Little One

By: Sarah A. Denzil

Narrated by: Claire Storey

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's Summary

"Take my hand, little one."

Fran finds her standing by the swings. A little girl, Esther, no older than seven years old, by herself in the dead of night, her pretty but old-fashioned yellow dress covered in grass stains and her hair dishevelled. She says she's waiting for Father, and that strikes Fran as particularly odd. 

After Esther is reunited with her family, Fran can't stop thinking about this pious child whose imaginary friend is God. Fran's instincts tell her something is very wrong. Why does Esther keep running away from home, and how did she get that bruise on her leg? 

Fran's husband warns her not to get too close, but one morning, Esther and her family disappear. Where did they go? Why did they leave their furniture behind? 

Fran knows in her gut that something terrible is going to happen to that child, and she can't stand by while it happens. No matter the cost. 

After all, she found her. But can she save her? 

©2021 Sarah Denzil (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

RitaRN

Could not quit listening. Sarah, has done it again. Magnificent story with secrets. You will be shocked and love it.

Fizzled 3/4 of way in

This book started out very well. I liked the characters, and was enjoying the story. However, after the first half of the book, the story started to fizzle out. It became a chore to listen to it.

In merry old England we have the inhabitants of a small town where everyone knows everyone. Out of the blue, a young couple move in the neighbourhood. They have a little girl. The talk of the town of course focuses on 'Who are they, and what are they doing here?' When it's discovered that they are (GASP) Americans, one of their new neighbours becomes obsessed in finding out more.

Just to insert this quickly- the narrator tried her best at an American accent but truly failed miserably. My goodness. It was bad.

The young couple and their daughter live a very simple lifestyle and it's assumed they are Mennonite or Amish. However, when they disappear in the middle of the night, one nosey neighbour goes on a quest to find out where they've gone and why they've left.

This is the point where the story gets.. well... just stupid.

Disappointing..

-Wendi

OMG! What a story

I absolutely loved this book. could not stop. I was so shocked at the revelation in the latter part of the story! Highly recommend this book!

Beware -Very Triggering

Fran is a thoroughly enjoyable character, you really feel for her. This book has the ability to evoke very painful emotions. If you’ve ever struggled with infertility, pregnancy loss, or infant loss, beware this will be very triggering. Otherwise I enjoyed the mystery and it was a great performance and a great story.

Good Story-The TWIST=EHHHH!

Overall the story kept my interest. I loved the reader's British Accent, however her Southern Twang was comical, to say the least! There was a very unexpected twist towards the end that made me rewind to be sure I heard, correctly! I even thought Fran was having a bad dream. But, NOPE! This particular twist was a little too far fetch and silly! I would recommend this book, if you have 9 hours to kill. I mean, it does keep your interest!!!!!

WOW!

This book was like finding a recipe for a rare, delicious dish!
All of the ingredients...from beginning to end were added precisely as needed!!!

Good read

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The twist towards the end was good. I didn’t see it coming.

wtf did I just read?!

This is a very strange book and not well written. A woman gets on a plane to chase after neighbors that left without warning and leaves the country to find out why and ends up in a cult?! just weird. I've been impressed with this author in the past but not this time.

Sarah Denzil does it again!!!

Really liked how it ended. Realistic to a traumatic story and outcome. I need to read more books by this author.

Good not great

While the performance by the narrator was nothing short of amazing the story is okay. She did so well with the American accents. The plot was interesting but I wouldn’t say this has been my favorite story by the author. There just wasn’t enough suspense for me and wasn’t much of a thriller but I enjoyed while it lasted. Toward the mid end I just wanted to get it over with and move on to the next book. I’m short , it was just okay.

Absolutely phenomenal

Probably the best book I’ve read/listened to in years. A fantastic piece of quick paced writing that you won’t want to put down. The story had me hooked from the get go and although at times I thought I knew what was going to happen the twists and turns proved me wrong. The narrators voice was lovely to listen to and overall the performance was brilliant. 100% recommend.

Brilliant

First one of this author I’ve read . Was so good already searched for others from Sarah Denzil to listen to .
Would make a great film

Great story, well told.

Amazing! I thoroughly recommend this book. The plot has so many twists and turns and the characters are believable. The narrator is easy to listen to.

Couldn't stop listening!

Hooked from beginning to end.
The twist and turns along the way were fabulous. One of my new favourites.

Not very interesting at all

The principal characters didn’t stir emotion in me one or the other apart from the one who’s left out at the end - avoiding spoilers.
Slow and a bit whiny with 1 extra star for the final twist which was entirely unexpected.
All in all I could have lived perfectly well without ever finding this book

Painfully lazy and effortless

This has to be the worst book I’ve ever read/listened to.
It was just putting Jonestown and Waco together in a massive way and adding in one really boring twist.
It added in everything that had happened at both cult massacres and just rolled it into one.
Even the cult leader is the personification of Jim Jones and was called John.
The beginning had so much promise until you got about 2 hours in, if that.
I wish I had a returned it.
The American accent was really irritating purely because it was nothing like an American accent.
I feel like I’m being too hard on this book but every single part of this book, like I said is Waco and Jonestown mixed with a mediocre story line.

Brilliants written ,

Compulsive listening ,hard to pu down. But also makes for difficult listening sometimes. I remember the Whacko? Killing. Hard to believe people can be so indoctrinated.

Great story with lots of action

Really enjoyed this and liked the fact that the main characters actions were believable. Often in books you think - they’d ignore this or that - well Fran didn’t so I liked her! Didn’t see the twist either. Great narration too!

Not exactly what I was expecting ... better!!

What a great story full of intrigue, twists & turns.
Well researched and a ‘good’/believable ending.
Most enjoyable read/listen

Wow!

At first I thought it was quite twee and gentle and not much to hold my interest but it soon picked up pace and I couldn't stop listening. Really enjoyed this book. The narration was excellent.