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Betsy Reavley (Author), Ally Murphy (Narrator), Bloodhound Books (Publisher)

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How far would you go to protect your family?

Danny and Libby are about to face every parent's worst nightmare.

When eight-year-old Hope Bird disappears without a trace from the idyllic village where she lives, life for her family will never be the same again. Her parents know she would never have gone off alone and the police have no idea where she is. Then a child's shoe is discovered and the case takes an unexpected turn. Soon a suspect is identified but this is only the beginning.

Will they ever find Hope?

Frailty is a haunting, gritty, psychological story about the choices we make.

Listening Length

8 hours and 36 minutes
Author

Betsy Reavley
Narrator

Ally Murphy
Audible release date

January 10, 2017
Language

English
Publisher

Bloodhound Books
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B01N1ZRVJJ
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	8 hours and 36 minutes
Author	Betsy Reavley
Narrator	Ally Murphy
Audible.com Release Date	January 10, 2017
Publisher	Bloodhound Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01N1ZRVJJ
Best Sellers Rank	#278,166 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #2,621 in Psychological Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #5,177 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #5,310 in Crime Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals)

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trace ace

All over thbe place

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2021

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Lots of mistakes with editing take away from the story and lots of it didn't make a lot of sense. Guessed who the bad guy was pretty quicky. Lots of things like 'I was such a mess when we first kissed' then a page later sayin how natural a progression the first kiss was. Stupid ending . Made no sense. You heard from Hope throughout the book but then apparently only lived for an hour. So did the other girl that was with her so they weren't actually there together? Bit baffling

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Nancy J.

Slow, slow and slower

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2017

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If you like being bogged down by details, reading what the characters are thinking, examining every little emotion then you might enjoy this book. However, I like a story that moves along at a reasonable pace. By halfway through the story I skipped to the last two chapters and finally found the action. Even the ending was very unsatisfying. Will not read this author again!

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AudaciousMe

Harrowing

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2018

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The author tackled a topic often in crime novels : a child(s) in life or death circumstances. I think the approach to the story did not prepare me for the end. I cried. I won't disclose happy or sad tears. The emotional gauntlet in this story is brutal and rewards those readers at the end. Why not 5/5? There is a torture (not involving a child) thread in the story, where a parent is trying to get information from a "suspect" just too much for me. That's just me. Author's story telling abilities are very good.

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Anita McCarty

Truly haunting....

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2017

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Like other readers, I found this story reeling me in, and I found my own self desperate for answers. I was, however, really disappointed with the ending. I can't give a reason for my disappointment without giving away the ending. I love how the writer is able to make the reader "feel" the emotions, fears, strengths, and weaknesses of the characters. In my own personal opinion, this is one of the best books I've EVER read, but the ending, as it relates to Hope, was very disappointing.

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sloushh

Suspenseful, but too quick

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2017

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I enjoyed the majority of this book until the very end -- I felt as though the end events happened much too quickly and without enough detail or logic. Otherwise, the rest contains plot twists, challenges, and does not contain a cliche happy ending I somewhat expected. I read it all in one sitting, but it left something to be desired.

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C. Turner

A wild read full of twists and turns!

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2017

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I really enjoyed this book. It kept me turning the pages quickly to find out what was going to happen and was full of unexpected twists and turns. I couldn't imagine the horror the parents must have felt when their child went missing. The characters were well-developed and you so wanted to see a happy ending. Definitely would recommend this book to others.

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Penguins Rule

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2016

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I read this book over the course of 2 days every time I got some free time. Very good book that kept me interested and engrossed in what was going to happen.
Thank you!

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David Liscio

A wild journey into dark places that you won't forget

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2016

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My eyes are still puffy from staying up late because I couldn't close Betsy Reavley's book. The pages kept turning and I just had to find out what the parents of a kidnapped little girl might do next in their effort to find her. What I foound out was more than I had bargained for, which means the book has plenty of surprises for the reader. I knew this book was a winner because I read it on my Kindle and later realized I had highlighted about fifty passages. David Liscio, author of Deadly Fare

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She Who Hangs Out In Cemeteries

Every Parent's Worst Nightmare

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2017

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THIS BOOK IS HORRIBLE! It sucks you in and tears out your heart. So naturally, I ENJOYED IT!

The last entry made my lip tremble and when I closed the book I was in floods of tears. I wasn’t ready for that at all!
The story is told from the POV of the mother, father and their little girl. It is difficult to pull off the voice of a child and in places I wondered if the voice was too mature but given the situation I wondered if this was done on purpose because being alone in the dark for so long, Hope is forced to be mature.
As a Star Wars fan, I wanted to tell little Hope that Leia does have the force and the only reason she never used it is because the film makers were closed minded. Try it Hope! Use the force. Get out of there!
I could see awful things coming, it was like watching a train wreak about to happen and having no power to stop it.
Frailty is easy to read; my eyes were gliding over the words. It was effortless. Reavley is an expert in human behaviour. Libby and Danny were believable, as were all the characters. I could see this story on the TV. Quick someone write the script!
Crime is not my ‘go to’ genre, so that fact that I enjoyed this story speaks volumes about the skill of the writer.
I would recommend this to EVERYONE who reads crime/thrillers. YOU WILL LOVE IT!

