
The Girl Before You
Author: Nicola Rayner
Narrator: Lucy Rayner
Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Avon
Published: 09/12/2019

Author: Nicola Rayner
Narrator: Lucy Rayner
Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Avon
Published: 09/12/2019
An intriguing start. Naomi watches her sister Ruth getting ready to go, out not knowing this may be the last time she will see her again. The book is told from numerous people’s prospectives with different timelines. This can be either very confusing or very clever, but with this story it works perf......more
The Girl Before you by Nicola Rayner was not the page turner that I had hoped for. While overall I enjoyed the story I found it to be slow and dragged out. At times it I felt that I was reading the same thing over and over. Having said that I will read more by this author as I liked the story as who......more
3.5* The Girl Before You is an intriguing mystery-thriller utilising a combined multi-narrator and dual-timeline structure. For an author to use either of these mechanisms is a challenging enterprise, but both together is a tricky venture indeed. For the most part, I felt that Nicola Rayner achieved......more
3.5 ⭐️ rounded up to 4 Alice has always been haunted by the women from her husbands past. As an MP and now a TV personality, George Bell's reputation as a ladies' man precedes him. But when Alice falls pregnant, her unease becomes an obsession. This is a dual timeline story about Ruth's disappearance.......more
‘In The Girl Before You, Nicola Rayner has written the new The Girl on the Train, although her novel also features note-perfect prose and an ending that will leave you gasping. So addictive, it should come with a health warning’ ‘I adored this wonderfully assured debut. Nicola Rayner writes like a dream. An engrossing and emotionally honest thriller. Can’t wait for her next book!’ ‘A tantalising and suspenseful mystery. Absolutely brilliant! I didn’t want it to end’ ‘A haunting mystery with beautifully written characters I’m still left thinking about. Definitely recommend’ ‘A beautifully observed and superbly written psychological drama … A writer to watch with the greatest of excitement’ ‘A great page-turner for holiday reading’