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Nothing Important Happened Today
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Nine people arrive one night on Chelsea Bridge. They’ve never met. But at the same time, they run and leap to their deaths. Each of them received a letter in the post that morning, a pre-written suicide note and a page containing only four words: Nothing important happened today.
That is how they knew they had been chosen to become a part of The People Of Choice: A mysterious suicide cult whose members have no knowledge of one another.
By the morning, People Of Choice are appearing around the globe: a decapitation in Germany, a public shooting at a university in Bordeaux; in Illinois, a sports team stands around the centre circle of the football pitch and pulls the trigger of the gun pressed to the temple of the person on their right. It becomes a movement.
A social media page that has lain dormant for four years suddenly has thousands of followers. The police are under pressure to find a link between the cult members, to locate a leader that does not seem to exist.
But how do you stop a cult when people don’t know they’re members?
WARNING: CONTAINS VIOLENT AND GRAPHIC CONTENT
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- Belinda
- 14-03-2022
Surprising and worth it
Definitely read or listen to Good Samaritans first as this is book 2 in the detective sergeant Pace series. Such an original concept and at times a gut wrenching read. I was gripped right throughout, though! Narration was excellent also.
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- Jaidee
- 27-01-2022
Unique and disturbing
I really enjoy Will’s writing style, which certainly ventures into the bizarre and disturbing. I liked the first book a little better, though this was very good as well, I’ll be reading / listening on. Narration really suits the story.
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- ausgraeme
- 26-11-2020
A very dark listening experience
There was a point nearly halfway through this audiobook that I nearly decided to stop listening. The first half of the book is very very dark and cynical - it reads like a manifesto. It turns out there is a reason for this but it doesn’t become fully clear until towards the very end of the book. In the meantime the listener must slog through a quite relentless barrage of cynicism and bleakness which I can see turning very many listeners off. It is definitely a book that I would not recommend for people who are currently dealing with a bout of depression.
By the time the strands of the story begin to make sense and resolve themselves you’re close to the end of the book and once things become clear it is true that the author has put together quite a clever concept. I found the conclusion to the story very satisfying and fittingly dark. I will probably try something from this author again but not for a few months or so - for now I feel like I need a shower to wash the atmosphere of this audiobook off myself.
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- john Farrell
- 14-05-2021
Fantastic. Love Will Carvers style of writing
loved it just as much if not more than The Good Samaritan. Will is now firmly one of my favourite authors. The narration by Cieran Saward amazing as always.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-04-2021
Disappointing, very disappointing
I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series - the samaritans - and downloaded this one as soon as I had finished. I wish I hadn’t to be honest - I found this one quite boring, repetitive and rambling with a bit worryingly an insight into how to start and get involved in suicide cults. If your looking for an intriguing crime detective book - don’t look here. I persevered through until the end in hope it would improve but alas it did not! Not for me and will not be rushing to download the next in the series which is a pity as the narration great.
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