The Cuckoo's Cry

By: Caroline Overington

Narrated by: Aimee Horne

On the eve of the global lockdown, Don Barlow opens the door of his old beachside cottage to find a pretty girl with pink-tipped hair, claiming to have nowhere to go.

He allows her entry, and so begins a mystery set in unprecedented times: with the virus raging outside their home, the girl cannot be asked to leave, but what does he risk by having her stay?

Caroline Overington is a bestselling Australian author and an award-winning journalist. She has written several bestselling audiobooks, including the Looking for Eden, Ghost Child and I Came to Say Goodbye. She has profiled many of the world's most famous women, including Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton, and has twice won the Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism. She has also won the Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Journalistic Excellence and the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature. Caroline is currently Associate Editor at The Australian and is based in Sydney.

©2020 Caroline Overington (P)2020 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.

Captivating

A sweet but melancholy story of family, old loves, anger and endearment. A story line we all know from some other time.

Interesting listen but

but there are gaps that aren't explained if they were meant to enhance the story - like why mother and father state the same child was born in two d
different years.

Fabulous

this is a great short novel. I enjoyed every minute but especially toward the end there's a great surprise. the ending is very well-crafted and emotionally powerful.

First Audio Original fiction in the Winners Circle

A real story with enough depth to keep me listening with hardly a break.. Exceptionally good narration. Four hours was the perfect length to develop the story and characters and there was not a minute of extraneous detail or dialogue. I hardly choose fiction from the freebie choices because they are usually so badly written, overperformed, or just boring. This one was excellent.

Surprisingly captivating

Not since "A Handmaid's Tale" have I been unable to step away from a story. Filled with mystery, concern, confusion, surprise, and bittersweet resolve. For anyone who enjoys family intrigue, I highly recommend this listen. Superbly performed.