This was a unique thriller for me. A 12 year old convinced of murdering her best friend?! But the reporter is the only one who thinks she’s innocent?! I was hooked instantly. I enjoyed the entire 7 hours of this book.

I highly recommend this book as a fast paced thriller that is binge worthy.

The narrator, Zoe Mills, was a good narrator. I appreciate an English accent, and all of her different voices for each character!

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for the audiobook of Girl on the News!

The Girl on the News by Elisabeth Carpenter and narrated by Zoe Mills was a totally compelling and twist-filled psychological thriller and I enjoyed listening to this audiobook, The narrator Zoe was superb and was excellent from start to finish. This was a audiobook I had to listen to all day as it was so addictive. So glad the weather was horrible outside. The Girl in the news was cleverly written by Elisabeth and I loved the way this story unfolded, with plenty of dark secrets, lots of twists and turns to keep you hooked and interested, hence why I found it hard to press pause/stop.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture audiobook.

Sorry it's very late I am playing catch up I am very grateful for all my books/audiobooks I have been given to read and listen to...

I enjoyed this lesson about a 12 year-old girl who was convicted of murdering her best friend. The first half of the book was a bit of a slow burn and part was a little bit confusing however it all came together in the last quarter of the book and this part of the book was by Father the best I couldn’t stop listening and was invested to know how it would all turn out. Overall a good listen with a good narration although I do feel the beginning was a bit slow and I did find that my mind wondered a bit.

It took me some time to get pulled into this book. The pacing was quite slow at the start. However, by about the halfway point, it picked up and became increasingly suspenseful. I was keen to know what was going to happen next.

There were also many characters introduced throughout the story and various timelines. It was difficult to keep track while listening to the audiobook as I wasn't able to flip back to previous chapters for context. I think it would've been easier to follow reading the ebook.

The publisher description was enticing, but it took most of the story to get to the promised content. The ending was predictable and somewhat of a letdown. I was expecting a "didn't see it coming" twist, but I didn't get that. For these reasons, this audiobook was just a so-so read for me, although there are other readers who liked it much more than I did. I would suggest checking out their reviews.

The audio performance was dynamic and kept me engaged.

Thank you #NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for an audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

The Girl on the News by Elisabeth Carpenter
(Narrated by Zoe Mills)

Fast-paced, promising and intriguing thriller. I loved the story setting which kept me guess in what’s next.

The story was not only about kidnapping, it’s about secrets were going to be revealed. Living in the dark and worrying. The book was smartly written to keep readers hooked. The narrator had a great voice and pace to let the character alive!

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for my copy.

Pub date: Jan 29, 2024

Good read. I liked the writing style. It kept my attention and had likable and interesting characters. Good plot twists. I would recommend it to my bookish friends.

A very drawn out tale, with all the answers in the last chapter, it seemed to take ages to get to the solution.
Characters were good and loved the audio version- great narrator.

The Girl on the News was a great read by Elisabeth Carpenter. The headlines read 'Missing girl believed kidnapped'. A young mother sees a picture of her daughter, Mia, underneath the headline. But Mia is safe beside her and she knows that her past is coming back to haunt her. She knows that someone must have uncovered who she really is and the accusations she faced as a child. Then Mia is taken from a playground and her world collapses. I enjoyed reading this book and cant wait to read more by the author.

A creative and reliable thriller. '*It's a believable story. I can see this really happening.
I consider this book creative, as the author combined the narrative with the interviews that Sadi collected over almost 30 years to find out who killed her niece.
This story is about poor 12 year old Rosie who was in the wrong place when they found her best friend's body. She paid for a crime she didn't commit, and even almost 30 years later she still has no peace.
The only thing to point out is that the cover has a phrase that refers to a different type of book, I really liked it, but I was expecting something different.

I listened to the audio version of this book. It is perhaps telling, that as I come to write a review, just a week after finishing it, I can remember very little apart from how annoying the narrated version was to listen to. There are parts of the book recorded interview style with initials given for each person in the interview room. Reading this would not be a problem but listening was really annoying. It's hard to explain this unless you have listened in. The plot is less of a psychological thriller, more a sad story of misjustice which occurred many years previously. There is a lot of jumping around in time frames and with one narrator it is hard to distinguish who is who. I found myself annoyed by some of the inconsistencies and to make the misjustice happen, the police lapse in procedures is appalling; frankly to the point of unrealistic. Having said all that, I did finish the book and would not say it was not worth listening if you need a distraction whilst doing a mundane task.

