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The Breakdown

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The Breakdown

Written by: B.A. Paris
Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
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"[Georgia Maguire's] overall narration is calm and elegant but emotional and alarming during the horrific moments Grace experiences." - AudioFile Magazine on Behind Closed Doors.

Named One of the Most Anticipated Thriller Novels Of 2017 by Bustle!

THE NEWEST PROPULSIVE AUDIOBOOK FROM THE AUTHOR OF NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY INSTANT BESTSELLER, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?

Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside—the woman who was killed. She’s been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It’s a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she’d broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she’d stopped.

But since then, she’s been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn’t have a baby.

The only thing she can’t forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt.

Or the silent calls she’s receiving, or the feeling that someone’s watching her…


You won't be able to hit pause on B. A. Paris's The Breakdown, the next chilling audiobook from the bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors.

Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Dementia Psychological Suspense
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What the critics say

"We loved what narrator Georgia Maguire did with Paris's Behind Closed Doors." AudioFile, Editors' Pick

"Narrator Georgia Maguire's soft British accent is an absolute listening pleasure. ...Questions are eventually answered, and the mystery resolved, but it is the texture and tension provided by Maguire's skillful delivery and beguiling voice that make this a successful audio offering." - AudioFile

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#Audible1 B.A. Paris, The Breakdown It was too slow for me, went on a lot longer than it needed too. Sorry

Pretty slow book

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I listened to this book on a long road trip and my passengers and I were so into the story that we took the scenic route so that we could finish it. It will have you at the edge of your seat with the twists and turns of the plot. #audible1

Wonderful and suspenseful novel

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It was okay. Narration was amazing! I agree with other commenters the time stamps was AWFUL. The middle to end was so repetitive. The ending felt rushed and didn’t really didn’t fit well in my opinion.

Meh

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It started off very intriguing, then dragged on for what seems like forever of the same thing over and over. not sure if it seemed that way because it was read aloud as apposed to actually reading it myself, but there were many times I found myself saying " if something exciting doesn't happen soon I'm going to stop" but I can't leave things unfinished so I continued. the ending was good.

dragged out but exciting ending

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I love books with twists and things that make you think, if your interested in mystery books from a first person perspective this one is perfect.

Great book very alluring

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