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The Vacation

By: John Marrs
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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For eight strangers in a Los Angeles hostel, even the other side of the world isn’t far enough. The craving for a new identity and the desire to start again is something they have in common. But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't lay the past to rest, fate and coincidence have a way of catching up with you.

©2015 John Marrs (P)2018 W F Howes Ltd
Crime Thrillers Thriller Fiction Suspense

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another great Marrs book

loved it. the second Marrs book I've read and both were fabulous. narrator excellent. well done audible

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Side characters were interesting

Book was OK. It took far too long in my opinion to get to the core of the book and have things start to get interesting. I’d say you have to be very patient for at LEAST the first 5 hours to fully get into the book. Not one of his greatest compared to the rest.

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fantastic characters

this story was such a fantastic ride, you get to know each character so well, all with a problematic past and uncertain future and yet all blend together perfectly. narration was also great considering all the different accents. highly recommend.

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fabulous

This story got better and better as time went on with lots of twists and unexpected turns. The last half I ended up binging and look forward to discovering more stories by this author. The narration was fantastic the story fabulous and highly recommended.

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So much happening - highly recommend!

When I first started listening to this book, there were so many characters and I was really unclear of who fit in where and what their backstory was. as the story progressed the depth of the characters, and the understanding of their situations was made clear, and the storyline was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes twists, a really solid story and a lot of different story lines linked in throughout - another great book by John Marrs.

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Good read

There were so many characters and stories in the beginning, it was hard to keep track.

I persisted and as more information was received each individual and story came to life.

Some great twists and " I didn't see that coming moments".

A good read and glad at the end, the loose ends all got sorted and revealed...no wondering.

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A good holiday read

Not a bad read sitting by a pool .
A tale of incredible coincidences awaits you

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Expect the unexpected...

After a bit of a slow start, the story developed very quickly and continually kept surprising me. The narrator was outstanding!

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fantasy and strange

The characters were not likeable or believable. The background stories to each character, were over the top scenarios with the bad guys stereotyped and not realistic.
lots of twists and turns that made me want to keep going to find out what happened to each character.
The idea that Tommy a reasonable character would be able to live with his actions towards Jake was unacceptable.
It's just ham writing.

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Meh

Listened to this on audible. If you’re patient enough to get through the first six hours the story finally gets interesting. I felt let down after finishing it as this is my 4th John Marrs novel and the 2nd one that left me disappointed. I must have started on the good ones and went downhill from there.

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