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Title: Kept in the Dark
Author: Penny Hancock
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-28-12
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
When her neighbors 15-year-old nephew goes missing, Sonia is the last person that anyone would ever suspect. At 43, she is a strikingly attractive wife and mother. And like the River House, her lovely home overlooking the Thames, Sonias life is a picture of perfection and normalcy - until she meets Jez. From the moment he shows up on Sonias doorstep, the gorgeous teenage boy awakens a torrent of memories that she has worked a lifetime to forget. Drawn to Jez by a compulsion that she scarcely understands, Sonia takes him captive - prepared to sacrifice everything to keep him.
Evocative of thrillers by Chevy Stevens and Sophie Hannah,Kept in the Darkis a haunting debut novel about obsession, desire, and the potential darkness in us all.
Penny Hancock lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and three children. She is a part-time primary-school teacher at a speech and language school and has traveled extensively as a language teacher. Kept in the Dark is her first novel.
Critic Reviews:
Its such a thrill to read a book as deliciously dark and richly evocative asKept in the Dark. From the first page to its shocking finale it draws you into its world and wont let you go. A wonderful debutI tookKept in the Darkon my travels, thinking it would last me a couple of weeks. Two days later Id finished it, having stayed up all night, and was telling everyone I met they had got to read it. Brilliantly written and totally gripping. I loved it. (S. J. Watson,New York Timesbest-selling author)
An impressive debut from a writer were certain to hear more aboutThere are hints of a young Daphne du Maurier in Hancocks cool, evocative prose as she reveals the terrifying extent of Sonias obsessionBeautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace, it lingers in the memory like a Schubert melody, and casts a distinctive spell. (Daily Mail, London)
A sparklingly creepy debut thriller with the most brilliant premise. (Daily Mirror,London, four-star review)
Members Reviews:
Fascinatingly Unwholesome!
Wow, this really is one of those books you cannot put down. I found myself going everywhere with my headphones on, and being pretty grumpy with anyone trying to talk to me, while "Kept in the Dark" was playing. While I felt I knew where this was ultimately going, the fascination of experiencing the whole situation, and the many unexpected happenings while things got worse and worse, kept me completely glued to Hancock's book.
Being a big Tim and Jeff Buckley fan, the use of them throughout the book worked very well for me, as I found myself picturing both sixteen year old characters looking like the beautiful Buckleys,Tim, and his son, Jeff; who both died so young. I will admit to playing, "Once I was," and, "Lilac Wine," on the MP3 player frequently, between listens to this book. This certainly helped bring me back into the emotional days of my own long lost youth, sigh.
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Title: Kept in the Dark
Author: Penny Hancock
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-28-12
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
When her neighbors 15-year-old nephew goes missing, Sonia is the last person that anyone would ever suspect. At 43, she is a strikingly attractive wife and mother. And like the River House, her lovely home overlooking the Thames, Sonias life is a picture of perfection and normalcy - until she meets Jez. From the moment he shows up on Sonias doorstep, the gorgeous teenage boy awakens a torrent of memories that she has worked a lifetime to forget. Drawn to Jez by a compulsion that she scarcely understands, Sonia takes him captive - prepared to sacrifice everything to keep him.
Evocative of thrillers by Chevy Stevens and Sophie Hannah,Kept in the Darkis a haunting debut novel about obsession, desire, and the potential darkness in us all.
Penny Hancock lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and three children. She is a part-time primary-school teacher at a speech and language school and has traveled extensively as a language teacher. Kept in the Dark is her first novel.
Critic Reviews:
Its such a thrill to read a book as deliciously dark and richly evocative asKept in the Dark. From the first page to its shocking finale it draws you into its world and wont let you go. A wonderful debutI tookKept in the Darkon my travels, thinking it would last me a couple of weeks. Two days later Id finished it, having stayed up all night, and was telling everyone I met they had got to read it. Brilliantly written and totally gripping. I loved it. (S. J. Watson,New York Timesbest-selling author)
An impressive debut from a writer were certain to hear more aboutThere are hints of a young Daphne du Maurier in Hancocks cool, evocative prose as she reveals the terrifying extent of Sonias obsessionBeautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace, it lingers in the memory like a Schubert melody, and casts a distinctive spell. (Daily Mail, London)
A sparklingly creepy debut thriller with the most brilliant premise. (Daily Mirror,London, four-star review)
Members Reviews:
Fascinatingly Unwholesome!
Wow, this really is one of those books you cannot put down. I found myself going everywhere with my headphones on, and being pretty grumpy with anyone trying to talk to me, while "Kept in the Dark" was playing. While I felt I knew where this was ultimately going, the fascination of experiencing the whole situation, and the many unexpected happenings while things got worse and worse, kept me completely glued to Hancock's book.
Being a big Tim and Jeff Buckley fan, the use of them throughout the book worked very well for me, as I found myself picturing both sixteen year old characters looking like the beautiful Buckleys,Tim, and his son, Jeff; who both died so young. I will admit to playing, "Once I was," and, "Lilac Wine," on the MP3 player frequently, between listens to this book. This certainly helped bring me back into the emotional days of my own long lost youth, sigh.