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Poison Orchids: A darkly compelling psychological thriller by [Sarah A. Denzil, Anni Taylor]

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Poison Orchids: A darkly compelling psychological thriller Kindle Edition

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Two broke young backpackers are grateful to find fruitpicking work at a farm, but something seems very strange about the owner and his workers.

Backpackers Gemma and Hayley hitchhike for days to make it to the remote Llewellyn Farm. The owner, Tate Llewellyn, welcomes them in. Kind and charismatic, Tate seems to spend most of his time cultivating rare orchids in his greenhouse.

The weeks go on, a blur of fruit-picking, parties, campfires and wading beneath waterfalls in the nearby hot springs. Tate calls the girls his orchids...his pretty orchids...

Until the night the girls find themselves on a dark highway, bruised and bloodied.

How did everything go so wrong?

Senior Detective Bronwen McKay and psychologist Megan Arlotti question the terrified girls. But Hayley and Gemma are telling two very different stories of what happened to them over the past three months.

Which story is the truth and what are the girls afraid to tell?

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A dark, compelling new thriller from best-selling authors Sarah A. Denzil and Anni Taylor --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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Anni Taylor lives on The Central Coast, north of Sydney, Australia, with her partner and four boys. THE GAME YOU PLAYED is her debut thriller novel. Previously, she was a Features' Writer and Community Manager for Fairfax Media, Australia. She also writes young adult fiction under the name, Anya Allyn.

Aimee Horne is an Australian actress, voice artist and NIDA graduate. Her work includes national and international campaigns, television series', movies and audiobooks. A solid background in singing and acting helps Aimee bring depth, resonance and character to every audiobook she narrates. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07RQ1BD3Q
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 404 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 39,925 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 3,595 in Crime Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- 5,078 in Suspense Thrillers
- 10,426 in Thrillers (Books)

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ANNI TAYLOR lives on The Central Coast, north of Sydney, Australia, with her partner and four boys. Her thriller novels include The Game You Played, The Six, Stranger in the Woods, Poison Orchids and One Last Child. Previously, she was a Features' Writer and Community Manager for Fairfax Media, Australia.
She also writes young adult fiction under the name, ANYA ALLYN.
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Sarah A. Denzil
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Sarah A. Denzil is a British suspense writer from Derbyshire. Her books include SILENT CHILD, which has topped the kindle charts in the UK and Australia, as well as being a top ten Amazon bestseller in the US. SAVING APRIL and THE BROKEN ONES are both top thirty bestsellers in the US and UK Amazon charts.
Sarah lives in Yorkshire with her partner, enjoying the scenic countryside and rather unpredictable weather. She loves to write moody, psychological books about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
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Paula MacG.

I loved every word of it - I tried not to read it too fast so I could enjoy it for longer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2019

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When I saw Anni Taylor had a new book coming out I pre-ordered it without even reading the blurb. I am a fan of this brilliant author, and have read everything she has published. I was very interested to see that she had collaborated with Sarah A. Denzil and curious as to how it would work.
I was not disappointed, the plot was unusual and well written - I tried guessing what was going to happen next, but the intrigue just kept me guessing.
I think it was a little darker then Anni's previous stories, not in a 'blood and guts' way, but in a psychological way.
I loved every word of it - I tried not to read it too fast so I could enjoy it for longer!

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Bookworm

Dreadful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2019

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Very boring after a promising start. I think this book may be written for teenagers. The characters are one dimensional and you couldn’t care less about them. Dialogue wooden and childish. The story is completely implausible and I’m afraid I gave up just over halfway through. One of the worst I have read. Don’t bother with this.

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I Didn't Believe It

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2020

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I downloaded this on the back of Anni Taylor being the co-author. I've read 2 by her and they were 4* whereas I've read 1 by Sarah Denzil before which was also 2*. I got as far as 12% into this one and packed it in. Again, as with her last one it just doesn't ring true and Anni Taylor hasn't managed to pull it back from the brink, either, for me.
The girls themselves were annoying me. Both told different stories of the preceding three months so one was lying, and one was saying how hot it had been one minute, then that she'd been freezing. Then, in her next interview she says she has no memory but then goes on to describe a barn and its padlock, etc.....which made it all pretty irritating reading for me. Then we hear that Tate, the young millionaire wanted to make the world a better place......so he grows orchids.....hmmmm.......I'd seen enough by then. It just didn't ring true for me.
The forensic bods had been through the suspect's house yet hadn't removed a dubious video from a machine, either, so that was something else I didn't believe would happen.
I was pleased Joe bothered about the birds in the aviary as nobody else seemed concerned.
I didn't happen upon any spelling mistakes which was good but think I'll pass on her books in future. They always sound interesting, but I think are more for young adults.

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Father Ted

"Twisted"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2019

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A terrific idea for a story which had more twists and turns than a switchback ride. Relating the tale through the different characters was clever because in the case of the two young girls, both were economical with the truth and the reader didn't learn the reasons for that until much later in the book. Neither did Megan. The problem with so many threads to follow things can get confusing. From about three-quarters of the way through I felt the story lost the impact it promised at the outset. Reading the excerpts of the individual author's next offerings the character-led chapters are retained. Once, it can work like a charm, to use the device constantly makes everything too formulaic. Poison Orchids was a good read, but not quite good enough to hit the five target.

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Shelby

Good psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2022

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So I’m never going backpacking around the world. Like ever. This book shows exactly what can happen when a young girl by herself says yes to the kindness of strangers. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. In this case, it didn’t. It truly takes a good book to be able to stump me but this is exactly what poison orchids did. Usually I’m good at figuring out psychological novels and mysteries having studied psychology and sociology for 6 years. But this book truly had me stumped from the very beginning, especially with how different their stories were as I couldn’t comprehend what the truth could be with the girls varying statements. Halfway through the book, things did seem a little clearer and I thought I had it all sussed out. But for once, I was mistaken and the twist as to who the accomplice actually was threw me off altogether. Started this last night and finished it off this morning. One of those books that I couldn’t put down and had to sacrifice sleep for because I needed to know what the truth was. So glad I chose this book. I like the whole synopsis of a cult and how easy it is to get sucked into something that seems peaceful and calm on the top but underneath lies sinister intentions.
I like the idea of laboratory experiments because truly the r don’t know if science could actually do this. We’ve come a long way since the Victorian times and the idea of what happens in this book could easily be something quite easy to achieve. I liked the lies and the secrets. The idea that the mind is fragile and can be easily warped and memories altered. That we can convince ourselves that something didn’t happen and convince ourselves something else happened instead. Which again links back to, just exactly what is a human being and science truly capable of if given the chance?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2019

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Brilliant book, this is the third I've read from these authors. The storyline keeps you guessing & has many twists & turns but does so in a way that you can keep up with them. Real page turners.

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Like many of us, sags in the middle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 May 2022

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Two young women, each involved in the same road accident, have different memories of where they’ve been and what’s happened to them. Police, and a psychologist, try to discover the truth. This investigation leads back to the mango farm where the girls have been fruit picking. The place, though outwardly calm and friendly, holds a thread of tension that builds as the story progresses. I loved the idea, though I felt the central section, going back to the girls’ time at the farm, began to sag a little. It needn’t have been as long as it was. However, altogether, a story that kept me reading, and an ending that I enjoyed.

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