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A Window Breaks

By: C. M. Ewan
Narrated by: Jot Davies,Joshua Akehurst
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Publisher's summary

A Window Breaks is the nerve-shredding thriller from C. M. Ewan, the author of the acclaimed The Interview and the half-a-million copy selling Safe House, perfect for fans of T. M. Logan and Mark Edwards.

They were supposed to be getting away from their troubles...

It's 2 a.m. in a remote Scottish lodge.

You are asleep when a noise wakes you.

You stir, unsure why, and turn to your partner.

Then you hear it.

Glass. Crunching underfoot.

Your worst fears are about to be realized.

Someone is downstairs, intent on causing your family harm.

You will do whatever it takes to protect them.

But with only each other to rely on, can you escape?

©2019 C. M. Ewan (P)2019 Macmillan Digital Audio

Critic reviews

"Fantastic." (Lee Child) 

"Totally addictive." (Ann Cleeves)

"A thrill a minute page-turner." (Simon Kernick)

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  • I'm all ears
  • 11-05-19

WOW!! FANTASTIC. GRIPPING. LOVED IT

NOW....this is what I'm talking about!!! this was right up my Street.

Loved it! brilliant story, relatable characters, great twists! played out like a movie in my head while I was listening! I found myself taking my phone everywhere so I didnt have to stop listening as I was on the edge of my seat!
My emotions were all over the place when it came to Buster the dog, made me cry, laugh, cheer, shout and pray that it would all be ok for him in the end, and for the family! GRIPPING...LOVED IT.....YOU WONT BE DISAPOINTED.

Well done and thank you to the author, it's good to have a decent book to listen to!

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  • mollyeyre
  • 11-14-19

I really don’t understand the 5* reviews

This story was so drawn out and tedious that I found myself shouting at my phone.
The main character was so self obsessed that no matter what the problem or situation was...... A gun to someone else's head, a dramatic chase, or any similar situation was always described in long drawn out descriptions of 'How it affected ME'.

The whole book was totally beyond the bounds of belief, it was just plain silly! And the main character was unbelievably irritating!

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  • Mairemaguinness
  • 11-03-19

A great read for a dark night.

Kept me up all night in sheer terror.
Loved the narrators voice too. At a loss now it’s over.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 11-08-19

A window breaks- gripped me from start to finish.

couldn't stop listening, great storytelling at a pace. Some good twists all the way through.

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  • 09-08-23

thank goodness I survived to the end!

on a positive note the story itself and the twist was great however it came too late. By the time I wanted to know what happened I was ready to kill Tom myself because of his whining and self obsession. Talk about me, me, me .... that's boring Tom personified. Added to that the narrator, while perfectly suited to Tom unfortunately, was so monotone and deadly dull that I wanted to pull my own teeth out. decent story, terrible performance.

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  • 10-15-21

Terrific Story

Be prepared to stay up all night. You will have difficulty in putting it down.

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  • 10-05-20

boring

pointless story and ending . unrealistic in every way. Boring and far to long dull

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  • 06-09-20

Wearyingly simile-overloaded, though strong performances.

Performances were good and matched the text. No obvious mispronunciations and various voices interesting and appropriate.
The story was exhausting to listen to though - and not in a way that helped it along. So many repeated ‘heart-bursting’, ‘heart-exploding’, ‘blood pumping’ etc references that as a listener, I just wanted to fast forward to get it done - and stopped caring about the characters. Maybe get help and advice from an editor another time?

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  • Mrs S Birch
  • 02-18-20

A good book!

Mum and daughter gets attacked so the family go for a break in a friends remote house. They're targeted again is this just a coincidence or does mum know more (like how to get into the cellar).

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  • 01-22-20

Bored!

Really dont get how this story can be exciting??? Was bored beyond belief but had started so wanted to finish...
I stopped caring about what happened to them in the end....
I enjoyed listening to the narrator though. Only thing going for it.

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  • 10-16-21

Good story that needed condensing.

Good story but I have never been so frustrated reading a book before. The author goes into so much detail about how the character is feeling it actually kills the story. For example at one stage he was strangling a foe & the detailed description of how every organ in him was feeling took so long the other guy would have been dead & buried, yet he released his grip and went into another 2 minutes take of his new emotions. Simply way to many, over the top & unrequited descriptions that made my blood slowly begin to boil, as my heart slowed to a almost undetectable beat, whilst my brain began its gradual, cel by cel shutdown. You get it so unlike the author I will stop.

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  • Maryanne
  • 05-31-20

A great psychological thriller!!

I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book! I didn’t love the ending but would still recommend.

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  • 11-22-19

Felt like I could see the action first hand.

The story and narration took me into the house along with the characters in the book. I didn't want to put this down.