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Payday

By: Celia Walden
Narrated by: Naomi Sutcliffe
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Publisher's summary

The instant top 10 best seller

Can you guess who killed Jamie Lawrence?

Late one night, three women share secrets.

They barely know each other, but they all know Jamie Lawrence. They know what he's guilty of. And they agree something must be done.

But as their plan spirals out of control, they begin to doubt themselves...and each other. Then Jamie is found dead. And suddenly everything is at stake. As lies are unravelled and truths exposed, two urgent questions emerge:

Who is really guilty?

And who will have to pay?

©2021 Tacles Ltd (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK

Critic reviews

"Impossible to put down." (Helen Fielding, international best-selling author of Bridget Jones's Diary)

"Immensely entertaining." (Louise Candlish, Sunday Times best-selling author of Our House

"A must read." (Jane Corry, Sunday Times best-selling author of My Husband's Wife

"Ratchets up the tension until the final couldn't-see-it-coming twist." (Ellery Lloyd, author of People Like Her, a Richard & Judy bookclub pick) 

"This year's most electrifying ride." (Chandler Baker, New York Times best-selling author of Whisper Network

"Sensational." (Tony Parsons, number one best-selling author) 

"Totally gripping.... Nicole Kidman TV miniseries is written all over it." (Sunday Telegraph)

"I adored it." (Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times best-selling author of That Night)

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Great read

loved it. shocked at ending at first, but then when the initial characters were dropped of at the end it made sense.

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garbage

not good at all. top 10 my butt. maybe top 10000 was really unimpressive

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Best audio performance!!!

I listen to audio books every day and Naomi Sutcliffe is by far the best I’ve heard. I sometimes found myself forgetting that it was just one person doing all the characters voices. Just wonderful!!!

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Awesome!

story is fantastic and ending not what you will expect! narration was really wonderful!
what a great all around experienced!

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  • Susan S.
  • 09-10-21

Great writing. Characters beautifully observed.

Have had 100+ books since giving up on radio listening and taking to Audible... and this is in my top 2. Superb narration. Guess this will be snapped up for tv series.

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  • Mel
  • 02-09-22

sub standard recording

The story was average but worse still was the quality of recording and narrator. Particularly near the beginning of the story the voice was nasal and sounded congested which really distracted me from the story. There was also an annoying motor/fan/ticking noise through a lot of it.

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  • Katie
  • 12-27-21

It’s … ok!

Quite an entertaining story but full of cliches and annoying references to Addison Lee who must surely have sponsored this book! I’ve read better books by this author.

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  • Elizabeth Penelope Rose Wilson
  • 02-21-22

Psy Dsy.

ehrn the narrator says haitch when reading HR dept, it ruins the narration.. Please select actors that can speak properly

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  • Anonymous User
  • 12-21-21

Disappointed, Piers Morgan selling pitch

Well, what to say. Not sure. Would I recommend, no. Sorry Piers. Nothing special and I should have paid more attention to other reviewers as to celebrity enhancement

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  • KatieS
  • 03-11-23

Gripping stuff

Well-paced and tightly plotted, had me enthralled throughout. Am recommending it to all my friends!

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  • 12-08-22

Great read

Great story line with a twist which I wasn’t expecting. Narrator has a easy voice to listen to.

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  • Doyly
  • 10-21-22

Great read

I loved this book. The characters were believable and flawed and the story had me gripped from the beginning. One of the most interesting aspects were the blurred lines of right and wrong. When is something wrong to one person but may not be to another? Does the wrongdoing of one person make vengeance acceptable? The book has left me thinking things through long after I finished it. The narrator was also excellent.

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  • Rae Radford
  • 10-17-22

Well blow me down with a feather!

You'll never guess who the baddie is from the first to the last word! A brilliantly written book, hopefully, there are many more to come.
Excellent read from an old bag who's hard to please.
Well done Celia.
Great narration Naomi

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  • Robert Cowlishaw
  • 05-09-22

Trite

I only managed four chapters before I decided life is too short to waste time on this. The characters are annoying and the narrator isn't good enough.

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