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Pendulum

the explosive debut thriller (BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice)

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Pendulum

By: Adam Hamdy
Narrated by: Luke Thompson
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Pendulum: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!

You wake. Confused. Disorientated.
A noose is round your neck.
You are bound, standing on a chair.
All you can focus on is the man in the mask tightening the rope.
You are about to die.

John Wallace has no idea why he has been targeted. No idea who his attacker is. No idea how he will prevent the inevitable.
Then the pendulum of fate swings in his favour.
He has one chance to escape, find the truth and halt his destruction.
The momentum is in his favour for now.
But with a killer on his tail, everything can change with one swing of this deadly pendulum...

You have one chance. Run.

Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration and complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration so that listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

(P)2016 Headline Publishing Group Limited and (P)2018 Booktrack Holding Ltd (background soundtrack only)©2016 Adam Hamdy Crime Thrillers Fiction Suspense Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Technology Crime
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Critic reviews

I read Pendulum in one gloriously suspenseful weekend. Definitely one of the best thrillers of the year (James Patterson)
James Patterson calls it "one of the best thrillers of the year", and it is plain to see why...told at a great pace, has a strong central character and a snaking plot
Adam Hamdy's Pendulum is something new . . . kinetic, cinematic and bracingly original (Barry Forshaw)
A heart-pounding hit
Adam Hamdy's thriller definitely justifies its previous hype
Top crime! Hamdy aces it . . . a heart-stopping, high octane killer thriller (Northern Crime blog)
I loved Pendulum. I loved the characters, the way the story plays out, the interwoven threads . . . so subtle, yet so brilliant and unexpected (Bibliophile Book Club blog)
Pendulum is well worth the hype and attention (A Thirst for Words blog)
Adam Hamdy . . . puts you bang into the heart of the action . . . an absolute joy to read (Liz Loves Books blog)
All stars
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Very well written and narrated. Scary but not too much horror detail, my only criticism is the sound effects. I kept thinking it was MY doorbell or mobile!

Thrilling

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loved the book, the music was good and didnt distract except chapters 13 14 too loud. The narrator made the book for me even had me crying at the end.

Excellent narration

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At times I forgot I was listening to an audio book, the music and sound effects really added to the story, having me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen to the characters next. Amazing written and read. Found it hard to stop listening at time, always needing to know what was going to happen next.
💯 %, brilliant.

May twists and turns.

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Very mild spoiler alert

It's narrated with background sound clips thrown in so it was off to a bad start for me

It's just complete nonsense really made worse by super human characters

You can jump out of a two story window breaking your collar bone take two ibuprofen and carry on as normal

Kill 7 security men including trained PC's whilst running firing a Glock 17 9mm hitting your target pretty much every time, oh and the last few kills whilst nursing a badly damaged hand. I forgot to mention this followed getting up after being tazered

It just goes on, if you like the above you are going to love this, otherwise maybe not so much

Not as good as I hoped

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