The Other Passenger
One stranger stands between you and the perfect crime…The most addictive novel you'll read this year
By: Louise Candlish
Narrated by: Steven Mackintosh
Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
Narrated by: Deni Francis, Paul Panting
When Fi Lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house, she is plunged into terror and confusion. She and her husband Bram have owned their home on Trinity Avenue for years and have no intention of selling. How can this other family possibly think the house is theirs? And why has Bram disappeared? As the nightmare takes grip, Fi tries to make sense of the events that have led to a devastating crime.
Really good story
By Rory on 12-08-18
The Sudden Departure of the Frasers
Narrated by: Julie Teal
When Joe and Christy Davenport step behind the Oxford-blue-painted door of their 'forever' home, they believe their dreams have come true. Yet the boxes aren't even unpacked before a series of events leads Christy to become obsessed with the previous occupant, the glamorous, enigmatic Amber Fraser, whose departure from Lime Park Road is shrouded in mystery. What happened to her? And why are Joe and Christy's attempts at friendship with neighbours met with an unnerving silence?
Loved this brilliant book
By None on 14-07-18
The Heights
Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt, Milo Twomey, Louise Candlish
The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among the warehouses of Shad Thames, its roof terrace so discreet you wouldn't know it existed if you weren't standing at the window of the flat directly opposite. But you are. And that's when you see a man up there - a man you'd recognize anywhere. He's older now, and his appearance has subtly changed, but it's definitely him.
An incredible letdown
By PlanetTelex on 21-08-21
A brilliant psychological thriller that twists and turns (Stephanie King Book 1)
By: Rachel Abbott
Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
Cleo knows she should be happy for her brother Mark. He's managed to find someone new after the sudden death of his first wife - but something about Evie just doesn't feel right...When Evie starts having accidents at home, her friends grow concerned. Could Mark be causing her injuries? Called out to their clifftop house one night, Sergeant Stephanie King finds two bodies entangled on blood-drenched sheets. Where does murder begin? When the knife is raised to strike, or before, at the first thought of violence?
Absolutely first class psychological, thriller
By David M on 05-11-18
The Secrets of Strangers
By: Charity Norman
Narrated by: Julie Maisey
A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye, and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?
The best book I've ever listened to.
By: T.M. Logan
Narrated by: Emma Gregory
Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes an urgent call. The weight of the child in her arms making Ellen's heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform without looking back.
Gripping and fast paced
By mms on 22-03-21
The Night She Disappeared
By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt
2017: 19-year-old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah's friends, who tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a party at a house in the nearby woods called Dark Place.
Boring Cliché after Boring Cliché
By AM on 11-08-21
Forget My Name
By: J. S. Monroe
Narrated by: Olivia Mace
She arrived into Heathrow after a difficult week at work. Her bag had been stolen. Her whole life was in there - passport, wallet, house key. When she tried to report the theft, she couldn't remember her own name. All she knew was her own address. Now she is at the door of Tony and Laura, a young couple living in Wiltshire. She says she lives in their home. They say they have never met her before. One of them is lying. But which one?
couldnt put it down!
By Shazebee on 24-02-19
Home Stretch
By: Graham Norton
Narrated by: Graham Norton
It is 1987, and a small Irish community is preparing for the wedding of two of its young inhabitants. They're barely adults, not so long out of school and still part of the same set of friends they've grown up with. As the friends head home from the beach that last night before the wedding, there is a car accident. Three survive the crash, but three are killed. And the reverberations are felt throughout the small town.
By: Chris Brookmyre
Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
Millie Spark can kill anyone. A special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic scenes of bloody violence. Then, one day, she wakes to find her lover dead in her bed. Twenty-five years later, her sentence for murder served, Millicent is ready to give up on her broken life - until she meets troubled film student and reluctant petty thief Jerry. Together, they begin to discover that all was not what it seemed on that fateful night...and someone doesn't want them to find out why.
Narrator's Accent
By Ms. H. Forbes on 13-03-21
House of Correction
By: Nicci French
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
She's a murderer. Everyone knows she killed Stuart Rees - why else would his dead body be found in her shed? So now Tabitha is in prison, awaiting trial. Coming back to the remote coastal village where she grew up was a mistake. She didn't fit in then, and she doesn't fit in now. That day is such a blur, she can't remember clearly what happened. There is something she is missing, something important. She only knows one thing.
