught me by surprise at the end and I was pleasantly pleased.
Definitely well done and a good listen

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Gripping

Oh i enjoyed that. Great job to the voice actors especially. I liked the characters and thoroughly enjoyed the journey!

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Interesting

I did not know what to expect and if was surprisingly good. I enjoyed the sonore track and the fiction. If does leave you on the edge a bit.

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Quite Entertaining

I highly respect a tightly-edited audio series, and this fit that bill. A nicely condensed, but interesting plot with professional, polished performances all round. I'm quite glad I took a chance on this one. Kudos!

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Caught my attention

Full disclosure, I clicked on this as I popped up in my email as a free read. After Ep 1 I am quite impressed and it has caught my attention, will continue listening to see what happens.

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Worth the Time

An interesting storyline with good effects. The podcast version worked but I find it easier to download a book.

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Pretty good

Amazing acting, 4.5 rounded up to 5 stars. The story was just ok but the stellar acting made it worth a listen.

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