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Public Secrets
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Emma McAvoy may have grown up in the limelight, but some secrets are hidden in a darkness no light can reach. Now on the verge of a successful career, and having fallen in love with the man of her dreams, Emma is looking to the future. Yet it’s the past that is about to catch up with her.
For Emma, her childhood had been almost like a rags-to-riches fairy tale - until the tragic night that changed her family forever. But what Emma thinks she knows about that terrible night and the man she’s about to marry is only half the truth. The other half is locked away in the last place she’d ever think to look: her own memories. It’s a mystery a handsome and relentlessly driven homicide detective needs to solve in a case that’s haunted him for years - and a secret someone will kill to keep.
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- Manda Webb
- 01-02-15
Awful voice acting, attrocious dialect characters
Would you consider the audio edition of Public Secrets to be better than the print version?
I haven't read the book
What other book might you compare Public Secrets to, and why?
its similar to many other Nora Roberts books, well written and an enjoyable story
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Renee Raudman?
Anyone who can do British & Irish dialects.
Any additional comments?
This book was ruined for me by the awful dialects used by the narrator. The story is great, I'm a huge Nora Roberts fan, but the grate of the Dick Van Dyke style cockney / British accents ruined the audio book tor me, why use someone who can't do any British accents? I was incredibly disappointed, and would avoid any other book narrated by Renée Raudman, especially if there are other nationalities in the story other than American.
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- Ann in Durham
- 26-08-14
Accents are Awful
The narrator's attempts at accents are appallingly bad. Her English accents are diabolical. The child Emma starts off as if she is from the slums of the East End of London and ends up with a true Irish accent.
The book itself is fabulous, as one would expect from Nora Roberts
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- Anonymous User
- 23-04-19
Poor narration
Spoiled by the dreadful English accents, both the cockney ones and the upper class ones.
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- Soho Diary
- 14-09-15
Preserve and it's worth it
Thoroughly enjoyed the book, there is s big BUT though, the English accents at the start of the book are totally off putting, and nearly had me returning the title. These stop after a while and it's a great story which I enjoyed!
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- S. Needham
- 10-08-17
Enjoyable tale but the accents aghhhh!
It's a known fact that Americans can't do a cockney accent. Dick Van Dyke proved that long ago. I almost gave up on listening in the first 5 mins and even at the end it still made me grimace. Please don't do it again
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- Claire
- 07-11-23
Worth persevering with.
The book is great. The narrator's accents are shockingly bad and almost ruined the audiobook for me. I nearly quit in the first 5 minutes. I really enjoyed the story but with the bad British accents all the way through, I will not be playing it again.
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- Aman B
- 28-01-24
Bad English and Irish accents
Great story. Narrator good when speaking naturally but the accents were so bad. Every English voice an appalling cockney and Irish not much better.
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- freckles mum
- 08-06-19
dodgy accents
good story if you can get past the dodgy English and Irish accents! nearly sent it back but perservered as I like Nora Roberts
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- Dawn Hinton
- 27-10-21
Excellent story
Brilliant storyline holds the readers attention until the very last few pages
Great stuff !!
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- Jill Kirtley
- 20-09-23
I loved it!
Public Secrets is a “family” saga of sorts that spans over two decades and two generations. There’s sex, drugs, murder, and a rock band. I loved it! I did however think the narrator wasn’t great when it came to accents, especially the English accent. Nobody cockney or from London talks like that (even in the 60s), unless it was in an old American Hollywood movie.
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