A Simple Favor
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Andi Arndt
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Xe Sands
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Matthew Waterson
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Written by:
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Darcey Bell
About this listen
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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- Mariah
- 2018-09-09
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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- Deanna Martell
- 2018-06-12
So Many Twists and Unexpected Turns
The narrators truly brought this story to life! The story leads you down a road but you are quickly left wanting more when the road leads you to shocking and unnerving details that you did not see coming. A must read for mystery lovers!
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-05-08
Awesome book, ending was too quick
i really enjoyed this book. had a very "gone girl" vibe to it.
i like the characters development.
i like how there are questions unanswered. i also hate that there are questions unanswered
i did not like the ending. it was too quick.
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- armida
- 2018-08-17
Mediocre novel
Clearly a first novel, but the performance of the voice actors made it more entertaining.
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- Colleen
- 2018-09-20
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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- Stephanie Folk
- 2018-05-08
Great story and amazing read!!
loved everything about this book. Amazing spin to the story that I did not see coming!!
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-06-14
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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- Veronica
- 2018-09-18
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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- Ashley
- 2018-09-18
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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- Mary Jane Maher
- 2018-11-07
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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