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56 Days

By: Catherine Ryan Howard
Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
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A brilliantly claustrophobic and twisty thriller from the critically acclaimed author Catherine Ryan Howard.

No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.

Fifty-six days ago. Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.

Thirty-five days ago. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is.

Today. Detectives arrive at Oliver's apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?

©2021 Catherine Ryan Howard (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Exciting Scary

Critic reviews

"Catherine Ryan Howard has become my go-to writer for utterly absorbing, original stories with a killer twist and 56 Days delivers all this and more." (Jo Spain, number one best-selling author of The Confession)

"Clever, tender and all too convincing, it's the kind of book you read in one breathless setting to get to the truth." (Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said)

"An utterly brilliant and completely satisfying pageturner." (Catherine Kirwan)
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A MUST read! So stunning with the twists and turns. Bittersweet memories of pandemic in Ireland.

What a brilliant story!

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I wasn’t mad about this book and I had heard such great reviews about it that I was looking forward to it! I just found the plot to be a bit mundane! Granted, there is a good twist at the end but it takes forever to get there and I was kind of fed up of the whole story line by the time I reached the end!

Disappointed with this book

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This is a thoroughly entertaining story with a fabulous narrator, it was so enthralling that it kept me up all night, and I have to inform the ill advised reviewer who criticised the narrators accent that the narrator is actually Irish and maybe more people should be aware that Ireland may be a small place but it has a myriad of accents, as do Scotland, Wales and England !

About the story itself, well it's some depressing stuff, I did even find myself feeling terribly sad for both Ciara and for Oliver, I have no idea why some people are complaing about overly descriptive issues, this is normal for this genre, The story is fantastic and well worth a read or a listen (especially a listen as Alana Kerr Collins is a charming narrator) but it IS depressing and ultimately extremely sad .

Fabulous story and fabulous narration

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Gripping and interesting. Would definitely recommend. Great to read a well written book set in lockdown!

Excellent

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Takes quite a while to build the characters and set the scene. Enjoyed how this was done moving back and forth in time. Once set the twists of the last quarter of the book were brilliant!
Really enjoyed this read!

The twists and turns 😮

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