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Widows

By: Lynda La Plante
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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About this listen

The ground-breaking thriller from the queen of crime drama and the basis for Steve McQueen's major motion picture. Widows is a fast-paced heist thriller with an all-female cast you won't forget.

Facing life alone, they turned to crime together....

A security van heist goes disastrously wrong, and three women are left widowed.

When Dolly Rawlins discovers her gang boss husband's plans for the failed hijack, an idea starts to form....

Could she and the other wives finish the job their husbands started?

As the women rehearse the raid, it becomes clear that someone else must have been involved.

But only three bodies were found in the wreckage.

Who was the fourth man?

And where is he now?

©2021 Lynda La Plante (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Exciting Scary Robbery

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"The perfect summer read." (My Weekly)
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Not read any of authors books previously so not sure what to expect. Enjoyable and great narrator. Sequel sounded disappointing as narration not as good .

Easy , compelling listen

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excellent story line , kept me gripped the ,narrator Annie Aldington is brilliant at what ever she reads ,she is just brilliant and makes the character,s of the book come alive .

excellent

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Thee were times when I thought this nearly comedic. I enjoyed it, especially the narration which brought the characters to life. I was on the edge of my seat until the very end.
At the end of the recording was the first part of the next book - which wasn't a good idea, as the narator had changed, and the new book and characters sounded so different, I didn't think I'd want to listen.

Excellent book

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An exciting and gripping story of tough men and even tougher, stronger women.
Kept me enthralled right from the start. Not the kind of company I would want to keep but a thrilling story.

Gripping

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Loved this! The best audio book experience since i began with Audible 5 years ago. Amazing characters, brilliant plot, great writing, superb (the best ever) narration. What's not to love.?

Fantastic!

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My first by this author, and probably my last. Overly and unnecessarily dramatic with the pathetic brainless tedious continual cross-questioning by the non compatible female "gang" throughout the whole book which made me realize why I usually give books with too many female MCs a definite miss, (unless it's Georgette Heyer).

A good enough tale when you finally make it to the end, but you feel like you've been roughed up like Reznik. IT WAS OK

Widows' Pique

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Great storyline, well worth a listen and looking forward to book 2. Narrator was very clear with good accents

Wonderful story and narrator

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This book was quite entertaining, well performed and a good light hearted listen, but the premise felt a little unlikely, dont think i will be investing into the sequel

Unlikely premise

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Another master class of story telling by Lynda La Plante. Very easy listening and will want to move on to book 2 to find out what the widows get up to next.

No wonder it’s now a film

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Good book to listen to while gardening well read with accents etc. Easy to get into though not gripping like a page turner.

Good plot twists

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