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Bookread2day

I will certainly read more books by Betsy Reavley

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2017

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This story of Frailty doesn't live up to The Optician's Wife. I found the Optician's Wife a gem of a page turner. While Frailty runs along the same lines as any other fiction novel out there about a missing child. There is always the same thing a distraught mother and a press conference. Yes I know in real life this is what happens. But I do think we have too many fiction stories about missing children. Frailty is about eight-year- old Hope Bird, who disappeared on a Saturday afternoon from the village of Ickleton. Hope left her house to go to the shop to buy a magazine. The shopkeeper confirmed that Hope went into the shop and purchased the magazine. That was the last time anyone reported seeing Hope. However I do recommend Frailty as it does draw in some unexpected situations, however I don't want to spoil it for other readers so I won't say what unexpected situations arrive in this novel that makes it half way through a little bit different.

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Tracey Morrow

Wonderful - a difficult subject tackled with grace and tact

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2017

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A missing child. Frantic parents. Police at a loss as to where she may be.

Danny and Libby Bird are about to experience every parent’s worst nightmare—their eight year old child, Hope, trots to the local shop which is at the end of their road and a journey she has made many times before…..and then she never makes it home.

Where is she?

What would you do if this was your child?

I purchased my kindle copy of Frailty on 15th November with every intention of digging right in….and then I became distracted and somehow, it trickled further and further down my TBR pile. And then I received a text from my sister…

“Jesus, I’ve just finished listening to a book called Frailty by Betsy Really……It’s a shocker but I couldn’t stop listening to it. It’s probably the only book to affect me in the heart….read it.”

My reply….”It’s on my TBR….and just got bumped.”

And so I sat down today to read it….and didn’t stop until I’d finished.

I honestly don’t know what to tell you about how this book made me feel, but Betsy Reavley has triumphed with this novel. I associated most with Libby, Hope’s mother. God, how I felt her pain as her whole life unravelled. But my heart also cracked for Danny, Hope’s father, and Danny’s parents who are surely the parents-in-law sent from heaven, unlike Libby’s own parents who I had an overwhelming urge to throttle!

The novel moves at just the right pace; not so quick that it moves too fast through the emotions, but not so slow that you are willing it to get a move on. And the ending has a very satisfying ring to it (I won’t share whether the ending is a sad or happy one).

And if you’re into audio books more than written, my sister’s final comments….

“Probably the only book I’ve listened to where I’ve had heart palpitations, and the narrator was so perfect for the story….loved it.”

What’s that? You haven’t got a copy yet? What are you waiting for!

Bookworm

Gripping from the outset.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2016

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When 8yr old Hope pops to the local shop to buy a comic and fails to return home, her parents are plunged into a living nightmare. Mum Libby struggles to hold together her increasingly fragile family unit but as the police investigation lengthens, guilt, frustration and suspicion threaten to overwhelm them all.
Narrated in the main by Libby and husband Danny but punctuated by the additional heart-rending contributions of Hope herself, it’s this three-way telling of the story that raises this beyond the norm and makes it, for me, a 5* read. I was gripped from the outset, trying and failing to second guess and predict the outcome, unable to put the book down as the tension grew shockingly. I read cover to cover in one sitting which is a testament to the skill of the author.
This will appeal to those who enjoy the likes of TV’s Happy Valley/ Broadchurch etc and certainly it would make for a gripping, edge of the seat TV crime drama.
I can’t say more without spoiling it for others but I will say that Frailty is expertly plotted and superbly written with harrowing scenes that will test the best of us. And the ending! Well you’ll have to read it to find out...

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Shell Baker

HOOKED FROM START TO FINISH

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2016

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After reading The Opticians Wife I couldn't wait to get stuck into Frailty. First of all I have to say that Frailty is a totally different kind of read to The Opticians Wife so if you expecting a twisted disturbing story You might be slightly disappointed. Frailty is a whole different kind of twisted being on a totally different level with one of those subject matters that some readers may find hard to stomach. But for me I really enjoyed it.
So in this book we follow a story told from both Danny and Libby's point of view Where Eight year old hope disappears without a trace. Her parents know she never have gone off alone. Even the police have no idea where she is But the case takes an unexpected turn when a child's shoe is discover.
Being a parent myself this would be my worse nightmare and words cannot describe how I would feel. But the author has done a brilliant job of writing some very uncomfortable scenes and sensitivity is taken throughout the whole story.There is something about the style of writing that I truly love. And has always the author certainly knows how to grab the reader's attention from the very first page keeping you hooked until the very last page.
OMG and the ending…..I seriously didn't see that coming
I do have to say that for me this is more a crime story rather than a psychological thriller which is what I was expecting. And having read so many Crime novels I do think this is one of those stories that people will either love or hate! But for me this is a well deserved 4 stars which I highly recommend.

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