Absolutely Fantastic
By miss leanne glasspool on 01-10-20
When She Was Bad
By: Tammy Cohen
Narrated by: Avita Jay
You see the people you work with every day, but what can't you see? Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan and Charlie have worked together for years - they know how each other likes their coffee, whose love life is a mess, whose children keep them up at night. But their comfortable routine life is suddenly shattered when an aggressive new boss walks in.... Now there's something chilling in the air. Who secretly hates everyone? Who is tortured by their past? Who is capable of murder?
when she was bad!!!!!
By Mrs. J. M. Benjamin-potts on 30-06-16
By: Alice Feeney
Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Stephanie Racine
When a woman is murdered in Blackdown village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Anna's ex-husband, DCI Jack Harper, is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. Someone is lying, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.
Well lots of surprises within
By V. O'Regan on 29-05-20
After the Lie
By: Kerry Fisher
Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
When Lydia was a teenager, she made a decision that ruined her family's life. They've spent the last 30 years living with the consequences and doing their best to pretend it never happened. Lydia's husband, the gorgeous and reliable Mark, and her two teenage children know nothing about that summer back in 1982. And that's the way Lydia wants it to stay. The opportunity to come clean is long gone, and now it's not the lie that matters; it's the betrayal of hiding the truth for so long.
The secret is too tame!
By Ann D on 28-08-17
The Ship of Brides
By: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
Australia, 1946: 650 brides are departing for England to meet the men they married in wartime. But instead of the luxury liner they were expecting, they find themselves aboard an aircraft carrier, alongside a thousand men. On the sun-baked decks, old loves and past promises become distant memories, and tensions are stretched to the limit as brides and husbands change their minds. And for Frances Mackenzie, it soon becomes clear that the journey is more important than the destination....
A faultlessly told, touching story.
By mary on 19-02-18
My Sweet Revenge
By: Jane Fallon
Narrated by: Jenny Funnell, Antonia Beamish
Paula has had Robert's back since they got together as drama students. She gave up her dreams so he could make it. Now he's one of the nation's most popular actors. And Paula's just discovered he's having an affair. She's going to remind Robert just what he's sacrificing, and then she's going to break his heart like he broke hers. It will be her greatest acting role ever. Revenge is sweet. Isn't it?
Revenge is definitely sweet
By Sue R. on 08-09-17
Dead North
Sam Williams, Book 1
By: Joel Hames
Narrated by: Andrew Calverley
Once the brightest star in the legal firmament, Sam Williams has hit rock bottom, with barely a client to his name and a short-term cash problem that's looking longer by the minute. So when he's summoned to Manchester to help a friend crack a case involving the murder of two unarmed police officers and a suspect who won't say a word, he jumps at the chance to resurrect his career.
Quite the revelation
By Melanie Preston Lewis on 29-05-19
The Stranger in My Home
I thought she was my daughter. I was wrong.
By: Adele Parks
Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
Alison is lucky, and she knows it. She has the life she always craved, including a happy home with Jeff and their brilliant, vivacious teenage daughter, Katherine - the absolute centre of Alison's world. Then a knock at the door ends life as they know it. Fifteen years ago someone else took Alison's baby from the hospital. And now Alison is facing the unthinkable. Her daughter belongs to someone else. What would you do if you discovered your beloved child is not yours?
Enjoyable storyline but badly researched
By Sarah Kennett on 14-02-17
From the best-selling author of Our House, winner of the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year Award.
It all happens so quickly. One day you're living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn't turned up for the boat and his wife, Melia, has reported him missing.
When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night before, and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. You protest. You and Kit are friends - ask Melia, she'll vouch for you. And who exactly is this other passenger pointing the finger? What do they know about your lives?
No, whatever danger followed you home last night, you are innocent, totally innocent.
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What listeners say about The Other Passenger
M. Bourke
Why can I hear every saliva swallow?
This is an amazing story. Gripped me from the get go
The problem is you can constantly hear the narrator swallow saliva. It is very very distracting.I
I don't know if it's a problem with microphones but it really detracts
greygirl
Narration flaw
I enjoy Louise Candlish books & was looking forward to this.
Story was good, although I didn't like the lead character. Plenty of twists, even when you guessed some elements- it was still groping.
However the narration was flawed with persistent swallowing noises, saliva & odd & loud breaths being taken within phrasing. It really spoiled the book/story - once you are aware of it, you can't ignore it- it was horrible - I persevered to the end but felt this shouldn't have gone out in this state. I listen to a lot of audible books, but there was no way there was any quality control undertaken on this recording.
Disappointing & distracting on a good story.
Podenco Fan
Masterful & mesmerising-even the twists had twists
I have been a fan of Louise Candlish for years and I have to say her books just keep getting better and better and better - this latest one is sublime.
