Day of the Accident

By: Nuala Ellwood

Narrated by: Tara Fitzgerald

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

Critic reviews

A stunning book. Compelling, unsettling and powerful (C. L. Taylor)

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

Memorable, jaw-dropping

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

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

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. (Carolyn Jess-Cooke)

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

Gripping, engrossing and surprising at every turn (Rowan Coleman)

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

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

I enjoyed it. could have been better but good

As always there will be no spoilers in my reviews 😃. I was interested and slightly intrigued but I did figure out one part of plot but not entirely
I was surprised at a few things. Narration was Very Good. Tara didn't dissapoint perfect time and pace. will look for her narrating other book. I say it all the time A bad narrator can ruin a great book. authors need to be more aware of the impact it makes. I'd be happy to take that job. give me a five min or less I'll tell you whether you have a good narrator. all narrator have a listen to Imogen Church imo she top of the game. this narrator was new to me. but did very well

Great mystery and suspense, something missing

Couldn't put it down in my desire for the answers! But l didn't enjoy the story itself very much.

Book review

Great book, loved it!! There are times when you gasp!! Don't believe what people are capable of.

Riveting

What a riveting book.
I was held from the first sentence to the last.
The narrator was perfect.

Riveting Read

This book grasped my full attention from the first few sentences. I went through all sorts of machinations when attempting to solve the puzzle! I had never read Ms. Ellwood until this book and will certainly go back and read whatever she has written

The reader was par excellence! Marvelous voice and her interpretations of the different characters was simply perfect.