The Blue Hour
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3.7 • 21 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
As seen on BBC 2’s Between the Covers.
A Guardian Audiobook Of The Week
Includes an exclusive bonus interview between Paula Hawkins and Gemma Whelan.
For twelve hours each day, the Scottish island of Eris is cut off from the mainland. No way in. No way out.
The island’s only house was once home to Vanessa, whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now this remote and beautiful place is home to Grace . . . a solitary creature of the tides, guarding the island’s past.
But far away in London, a stranger has just made a startling discovery - a human bone where no human bone should be. And in that moment Grace’s precious isolation is threatened.
How will she respond? Can she be trusted? Or is it Grace who should be afraid?
Suddenly this is a very dangerous time to be alone . . .
'[Gemma Whelan] captures the clashing interests and inner complexities of Hawkins’ protagonists' THE GUARDIAN
'A darkly atmospheric, engaging mystery - her best book since The Girl On The Train.' Good Housekeeping (Book of the Year)
'A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling, and I couldn’t put it down.' SHARI LAPENA
‘An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller’ - LIZ MOORE
©2024 Paula Hawkins Biography (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Customer Reviews
Disappointing
The book was interesting up to a point. From that point onwards, most of the events were predictable, the characters were already fully developed, and there was nothing much to expect. I kept listening to the book until the end, hoping for a twist in the plot. As it happened, the twist concerns a marginal character and does not really contribute to the portrayal of the main character. The ending of the book was a surprise for me. It felt like I have been reading a book, but left it on the bus by mistake. All in all, I expected better from this author.
Did not disappoint
I felt at times I was listening to an Iris Murdoch novel.
Loved this on so many levels. Hawkins brings her sharp honest and uncompromising style to a great narrative