Great characters, fascinating insight into the housing crisis in London and what it is like to live and work in the capital, wonderful images of the Thames and commuting on the river bus ..... romance, the fragility of relationships living in a survielled society with a phobia and OH THE PLOT!
A plot of plots, so tightly wound it had you sitting back thinking where it is all going but enjoying the ride and then ... suddenly you are thrown ... and thrown again and again until you do not know what is what and feel very foolish for having thought you knew what was going on.
Love Louise Candlish's writing as there are never any annoying plot holes or niggles - nothing left that is not bolted down or squared away - really intelligent, ingenious and addictive storytelling, no cliches, no gore or revelling in gritty, dark, upsetting details of crime - no lazy and horrible shortcuts like pets being killed to signify danger lurking just right riveting, twisty thrilling and compulsive reading with the Thames positively thronging with sneaky red herrings.
Hats off - I cannot find even one small flaw in this book.it was seamless and sensational - I am so hoping we do not have to wait too long for the next as I have so adored and devoured the last four.
Even my husband was caught up in this one and asked for the low down on what the latest news on what was happening in the book every day and was disappointed if I had not got very far since the last recap and pronounced it brilliant - it is not his genre at all, so high praise indeed.
I was kind of expecting a female narrator and it took me a while to get into it, but soon I was thinking it was genius casting as Steven Mackintosh really did make his character Jamie come alive,
I just finished this last night and I will so miss my daily commutes via River Bus and my many drinks in the Hope and Anchor and The Mariner not to mention the wicked plotting, heartbreaking betrayals, devilish deeds and double dealing ..... ahhh if only every thriller could be so thrilling and superbly written!
See, I knew I could not get through a review without one small gripe!
Mel Noir
Great story, let down by narrator
Very well written, with lots of unexpected twists and turns. But the narration was distracting. I could hear the narrator swallowing and all kinds of other mouth noises. It kept taking me out of the story. I had to simultaneously play a noise sound app to cover it up, which helped a bit. It's a pity we didn't switch to the pov of other characters, with all the twists and turns I would have loved to really get in the minds of Melia and Claire. I found Jamie to be rather boring and hard to sympathize with. Overall, enjoyable.
"patto89"
Narrator needs a glass of water
Struggled to get to the end of this because the narrator makes too many mouth noises, he sounds like he really needs a glass of water and I found it too distracting. You can hear every time he swallows Story is interesting enough but I didn't find any of the characters likeable or really care what happened to them.
Alice Oliver
Not a bad book but too much swallowing and lip smacking
I listened to the whole book, the story was alright overall, nothing to rave about but not terrible. What was terrible was the fact that the narrator's swallowing was incredibly audible and really really detracted from the story and made me feel really uncomfortable. Honestly I'm surprised I made it to the end of the book because of this!
Intricate & Complex
My second Louise Candlish book and she has not disappointed. Good narration for a story that kept me intrigued and listening right to the end (and not bored for 1min).
I seriously disliked this book. Having said that, I've given it two stars for the plot, which is just interesting enough to hold your attention, though the holes and incongruities in it began to be apparent very early. The characters are dislikable, the main protagonist in particular - I think he is supposed to represent some sort of colossus of evilness, but it really doesn't come off. He comes across more as an ineffectual, whingeing bore. Highly unlikely that such a man could have retained the love of the dynamic woman Claire who is is his partner. Melia, the villainess of the piece, is just ridiculous from the start, and so is her affair with the miserable hero. A goddess such as she is described would never look twice at such a man, not even for nefarious purposes. So no willing suspension of disbelief for. me, then. But the true killer was the narration, which was just vile. The reader waxes loud and soft and if you're listening through headphones, as I do, it is soooooo frustrating to have to keep fiddling with the volume controls. Even so I missed a lot of the dialogue as he shifted from whisper to bellow. The narration was just appalling in every other respect. An irritating voice, irritating accents that wavered and changed mid-speech, and irritating fluctuations in pace. I will be returning this book.
really enjoyed this book. great story and characters. the narrator's mouth sounds are very loud and off putting at times but I was able to ignore after awhile
Sararara
A twisty tale exploring the sense of entitlement held by various unlikeable Londoners.
It's a world where square footage is the measure and currency of status but is seldom earned.
Clever plotting but, despite several whopping great twists, it's actually quite slow for the most part.
Fun read (and superb narration) but I'm not sure which character I would hate to be trapped in a confined space with least.
So glad there are some books being published/recorded again after the lockdown drought.
Great story, struggled slightly with the narrator
The Story was great, another hit by Candlish. I struggled a bit with the narrators swallowing habit while reading but he did the voices and inflections really well.