The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney
The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney
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The Invisible Ones

Author: Stef Penney

Narrator: Dan Stevens

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/05/2012

Synopsis

Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills. Still, he's surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven't had an easy past. Touched by tragedy, they're either cursed or hiding a terrible secret-whose discovery Ray can't help suspecting is connected to Rose's disappearance. . . .

About The Author

Stef Penney was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her debut novel, The Tenderness of Wolves, was an international bestseller and received the prestigious Costa Award. She is also a screenwriter.Dan Stevens is an English actor best known for his role as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. He has starred in numerous films, including Beauty and the Beast, The Guest, and A Walk Among the Tombstones. He maintains an interest in writing and literature outside of his acting work, and was a member of the judging panel for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has narrated more than 30 audiobooks and has been nominated for two Audie Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by T. on April 15, 2012

I picked this book up because I am fascinated by gypsies, and I was excited to have found a novel about this elusive community of people (so much so that I was willing to slog through 400 of the slowest, most repetitive pages for even the slightest insight into this culture). The novel is a standard......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on September 13, 2013

I did like the idea of this book and the ending worked well for me. As for the bit inbetween - I think it was rather slow/overlong for a detective thriller for my liking. I did genuinely enjoy the story of a missing gypsy bride being investigated by a gypsy private investigator and the characters in......more

Quotes

 “Utterly new and utterly enthralling.”—New York Times bestselling author Tana French“Fascinating.”—The New York Times“Penney gives her plot plenty of twists and saves the best for the end, with a truly unforeseen and unpredictable conclusion.”—Kirkus Reviews

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