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A Kiss Before Dying

By: Ira Levin
Narrated by: Mauro Hantman
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About this listen

Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. They are to be married, and her life will be blissful; but Dorothy is pregnant, and her fiancé's plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth.

So the young man provides his bride-to-be with some pills that will solve the problem. Soon there will be no baby - and perhaps no Dorothy either....

A Kiss Before Dying, Levin's first novel, earned him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and is regarded as a modern classic.

©2016 Ira Levin (P)2016 Hachette Audio UK Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction

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What a great listen!! Everything that's said in the foreword is true. Ira is genius.
Fantastic story and great narration. You just have to!!

Brilliant!

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This novel is pure genius. I don't know how it's taken me so long to discover it.

Genius

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I read the reviews and they all rated this book highly. The narrator had a great voice, he captured the era perfectly. The protagonist had no morals whatsoever and I couldn’t wait for him to get caught!!

Gripping from the start to the end

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I enjoyed it. I found it also a bit wee bit grizzly..It was good though.

Great 👍

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Irritating narrator spoiled this a little. Found it considerably better played at 1.2x speed
Nice 50s murder mystery

Good story. Average narration

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Without doubt the best fiction audiobook I’ve ever heard.
Astounding story, brilliantly narrated.
Superb. Highly recommended.

Brilliant

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I found it hard to get into this for quite a while, but now I know the slow start was necessary. After about 20% of the story, the ball gets rolling, then I found it gripping and addictive. It’s so unpredictable. One for Mr Ripley fans! Good narration too.

Wow! So well-written

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The best audiobook I've listened to for a while. Excellent narration and such superb writing and characterisation. I stayed awake in the early hours just to finish this.

Brilliant

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I had next to no idea what this book was about and wished it had stayed that way. But, the introduction gives a good idea of what is going to come and I wished I hadn't heard it first. It's not a huge spoiler but enough of one to map out the first half of the book and I'd rather have not known in advance.
Do though listen afterwards as it is an interesting piece.
That said, the book is brilliant. A beautifully crafted novel that had me gripped from start to finish. Highly recommended.

DON'T LISTEN TO THE INTRODUCTION!

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Absolutely loved this book and beautifully read. Flew through it. It was so so exciting. Brilliant character development and plot.

Excellent and riveting

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