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A Simple Favor

Written by: Darcey Bell
Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Xe Sands, Matthew Waterson
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Publisher's Summary

She's your best friend. She knows all your secrets. That's why she's so dangerous.

A single mother's life is turned upside down when her best friend vanishes in this chilling debut thriller in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.

It starts with a simple favor - an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When her best friend, Emily, asks Stephanie to pick up her son, Nicky, after school, she happily says yes. Nicky and her son, Miles, are classmates and best friends, and the five-year-olds love being together - just like she and Emily. A widow and stay-at-home mommy blogger living in woodsy suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a sophisticated PR executive whose job in Manhattan demands so much of her time.

But Emily doesn't come back. She doesn't answer calls or return texts. Stephanie knows something is terribly wrong - Emily would never leave Nicky, no matter what the police say. Terrified, she reaches out to her blog's readers for help. She also reaches out to Emily's husband, the handsome, reticent Sean, offering emotional support. It's the least she can do for her best friend. Then, she and Sean receive shocking news. Emily is dead. The nightmare of her disappearance is over.

Or is it? Because soon Stephanie will begin to see that nothing - not friendship, love, or even an ordinary favor - is as simple as it seems.

A Simple Favor is a remarkable tale of psychological suspense - a clever and twisting freefall of a ride filled with betrayals and reversals, twists and turns, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge. Darcey Bell masterfully ratchets up the tension in a taut, unsettling, and completely absorbing story that holds you in its grip until the final minute.

©2017 Seven Acres, LLC (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

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Great story, not my favourite narrator

It took quite a while to "sink into" this book, due to the hushed, somewhat breathless quality of the narrator's voice. It has a very meek sound to it, which I think made me think of the first person character quite differently than I would have if I were reading on my own.

A great story, though, and once I got past the voice I really enjoyed it!

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Shocked this got published

This was truly terrible writing. I hate to be so rude in a review, but I couldn’t get over how terrible this was!

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Awful

This was awful, I could not even finish it. Don't waste your time or money.

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Not at all what was promised

A weak attempt at a suspenseful story like. predictable narrative a poorly written. performance was however well done

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Just great !

Just great. the book kept me hooked from beginning to end. I recommend it to fans of the Girl on the train.

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Good

I enjoyed it. Can't wait to see the movie now. Although I hope it's more suspenceful than the book. You could see where the twist was going early in

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Entertaining, but predictable.

Gripping and entertaining, but ended on a flat note. had hoped there would be another plot twist rather than a predictable finale.

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It's okay.

Easy listen, the story line lost me a bit. I did not like any of the character's personalities. It had potential. The narration was great.

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Mediocre novel

Clearly a first novel, but the performance of the voice actors made it more entertaining.

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Good Listen

This book had very predictable aspects and some unpredictable parts. I liked the book and had a hard time putting it aside to talk to people.

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