Land of the Living, Nicci French
Land of the Living, Nicci French
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Land of the Living

Author: Nicci French

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Unabridged: 10 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

Abbie Devereaux lies flat on her back, her arms and legs tied down, her head covered with a hood. She senses, but can't see, the eyes that watch her. She feels the unknown hands that touch her in the dark. She knows she has been kidnapped, even though she has little memory of her most recent past. And she knows that all she has to do is stay alive, even though everything she is experiencing tells her she won't. Miraculously, she escapes. One nightmare is over...but another is about to begin.No one believes her story. Not the police who find her beaten and bruised on the outskirts of London, not the psychologists who interview her at the hospital. Desperate to piece together the fragments of her life and prove she is telling the truth, she returns to a strangely familiar existence. She discovers, but cannot remember why, she moved out of her boyfriend's apartment, left her job as an office planner, and moved in with a roommate who herself has mysteriously disappeared.Now trying to reclaim both her mind and her life—and stop a monstrous psycho-killer—she must dare to retrace her steps to the place where the horror began.

About Nicci French

Nicci French is the author of the bestsellers Secret Smile, Land of the Living, The Red Room, Beneath the Skin, and Killing Me Softly, as well as two earlier books, The Memory Game and The Safe House, both published in England to great acclaim.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on October 19, 2020

2014 view: One of my all time favourite UK suspense novels. A woman wakes up with partial amnesia, bound, gagged and held captive in the dark. She escapes. No one believes her, and the kidnapper is still out there!!! Totally keeps me on tenterhooks throughout. A great suspense novel! 8 out of 12. 200......more

Goodreads review by Gary on April 07, 2022

An early Nicci French standalone that grew on me. Twenty five year old Abbie Devereaux wakes up in a darkened room with no recall of how she got there or any recent events. She is bound up and suffering abuse from an apparent stranger and fearing for her life. Abbie manages to escape but the nightmar......more

Goodreads review by gremlinkitten on February 14, 2010

With a gripping start that fully captured my attention, I had a hard time putting LAND OF THE LIVING down. The suspense-filled atmosphere leapt off the pages and I found myself catching my breath and actually feeling the pressure presented within the covers. This doesn't usually happen to me, especi......more

Goodreads review by Jules on September 28, 2020

This was a good, easy to read, sometimes claustrophobic, fast paced psychological thriller. Not quite as gripping as I'd hoped for, and I wish the baddy had been more interesting. One I'd definitely recommend to fans of psychological thrillers though. Especially if you prefer books with not many cha......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on May 18, 2016

Great start , promising a crime thriller! But it is a psychology thriller after all. Very good indeed , just without the element of surprise , or an interesting villain . Quite a page turner though!......more