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No Place Like Home

By: Caroline Overington
Narrated by: Christopher Quyen
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Shortly after 9.30 in the morning, a young man walks into Surf City, Bondi’s newest shopping complex. He’s wearing a dark grey hoodie - and a bomb around his neck.

Just a few minutes later, he is locked in a shop on the upper floor. And trapped with him are four innocent bystanders.

For police chaplain Paul Doherty, called to the scene by Senior Sergeant Boehm, it’s a story that will end as tragically as it began. For this is clearly no ordinary siege. The boy, known as Ali Khan, seems as frightened as his hostages and has yet to utter a single word.

The seconds tick by for the five in the shop: Mitchell, the talented schoolboy; Mouse, the shop assistant; Kimmi, the nail-bar technician; and Roger Callaghan, the real estate agent whose reason for being in Bondi that day is far from innocent.

And, of course, there’s Ali Khan. Is he the embodiment of evil, as the villagers in his Tanzanian birthplace believe? Or just an innocent boy, betrayed at every turn, who just wants a place to call home?

©2021 Caroline Overington (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
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another great story from Caroline Overington

Great in depth development of each of the characters. Compelling story line. Listens like true crime. If you enjoyed Making a Murder (TV series) or Serial (podcast series) you'll enjoy the way Overington examines all aspects of key players, their thoughts and motivations and examine what happened from a variety of angles. I couldn't get enough and enjoy her style of writing so much I've made it through all of her novels in a week!!

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Good story with an unexpected twist.

Caroline Overington is my guilty pleasure. I love the Australian accents and unusual (for Americans) expressions. Sticky beak is my personal favorite.
Her books have an interesting style of narration that I enjoy but not so much on this one. The narrator uses different voices for the different characters so it's not necessary to say he said, she said. If you're doing the voices we can figure it out for ourselves. I was surprised by the twist at the end.

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Great story.

Loved the story and the narrator.

Distracting when dialog simulated over phone or loudspeaker or radio.

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5 Stars!

Probably one of the most interesting stories I’ve ever listened to on Audible. The character development was excellent as was the narration. It was very detailed, believable and ultimately very sad. I can’t think of a single negative comment about the story.

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Interesting story

I enjoyed the story and the storytelling. Maybe not a page turner, but still very enjoyable. Would recommend!

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Amazing

What an intriguing story. I loved all of the characters, and the narrator's accent is spot on.

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Worth every minute

Clever story, well developed characters and terrific narration. Have listened to other books from this author and this is my favorite so far. Hope the narrator continues his craft as well.

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Brilliant humane story telling

Not what I expected! Through the device of a shopping mall hostage drama, the author delights us with comic and touching human stories, drawing characters who either charm and enrage us. Then she delivers a one two punch of moral message that I never saw coming!

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boring then depressing

Not my type of story. It was well written and interesting at times. It was a bit boring in the beginning but got better. I wish it had more positivity and some happier messages.

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Brilliant!

I can’t say enough good things about this book. The Author, the writing style, the story, the narrator! I could not stop listening! It was such a thought provoking experience! I never listen to books twice but 6 months down the road I’ll be pulling this up! A must read!

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