The Unheard, Nicci French
The Unheard, Nicci French
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The Unheard
A Novel

Author: Nicci French

Narrator: Olivia Vinall

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/26/2021

Synopsis

“Nicci French is a specialist in the kind of evil that burrows from within.” —New York Times Book ReviewIn this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls “razor sharp,” a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when the girl draws a disturbing picture—but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything. Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It’s not that Jason is a bad father—it just hurts to see him enjoying married life with someone else. Still, she owes it to her daughter Poppy to make this arrangement work.But Poppy returns from the weekend tired and withdrawn. And when she shows Tess a crayon drawing—an image so simple and violent that Tess can hardly make sense of it——Poppy can only explain with the words, “He did kill her.”Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something—or something happened to her—that she’s too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents’ separation. And as the days go on, even Poppy’s disturbing memory seems to fade. But a mother knows her daughter, and Tess is determined to discover the truth. Her search will set off an explosive tempest of dark secrets and buried crimes—and more than one life may be at stake. 

About Nicci French

Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than sixteen million copies around the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayme on September 19, 2021

After a weekend at her father’s house, three year old Poppy comes home with a stack of drawings-and the last one was is VERY disturbing-a woman falling out of a tower-all in black crayon. When Tess asks Poppy to explain the drawing, all she can say is “He did kill her” That night she has a nightmare......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on July 07, 2021

Tess Moreau has a ‘civilised separation’ from ex-partner Jason with whom she shares custody of three year old Poppy. All seems well until Poppy draws a very unsettling picture, is it darkly imaginative or has she actually seen something? Her behaviour becomes a concern as does some of her language a......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on March 27, 2022

The Unheard by Nicci French was a stand alone psychological thriller. The characters were well developed but I liked some more than others. It was well plotted, suspenseful and tense at times. There were twists and turns throughout the plot and it kept me guessing. This was the first book that I had......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on November 01, 2021

I really wanted to like this and I stuck with it (every meandering page) until the end hoping for a payoff and there just...wasn't one. This one was so much longer than it needed to be and so all over the place and unfortunately it just didn't do it for me. Thank you to William Morrow for an advance......more

Goodreads review by Frank on November 18, 2021

What would any parent do if they thought their child witnessed something horrible?! After coming back from a weekend at her father’s house, Tess notices her three-year-old daughter Poppy has changed, drastically. She’s started wetting the bed again and has even cried out disturbing things such as ‘Ar......more

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