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Thornwood House

By: Anna Romer
Narrated by: Eloise Oxer
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 When Audrey Kepler inherits an abandoned homestead in rural Queensland, she jumps at the chance to escape her loveless existence in the city and make a fresh start. In a dusty back room of the old house, she discovers the crumbling photo of a handsome World War Two medic – Samuel Riordan, the homestead’s former occupant – and soon finds herself becoming obsessed with him. But as Audrey digs deeper into Samuel’s story, she discovers he was accused of bashing to death a young woman on his return from the war in 1946. When she learns about other unexplained deaths in recent years – one of them a young woman with injuries echoing those of the first victim – she begins to suspect that the killer is still very much alive. And now Audrey, thanks to her need to uncover the past, has provided him with good reason to want to kill again.©2013 Anna Romer (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Literature & Fiction Suspense

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Great book

Refreshing to listen to (for me) a new author, great story and wonderful narration. Highly recommend this Australian author. The story is well laced together and keeps the listener guessing. Loved the style and the language. Eloise Oxer handles the varied characters well and as one other listener commented, the children sound like kids not cutesy sickly sweet cartoon characters.

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Scenic Rim Love

Set in the heart of the Scenic Rim where I moved to recently I felt a true connection to the main character's love for the locals here. I loved identifying the history and loving nature of this areas people. Just read this book and fall in love too.

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Thoroughly Enjoyed

Great story full with mystery. Couldn’t wait to listen to it. Narrator did a great job and overall enjoyed and loved it.

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Fantastic

This book had me hooked from the start, a wonderful, heartwarming and gripping storyline all rolled into one. It was read absolutely beautifully. Cannot praise Eloise enough for making the characters so realistic

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Cliff hanger

Love a good Aussie story! This made me want to keep driving just so I could hear the ending.

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Beautiful Story

What a fantastic story, the twists and turns keep you enthralled until the end, narrated superbly.

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Fabulous

This is by far the best audible book I have read. Great story and great characters. I usually never listen twice, however, I have listened to this many, many times!

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Wonderful story, one I could listen to again

Where does Thornwood House rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's the best so far!

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It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way, with many twists! I loved that it was set in Australia too.

What does Eloise Oxer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I have actually read the book and loved it so much I wanted to listen to it. The way Eloise read was better than I imagined. Hearing her read, made me fall even more in love with some characters.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes for sure but it wasn't possible, I spread it over 4 days....

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I cannot recommend this book enough...my favourite novel in 2014.

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Didn’t like it at all

Stopped after a few chapters.... just not interesting . Narrator was fine but the writing really annoying..

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Excellent listening experience

Loved every word of this story. Story line was engaging with the complexity of the characters and a perfect narrator made for an excellent un put down able listening experience

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