Five Strangers, E. V. Adamson
Five Strangers, E. V. Adamson
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Five Strangers

Author: E. V. Adamson

Narrator: Chloe Massey, Sarah Paul

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/19/2021

Synopsis

Five strangers witness a brutal murder in broad daylight—but can they truly believe what they saw?With its grassy hills and breathtaking city views, London’s Hampstead Heath is the perfect place to spend an afternoon with friends and loved ones—and on an unseasonably warm Valentine’s Day, the lawns are especially full. So when an aggressive lovers’ quarrel breaks out, there is an audience of park goers nearby to hear the shouts traded back and forth, and to watch as the violence escalates suddenly to murder, then suicide.For the five strangers who observed the gruesome act, the memory of the gore is unshakable. But one of them—disgraced journalist Jen Hunter—is compelled to question the truth of what she thought she saw. Are the facts of the case plain as day, or were they obscured, in the moment, by the glaring sunlight?As she mounts an obsessive investigation for a seemingly impossible alternative, the lives of the other witnesses begin to unravel, each in its own particular way. Soon one thing becomes clear: the crime they witnessed was more terrible, more twisted, and more far-reaching than they ever could have imagined.

About E. V. Adamson

E. V. Adamson is the pseudonym of author Andrew Wilson. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Biography and the Lambda Literary Award for Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith. He was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Prize for the same book. His nonfiction books also include biographies of Sylvia Plath, Alexander McQueen, Harold Robbins, and a group biography of the survivors of the Titanic. His first novel, The Lying Tongue, published in 2007, was shortlisted for the Jelf First Novel Award. He is the author of four novels which feature Agatha Christie as a detective. He is also a creative writing mentor on the Gold Dust scheme and the new tutor on the Faber Academy crime course.

About Chloe Massey

Chloe Massey is an actress, audiobook narrator, and writer. She is best known for playing Rachel Fuller on the TV series Doctors.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Two unreliable narrators, a brutal crime scene, seven witnesses! Here’s our main question : are those witnesses also reliable? But…What if their perceptions are also distorted! What if what they think they’ve seen is a lie, an illusion, an orchestrated play? It seemed like a peaceful Valentine’s Day......more

Goodreads review by Javier

Review published in: [URL not allowed] 4,5 ⭐️ When I first read the synopsis of Five strangers on NetGalley I thought "mmm, I want to read this, it's totally up my alley". Then I learnt that the author is Andrew Wilson writing under a pen name and thought "mmm, I NEED to read th......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Home from Greece and in Catch-Up Mode)

I had heard some good buzz about this book, so I requested it for review. The premise is intriguing: a group of people witness a murder/suicide in a London Park, but did they really see what they thought they saw? One of the main witnesses, Jen Hunter, is a journalist who has recently been fired (fo......more

Quotes

“Assured and engrossing.” Sunday Times (London)

“A gorgeous kaleidoscope of a thriller—where what must be the truth reveals itself instantly, and then shifts and changes and twists until it comes into gasping focus. Brilliantly structured, elegantly written, and completely entertaining, this is the essence of a psychological thriller…do not miss this! It is original, thought-provoking, and a master class in manipulation. E. V. Adamson is a star.” Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author

“An ‘of-the-moment’ mystery which keeps you wondering until the final page.” Jane Corry, author of I Made a Mistake

“Both a tightly-plotted, entertaining work of suspense and an unflinching study of the trauma of witnessing violence.” Louise Candlish, author of Our House

“An astute and clever thriller that asks a fundamental question: Can we really believe what we see with our own eyes?” Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author

“Meticulously plotted with an ending I really didn’t see coming.” Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal

“It starts with a chilling act of murder and continues with twist after twist.” Claire McGowan, author of The Other Wife

“Fantastic—I read this in one sitting.” Kate Mosse, New York Times bestselling author

“So perfectly pitched it gave me vertigo.” Kate Weinberg, author of The Truants

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