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Birds in Flight

By: Anni Taylor
Narrated by: Harriet Gordon-Anderson
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Two estranged sisters reunite to solve the harrowing mystery of their missing mother.

In 1998, the American Jorgenson family had been on a year-long road trip in Australia. One humid, storming night, the mother - Elsa Jorgenson - vanished in an isolated stretch of Australian everglades. Elsa was never seen again.

That night, twelve-year-old Lily Jorgenson was left alone and terrified in the family camper—even her teenage sister Iris is missing. When Iris comes racing back through the rain, she refuses to tell where she’s been. Lily is certain her sister is hiding a dark secret.

24 years later, Lily is a travel writer living a settled life with her son in Pennsylvania, USA. Lily and Iris are estranged, with Iris’s secret having torn them apart. When floods dredge up their mother’s backpack from the everglades, tantalising clues are uncovered, and the police reopen the cold case.

Lily returns to Australia, determined to force Iris to finally tell her secret, and to do that, she'll have to reunite with her. But when Lily unlocks the gut-wrenching events of the past, she finds that everything she thought was true about her family is about to shatter.

ANNI TAYLOR lives on The Central Coast, north of Sydney, Australia, with her partner and four boys. Her thriller novels include The Game You Played, Stranger in the Woods and Poison Orchids.

©2023 Anni Taylor (P)2023 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.

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Awesome

Great book just like all her others
Overall performance great the story awesome I wish she would right more getting ready for The six

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Narrator is Awesome! Story is so engaging!

This is a must read/listen! I have listened to two Anni Taylor books and love them both. The narrator is excellent and you will be swept up by the story!

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Unique Story Line

I ALWAYS love a read that keeps my mind working, trying to put the pieces of the story together to enjoy the images it reveals.
This is definitely to my liking!

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Thoughtfully written characters & well-crafted story

I wasn’t sure what to expect here but dove in. As I have 3 sisters and a half sister, I can say the author accurately depicts the complexity of sisterhood. This is a story about women and family more than a disappearance mystery. I enjoyed all of it even the difficult bits. Highly recommend.

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Loved it!!

I have read/listened to all but two of Anni Taylor’s books and have loved all of them, but this one really kept my attention till the very end.
I am both very happy to find out what happened, but also very sad that the book has come to an end.
I love her attention to detail; both with characters as well as all the locations/settings. It’s almost like I’m watching a movie. She creates believable characters that you end up feeling like you know them from somewhere.

Her books make me want to visit Australia someday!!

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Great story line

This is the first book I’ve listened to by this writer. Great book. I was surprised by the ending and the narration was very good. I’ll look for her books again.

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Excellent

I read at least two books a week - this is my favorite so far this month (22days).
I’m looking forward to more by Anni Taylor. Narration was great.

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Kept my interest

This book kept my interest the entire way through. Good ending, ties it all up.

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Lovely, Harrowing, Interesting…..

What a gut-punch of a story! Unpredictable plot line as well. I will definitely be looking to read more work from this author as this story was nuanced, the characters sympathetic & well-developed, the villain(s) tough to identify, the setting varied & beautiful, the ending poignant & fitting….a five star novel all around.

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Loved it!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, from the many well-developed characters to the numerous plot twists, to the perfect narration!

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