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The Last Party

By: Clare Mackintosh
Narrated by: Chloe Angharad Davies
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At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects.

It's the party to end all parties . . . but not everyone is here to celebrate.

On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors.

But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.

On New Year's Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.

With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn't who wanted Rhys dead . . . but who finally killed him.

In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning.

©2022 Clare Mackintosh (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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Amazing narrator!

The narrator have these characters life with the accents. The beginning of the story was a bit slow, but it ramped up the mystery until the end. The foul language was a bit much, but it was still a great mystery.

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Great but…

Very good story. But … between following heavy accents and so many character names it takes almost too much effort. That said … I enjoyed but was glad I have easily reversed listening device.

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Really Good!

This was a good story, well told. None of the characters were all that endearing, but that worked for this story. As an American, I had a little trouble with a bit of the Welsh accents, and I also didn’t realize there was this much animosity between the English and the Welsh. I imagine that is always the case along borders, however. Well worth the credit and time.

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Good story 🙂

I enjoyed hearing the Welsh spoken. The story was 👍 Didn't guess the ending, so nice surprise

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great story but too slow

I really love the concept I love her story I love the twists and turns but it was really really really slow to listen to had a hard time staying with it this is the longest I think it's taking me to ever finish up book on tape. I hope she writes more but I also hope something can be done to not make the Slow Burn so slow

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Great plot with lots of twists

Halfway through the book you will realize that almost everyone from the old welsh town and the upscale Shores development has a very good reason to want Rhys Lloyd dead. This is an excellent one to listen to, rather than reading, because the welsh terms are spoken and explained. Lots of characters and plot twists in this book. But it all makes sense and comes together like waves lapping on a lake shore. It’s a good one!

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Great narrator...

Sadly narrator best thing about this story, helped me to finish it! Not sure will read/listen to another of her books.

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Pay Attention!

This book has lots of characters and lots of connections between and among all those characters. I liked the story and I like the author. I read her book HOSTAGE and enjoyed that as well.

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Very very good

Classic kind of whodunit (lots of interesting suspects who all have a great reason to hate the guy who was murdered) beautifully executed by both author and reader. Smartly written with twists I did not see coming, and I read a lot of mysteries. Great central characters that I look forward to spending more time with. Big thumbs up.

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Great! I really liked this story and the twists.

I recommend it to people who like mysteries.

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