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Title details for Twisted River by Siobhán MacDonald - Available

Twisted River

by Siobhán MacDonald
Alana Kerr Collins
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A gripping debut psychological thriller for fans of The Silent Wife and The Wicked Girls about two families in crisis and a holiday house swap gone terribly wrong

She would never have fit as neatly into the trunk of his own car.

Limerick, Ireland; the O'Brien family's driveway. American Oscar Harvey opens the trunk of his hosts' car and finds the body of a woman, beaten and bloody. But let's start at the beginning.

Kate and Mannix O'Brien live by Curragower Falls in Limerick, in a lovely house they can barely afford. Their autistic son Fergus is bullied at school, and their daughter Izzy blames herself, wishing she could protect him. Kate decides that her family needs a vacation, and she's convinced her luck is about to change when she spots a gorgeous Manhattan apartment on a home-exchange website.

Hazel and Oscar Harvey and their two children live on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Though they seem successful and happy, Hazel has mysterious bruises, and Oscar is hiding things about his dental practice. They too need a change of pace. Hazel has always wanted her children to see her native Limerick, and the house swap offers a perfect chance to soothe two troubled marriages.

But this will be anything but a perfect vacation, and the body in the trunk is just the beginning.

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  • Release date

    March 22, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781504686747
      • File size: 272259 KB
      • Duration: 09:27:12

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This is the story of two families, intertwined by a vacation house swap, whose lives are complicated by dark secrets. Four narrators capture the changing points of view across the chapters. Such a broad cast is a smart choice for characters who are a mix of American and Irish nationalities. Together, the narrators create an authentic listening experience for the action set in Ireland as well as illuminating the world of Hazel, an Irish woman living in America. The listener is riveted as the story changes from one point of view to another, driving the action forward. We wonder if the next half-truth will be the one that unhinges the appearance of calm. M.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 25, 2016
      In the arresting opening of Irish author MacDonald’s uneven first novel, New York City dentist Oscar Harvey closes the trunk of his rental car in Limerick, Ireland, on a woman’s corpse. A moment later, he’s joined by his nine-year-old son and his 12-year-old daughter, who asks, “Where’s Mom?” A couple of months earlier, the Harvey family entered into a home exchange program with Limerick college professor Kate O’Brien and her husband, Mannix. Kate and Mannix think a change of scene will be good for their bullied autistic son and their long-suffering daughter. Oscar’s teacher wife, Hazel, selected Limerick for the family trip because she grew up and there. Unfortunately, once the Harveys move into the O’Briens’ house, they attract the attention of Mannix’s money-obsessed brother, Spike, and his criminal associates. MacDonald struggles with the multiple points of view, occasionally omitting information unfairly to maintain suspense, but her solid prose suggests she can do better. Agent: Isobel Dixon, Blake Friedmann Literary Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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