The Family Friend

Author: Claire Douglas Listening Length: 10h 42m

When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer which changed her life for ever. Now, with partner Josh in tow, it’s a chance for a fresh start. But after discovering an old...

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Dorothea

Ten Months Before

It was finding the Zippo lighter that was the defining moment, she thought afterwards.

She’d been out walking the dogs with Dennis, and her blood had run cold as she’d bent down to pick it up, nestled in the long grass on the edges of the wood, glinting in the late summer sunshine, knowing before she even whipped her glasses from the pocket of her dungarees that it would have the initials RF inscribed on it.

PROLOGUE 02:44
Chapter 1 14:47
CHAPTER 2 20:55
Chapter 3 02:32
Chapter 4 Imogen 16:16
CHAPTER 5 06:54
Chapter 6 Dorothea 09:28
Chapter 7 Imogen 12:03
CHAPTER 8 19:16
Chapter 9 Alison 13:52
Chapter 10 Imogen 10:55
Chapter 11 Dorothea 05:20
Chapter 12 Imogen 24:22
CHAPTER 13 06:35
Chapter 14 Dorothea 03:38
Chapter 15 Imogen 06:17
CHAPTER 16 13:22
Chapter 17 Dorothea 05:48
Chapter 18 Imogen 15:51
Chapter 19 Dorothea 10:23
Chapter 20 Imogen 09:11
CHAPTER 21 18:48
Chapter 22 Dorothea 06:47
Chapter 23 Imogen 16:03
CHAPTER 24 05:05
Chapter 25 Alison 05:44
Chapter 26 Imogen 17:01
Chapter 27 Dorothea 11:40
Chapter 28 Imogen 18:35
Chapter 29 Maisie 04:48
Chapter 30 Imogen 12:26
Chapter 31 Dorothea 06:35
Chapter 32 Imogen 06:51
CHAPTER 33 07:52
CHAPTER 34 08:18
CHAPTER 35 12:41
Chapter 36 Dorothea 06:47
Chapter 37 Imogen 13:55
Chapter 38 Alison 20:04
Chapter 39 Imogen 09:05
Chapter 40 Dorothy 06:37
Chapter 41 Imogen 07:22
CHAPTER 42 07:43
CHAPTER 43 13:59
Chapter 44 Dorothy 10:39
Chapter 45 Imogen 14:02
CHAPTER 46 15:41
CHAPTER 47 10:39
Chapter 48 Aiden 01:59
Chapter 49 Imogen 11:37
CHAPTER 50 05:32
Chapter 51 Dorothy 07:12
Chapter 52 Imogen 04:50
CHAPTER 53 11:30
CHAPTER 54 11:45
CHAPTER 55 03:22
CHAPTER 56 15:52
CHAPTER 57 03:08
CHAPTER 58 13:03
Chapter 59 Rene 03:58
Chapter 60 Imogen 15:52
Chapter 61 Dorothy 05:22

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