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Title: Little Secrets
Author: Anna Snoekstra
Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-02-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Psychological
Publisher's Summary:
To keep little secrets, they tell big lies....
'I am not sick.
I just like the little dolls....
I think I'll break one soon.'
It's every parent's worst nightmare. A tiny porcelain doll appearing on your doorstep. Bright blonde hair, rosy cheeks, even a little blue dress. A perfect replica of your six-year-old daughter.
But then anonymous letters from 'The Doll Collector' begin to arrive. And in the small town where everyone has their own little secrets, no-one is safe from suspicion.
Because you can never really trust the people who live just along the street....
Big Little Lies meets The Couple Next Door in this fast-paced psychological thriller.
Critic Reviews:
"An impressive, high-concept debut crime thriller." (The Daily Mail)
Members Reviews:
A town of dark secrets, liles, mystery, and masks
3.5 Stars Anna Snoekstra returns following her dark and edgy debut,Only Daughterwith her second psychological suspense thriller, LITTLE SECRETS â an arsonist, a cop, porcelain dolls, a stranger, dark secrets, mystery, and a journalist are all part of a dying town.
Rose Blakey is living in the small town of Colmstock, Australia. a small town. She is tired of the dead-end job at the Eamonâs Tavern Hotel and her dead-end life. After the car factory shut down the town had quickly lost its sense of purpose. Small enough to have a strong community, but big enough that you could walk down the street without recognizing every person you passed.
Everything and everyone seemed broken and ugly. People were not friendly. The crime was up. People had meth habits. She wanted out. She is a journalist. The local paper had closed with all the setbacks. She was still on a list for a larger national paper. It had been a wealthy town with its grand buildings. Now cracked and weathered. The mines closed in the eighties. The newspaper closing had been the worst for her.
A boy had died. Ben Riley. He had been only thirteen and was brain damaged. He acted like a kid instead of a teen but everyone liked him. His parents owned the local grocery store.
A fire at the courthouse. Bored teens or a psycho? Since the high school had been closed down, the crime was worse.
Then there was Senior Sergent Frank Ghirardello. He was hot for Rose since she started working there. His partner Bazza was a good looking buy. Frank could picture them double dating. Mia, Roseâs friend with Bazza and he with Rose.
She had written about everything including the search for the arsonist. Regardless of the topic, there were endless rejections.
Rose wonders about the mysterious newcomer, Will.
Then someone was leaving porcelain dolls on the doorsteps of houses. Plus the dolls looked like the little girls in the respective home. Creepy.
If she does not get a good paying job, she will never escape this dark town. She was living on borrowed time. Most people in the town had given up, trying to escape. She would not give up on her dreams.
She would write about the âPorcelain Terror in Colmstock.â After all, everyone loved a good mystery. Is there a link to child molesters and pedophiles?
There is also the mum, stepfather, and the younger siblings. If she could learn more about the fire and person behind the dolls, it would help her stories.
Rose gets caught up in the stories. She may be making things worse. She needs to dramatize the stories for flair. The person who had left the dolls was marking his victims.
