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Bad Little Girl

By: Frances Vick
Narrated by: Katherine Manners
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"I'm not safe - you have to help me..."

Little Lorna Bell is from a notorious family on a rundown estate. Everyone thinks she's a nasty piece of work. The schoolchildren call her a thief. But Lorna's hair is matted, her shoes pinch her feet, and school teacher Claire Penny can't help herself; some kids just need a bit more support, a bit more love, than the rest.

As the bond between teacher and pupil grows stronger, Claire sees Lorna's bruises, and digs to uncover the disturbing tale behind them. Heartbroken, Claire knows she has to act. She must make Lorna safe.

Just when Claire thinks she has protected Lorna, a chance encounter brings enigmatic stranger Marianne Cairns into their lives. Marianne seems generous and kind but there is something about her story that doesn't quite add up. Why does she feel so at home, and why is Lorna suddenly so unsettled?

Claire has risked everything to save Lorna. But what can save Claire from the shocking truth?

An utterly unputdownable and darkly compelling listen that will have fans of The Girl on the Train, The Sister, and Gone Girl absolutely hooked.

©2017 Frances Vick (P)2017 Bookouture

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FINALLY, GILLIAN FLYNN & GIRL ON THE TRAIN have

a book that is in the same league! I have returned more than a few books for "false advertising " by claiming that their book compares to GILLIAN FLYNN and GIRL ON THE TRAIN.
It became my pet peeve.
This book was a "one sitting" read for me.

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OMG!! talk about psycho kid!

This was one of the best books I listened to in years!! Well written narrator was great. I loved this book! The twist and turns are awesome. J

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Completely Absurd!!!

Ridiculous story with weak main character. Makes no sense that Claire would tolerate such awful behavior from a young child like Lorna, and especially give in to Lorna's obvious threats. Hard to believe that Claire made so many rash decisions, without ever once, first discussing the situation with a friend or coworker. Still have another couple of hours remaining, and will definitely finish the audiobook, but finding it impossible to listen without feeling that Claire is patheticly dumb and naïve. The author actually insults the reader's intelligence with a story this far fetched. Avoid buying the novel.

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Ridiculous

Such a long, , unbelievable story.
The little girls character is not at all believable as one that would allow two grown woman to fall for her supppsed charms- it is a silly book that I reluctantly read till the end hoping for an exciting twist which never came.

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Interesting clever twists

Started off a tad slow but unwound into a story far different than normal. Love the ending; could easily be picked back up and continued. Makes you imagine several possible endings!

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Didn't love it.

I can see what this author was trying to convey clearly but was not succeeding in the telling. This story was too transparent for my liking and the main character was made to look so gullible and stupid that I had to force myself to keep reading. I don't want to be rude but it was painfully obvious what the child was doing right from the very beginning. I wanted to scream by the time I got to the cabin at the seaside. Nice try though.

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The Murdering Kind

Oh my...is the last statement I made as this rememberable Frances Vick novel came to a close. Katherine Manners delightful narration made this story a breeze to the ears and not the horror thriller it would be if written for the big movie screen's.
Clair was a bit lonely and would have been better off befriending a gentleman friend....or would she?
Probably not..?
I found myself liking Rabbit Girl too and I too like Clair would have been the fool too. I found myself wishing wishing she would take this little girl away from her horrible life. I too as this character on to take this girl take this little girl away from her life and show her how happy her life could be?
After all the title of the book is The Bad Girl...I wanted so much for Lonnna to have a good life.
I don't want to give away too much but some people just are not what they seem. Over all I gave this 4 1/2stars.. the half because I wanted Clair to at least have met a gentleman and have fallen in love and have kids of her own? I suppose, that's too much romance to ask for in a Thriller Novel?
This was definitely a fabulous book. I actually enjoyed every moment of it .If it were a screenplay it would be a lot more bloodier on screen and that's probably something I wouldn't be willing to go see by myself like the Girl on the Train.
I enjoyed the Girl on the Train as I did Vick's novel, however, the movie version was a little bit too bloody for me. We as writers tend to write things and then when its put into visualization, we realize how our words look on the screen and I'm sure all of us are like,
"Wow I really wrote something that damn bloody?"

I am a fan of the movie the Bad Seed. This certainly was a bit like it. I'd love to see this as a major motion picture.

Official DeAnn DeVille Review/Author, Narrator, Philanthropist & Book Review Blogger

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And the gradeschool psychopath marches on…

You can see the ending coming before you get halfway through the book. Other than that, you want to take Claire and ram her head through a wall for being so profoundly weak. How does a woman who has taken care of herself all these years suddenly become so stupid? And the last couple of lines in the book give her no hope at all… The only character I had any empathy for with Benji, the dog. I was more concerned as to what would happen to him than for any other character in the book!

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How can one person be so stupid?

How can a main character be so incredibly stupid? I spent more time screaming at her level of dumbness then listening to the story.

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if you obsess about inconsistencies and unrealistic events and occurrences I wouldn’t recommend this book for you!

Initially the book started off more along the lines of a social work case study story, more in the style of Tori Hayden, but it pretty quickly became obvious that a twist what is in the works but way too soon!. But this twist, really lacked suspense and was so unrealistic touting that a young girl at the age of 10 was a already a criminal mastermind - which was made more unbelievable by her pretty bad Yorkshire accent (nothing against Yorkshirerians’) who tend to sound like the nicest, least threatening people ever! What followed, and the the related climax was also so predictable leaving me wondering if I should even continue, and finish the book given that I already knew where it was going!. However, possibly the most annoying factor was just how purely unrealistic the sequence of events that occurred were; how they unfolded, how clueless the main character was and how everything seemed to seamlessly unfold without barriers or true consequences. What happened in this book would never happen in real life, and if it did I would be seriously concerned as to the ability of the British police force to solve anything! I know that breaching reality is the whole point of fiction, but this was just a little too fictitious for me.

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