Day of the Accident, Nuala Ellwood
Day of the Accident, Nuala Ellwood
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Day of the Accident

Author: Nuala Ellwood

Narrator: Tara Fitzgerald

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 08/16/2018


Synopsis

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Day of the Accident by Nuala Ellwood, read by Tara Fitzgerald.

'Gripping, poignant...I read it in one sitting' ROSAMUND LUPTON

'Brilliantly compulsive and with one hell of a twist!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'Makes you question everything you thought you knew' EMMA KAVANAGH

Sixty seconds after she wakes from a coma, Maggie's world is torn apart.

The police tell her that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing.

When Maggie begs to see her husband Sean, the police tell her that he has disappeared. He was last seen on the day of her daughter's funeral.

What really happened that day at the river?
Where is Maggie's husband?
And why can't she shake the suspicion that somewhere, somehow, her daughter is still alive?

A page-turner for fans of Clare Mackintosh's I Let You Go and Lisa Jewell's Watching You, this gripping story will draw you in and shock you at every turn.

WHAT AUTHORS AND READERS ARE SAYING:

'A clever, twisty plot that takes psychological mind games to a new level. Nuala Ellwood has done it again!' Jane Corry

'You will be up all night finishing this dark, haunting and complex thriller' Katherine S, Netgalley Reviewer

'Compelling and intriguing, right from the very first page' Sharon Bolton

'Nuala Ellwood has such a special way of writing that it draws you into the pages and you can't put it down' Emma L, Netgalley Reviewer

'A raw, shocking, and serpentine mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end' Nicolas Obregon, author of Blue Light Yokohama

'An accomplished and page-turning thriller...it's impossible to guess where it's going next' Nicholas Searle

'A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful this is a book that will stay with me for a long time' C. L. Taylor

'A must read for all thriller fans this book is a 5 star read' River S, Netgalley Reviewer

'Rivals The Girl on the Train (and beats it for style)' The Guardian

'Twisty and unpredictable. Kept me guessing until the end' Karen Cleveland, author of Need to Know

'This clever, multi- layered novel is simply stunning' Dinah Jefferies

'Wow! What a fantastic book that completely sucked me in. 5 stars' Angela G, Netgalley Reviewer

'A gripping rollercoaster ride of a thriller. Keeps you in there right to the last page' Christobel Kent

'A twisty psychological thriller. I raced through it in one sitting!' Lucy Atkins

'A dark, intense, multi-layered thriller that twists and turns until the last page' Tammy Cohen

Memorable, jaw-dropping' Sunday Times

'Well-written ... an elegant, punchy thriller with a dark heart' Observer Thriller of the Month

'Full of really clever twists, this stylish thriller really grabs you' Sunday Mirror

About Nuala Ellwood

Nuala Ellwood is the daughter of an award-winning journalist. Inspired by her father’s and other journalists’ experiences with post-traumatic stress disorder, she gained Arts Council Funding for her research into the topic and ultimately made it the main theme of My Sister’s Bones, her debut psychological thriller.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivana - Diary of Difference on August 10, 2025

Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest When Maggie wakes up from a coma, her whole life has changed. The nurse tells her that she has been in an accident, her little daughter is dead, and her husband sold the house and left her. Maggie doesn’t remember a thing. With no home, no family, and......more

Goodreads review by Gary on October 14, 2019

Nuala Ellwood is a new author to me but one to look out for in the future. When Maggie awakes from a coma her world is shattered by the news that her daughter Elspeth is dead. That she drowned when the car Maggie had been driving plunged into the river. Maggie remembers nothing and when she asks to s......more

Goodreads review by Louise on February 09, 2019

Magpies world was torn apart when she wakes up from a coma to be told that her daughter Elspeth is dead. She had drowned in the car that Maggie had been driving, plunged into the river. Maggie has no memory of the accident. When Maggie asks where her husband Sean is, she is told by the police that h......more

Goodreads review by Ken on March 19, 2019

I always find stories that are set close to my home town have an extra layer of enjoyment to them, the fact that I wasn’t even aware that this was the case when purchasing this book made for such a pleasant surprise. As Maggie wakes up from a short coma in Lewes Victoria Hospital and learns that her......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on May 07, 2019

Between 3 and 4 ⭐️. I think for the first part of the book I would have given 5 stars but there were times where the narrative plateaued and the ending was too far fetched for me. The story centred around Maggie Allan who had been in a coma for ten weeks following her car going into the River Ouse w......more


Quotes

A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful

You won't see the big twist coming in this haunting thriller. A worthy successor to My Sister's Bones Daily Express

Memorable, jaw-dropping Sunday Times

Compelling and intriguing, right from the very first page

A clever, twisty plot that takes psychological mind games to a new level. Nuala Ellwood has done it again!

The Day of the Accident had me gasping for breath and on the verge of tears from the get-go. Twisty, haunting, and completely heart-wrenching, you won't breathe until you've turned the very last page.

Grabbed me on the first page and didn't let go Woman and Home

Gripping, engrossing and surprising at every turn

A raw, shocking, and serpentine mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end

This book will take all your expectations and upend them, making you question everything you thought you knew