Dear Child, Romy Hausmann
Dear Child, Romy Hausmann
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Dear Child
A Novel

Author: Romy Hausmann

Narrator: Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, Romy Hausmann, Simon Slater

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2020


Synopsis

"Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss, and Simon Slater narrate as three parts of a fractured triangle brought together by a terrifying abduction...this mind-bending thriller is sure to enthrall listeners." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program includes an exclusive author's note, read by Romy Hausmann

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A woman held captive finally escapes—but can she ever really get away?

Gone Girl meets Room in this #1 internationally bestselling thriller from one of Germany’s hottest new talents

A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare.

She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn’t their Lena.

The little girl who escaped the woods with her knows things she isn’t sharing, and Lena’s devastated father is trying to piece together details that don’t quite fit. Lena is desperate to begin again, but something tells her that her tormentor still wants to get back what belongs to him…and that she may not be able to truly escape until the whole truth about what happened in the woods finally emerges.

Twisty, suspenseful, and psychologically clever, Romy Hausmann's Dear Child is a captivating thriller with all the ingredients of a breakout hit.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

"A trio of well-cast, English-accented performers embody the unreliable narrators of German author Hausmann's debut thriller, each of whom is harboring secrets...Nothing is as it seems here, and listeners will be enthralled as each new twist is revealed." --Booklist

“Chilling, original and mesmerizing.” --David Baldacci

“[A] tantalizingly disturbing debut…As enthralling as it is thought-provoking.” --New York Times Book Review

About Romy Hausmann

Romy Hausmann lives with her family at a remote house in the woods in Stuttgart, Germany. Dear Child is her English-language debut.

About Simon Slater

Simon Slater is the narrator of Hilary Mantel’s bestselling book Wolf Hall, which won an AudioFile Earphones Award. Slater’s film credits include Dealers, Iron Lady, Hornblower and Entrapment. His work as a theatrical actor includes a five-year run in the musical Mamma Mia! as Sam Charmichael, as well as Forbidden Broadway (Fortune), Waiting for Godot, and Wind in the Willows (Nuffield Southampton). Slater has made guest appearances in many TV series, including Heartbeat, Birds of a Feather, Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, Monarch of the Glen and Where the Heart Is. Slater has also appeared in the Theatre Royal In Winchester playing Captain Hook in a performance of Peter Pan during the Christmas season of 2010/2011.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on September 17, 2023

I’m just watching “Liebes Kind” ( Dear Child) Netflix adaptation and it’s freaking amazing! Highly recommended! After ten minutes long silence I started another ten minutes long ovation for this book! It’s brilliant, intense, dark, gripping, character-driven, shocking and also terrifying, nightmarish......more

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on July 26, 2020

Sick and Twisted 3.75 stars Dear Child is a psychological thriller about a woman who is held in captivity in a cabin in the woods until she escapes. 13 years after disappearing after attending a college party, Lena is found. Having killed her captor, she is now safe. Her two children, Hannah and Jonath......more

Goodreads review by El Librero de Valentina on January 28, 2023

Qué bonito es empezar el año con un thriller sorprendente, de lo mejor que he leído del género en los últimos años. Un libro en el que el amor enfermizo termina por convertirse en una pesadilla. Capítulo cortos narrados por diferentes personajes, con muy buenos giros, se duda de todo y de todos. Una......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on May 30, 2023

What a BRILLIANT book. I read so many psychological thrillers where I end up being disappointed, because I don’t ‘buy’ the plot. Some are simply too unrealistic and far-fetched. But I never thought that while reading dear child. The characters were well-crafted with the complexities of human beings......more


Awards

  • Amazon.com Best Books of the Year