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  • Guard Her with Your Life

  • By: Joy Ellis
  • Narrated by: Tom Bateman
  • Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (1,053 ratings)

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Guard Her with Your Life

By: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Tom Bateman
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Summary

A gripping new standalone thriller from the bestselling author of the Jackman and Evans series.

Detective Sam Helsdown hasn’t seen his daughter Zoe in two years and he’s excited and more than a little nervous to be at the airport picking her up for a visit. She’s 10 years old and has flown on her own for the first time.

Flight BA631 from Athens has already landed and soon a trickle of people begins entering Arrivals. Among them is a little girl who runs towards him, head down, and throws herself into his arms saying ‘Daddy!’.

But then he looks at her properly. This is not Zoe. This is not his daughter.

Shortly afterwards Sam receives a phone call from his ex, Julia. ‘Help will come. Until then, guard her with your life.’

Soon unknown enemies are closing in and Sam must risk everything to keep this girl safe – whilst trying to discover her true identity.

©2022 Joy Ellis (P)2023 Audible, Ltd
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Enjoyable but not outstanding

Listened to the end because it was an engaging story. A good listen whilst cooking.
Narrator good.

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Not to her usual standard

It was OK but not to her usual standard. Rather unbelievable storyline that took ages to develop into an understandable one which was rather contrived and totally unbelievable!
I didn’t like the narration - far too much like he was whispering conspiratorially.

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Really good short listen

I got sucked in from the beginning, no messing around straight to the good bits. Enjoyable short listen. Recommend. Emotional plot twist at the end.

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gripping

had me griped from start to finish brilliant short story will definitely will be looking for more from this author.

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Great read

Having read/listened to other Joy Ellis books this doesn’t disappoint, wondering if there will be more?

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Kept you guessing

Really enjoyed this it kept you guessing and found had to listen to it all the time to see what was happening

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Wonderful

Enjoyed every moment of the story.
A lot different from the previous Joy Ellis.thank you,

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Not Joy Ellis's best :-(

I love Joy's Jackman and Evans and Nikki Galena series, but felt that this one fell a bit short of the mark. The plot was just too far fetched, especially in comparison to Joy's other books which are all very plausible. The characters were interesting but too under developed.

I did enjoy Tom Bateman's narration though!

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Great

Great plot and narration - highly recommended - would like a sequel if at all possible please

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unbelievable story line

from the word go the storyline was difficult to accept. the drama and tension was good. the ending came quick and some of the characters could have been developed further .

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