Good read, decently quick read as well. I think I'll recommend it to some of my friends who like this vibe

I found this one all a bit confusing. The story didn't seem to match up with how it was described by the title, the blurb and even the cover of the book - it was vaguely a psychological thriller but it was more about family relationships, and the ending left me bewildered and not really sure what it was all about - why certain people had acted the way they did at the time, and why things were stirred up again now. Most of the book was pretty slow until right at the end when everything came out, and I think that must have been where my attention waned and I lost track of what was going on, rather than the book not making much sense. Without giving away too much about the plot of the book, I can't understand why police and juries came to the conclusion that they did about the original murder. Even if I can accept that in real life serial killers have been overlooked because the police have simply failed to make the obvious connection away between the crimes, surely it must have been obvious that a 12 year old girl couldn't have killed another 12 year old in that manner, even if she was found at the scene of the crime? I don't know. There is just an awful lot about this story that makes no sense.

Woah, this was a wild ride and I'm still left with questions. I listened to about 50% of this book, mentioned it to a friend and she decided to purchase the audio. I started over to 'buddy read' it with her. I missed several clues on the first listen and just a few parts in general.
I liked the interview style of writing and the back-and-forth timeline and POV. It did make it confusing but once pieces fell into place and I figured out who was who, it helped. As i said it left me with several questions, but I think it was supposed to.

This was a very fast-paced read and makes for a great buddy read or book club. It leaves a lot to discuss throughout the book.

The story was a unique storyline with many twisted character stories that intertwined. The story is fast paced and the narration by Zoe Mills is excellent. Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for a chance to read and review this book in exchange for an honest review.

Audio version of this book 📕- A good storyline though I did find it a bit ‘Busy’ !! So many characters and story’s past and present got a bit hard to keep up with ! It might just be me being a little dumb but the title and front cover didn’t really seem to match the storyline 😬

The narrator was quite irritating at times when trying to do male characters, she put on an annoying voice that was really off putting.

Narrator zoe Mills
For me not the best audiobook of Elizabeths, that I've listened too. It was quite slow at the start and picked up in the middle and ended ok.
The narrator wasn't brilliant either, it was hard to distinguish who was who.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for allowing me an advance audio to listen to.

I will say from the get-go that. I think the book itself deserves a lot more credit than the audio of the book. I listened to the audio and it was very confusing with the time jumps and transitions. It is a good story, but the audio needs some help. I listened to a ton of audiobooks and there is a way to do the transitions easily for the reader. Good story though.

This one was kinda on the slower side. This is the story of Jessie who around the anniversary of her childhood best friend's murder starts to experience weird happenings with life and she can't explain what is going on. Jessie was convicted of murdering her friend because her friend's mother saw her screaming over her friend's body and was convicted that she murdered her friend. Jessie after being released changed her name and moved away from her old neighborhood so that she would not be easily recognized and then one day her mother calls her freaking out about a post on social media. The post started with Jessie's daughter being missing from school, while Jessie is freaking out and her mother is freaking out Jessie's daughter is safe and sound. Sadie is a reporter who believes Jessie is telling the truth about not murdering her friend, but she is also a reporter. After the social media post, Jessie hides at her mom's house with her daughter and she teams up with Sadie to find out what actually happened all those years ago and who killed her friend and the girls from then until now!
Wow, this was a great listen! The narrator was awesome and the story was intriguing enough to keep my attention and the story kept me on the edge of my seat! Thank you Bookouture Audio for the listen I loved it! Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to listen and review this one!

I did not get to enjoy the book much, as I must say the format is not ideal for it according to me. The incessant change of narrator and the interview format in some chapters, made it difficult to follow through, especially at the beginning of the story. It took me about a third of the book, to really figure out who's who, and that is too much to get really interested in any story. I did not especially enjoy the accent the narrator did, though I understand the necessity to tell the different characters apart.

So what is the story about? According to the pitch, it is all about the news that Mia Donovan has gone missing, though she is still with her mother, until she goes missing for real. The story is actually way more about her mother's past, who has been accused of murder, while a young girl herself. I might have liked the story better, had the pitch been less provocative and more focused on what really matters.

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher of the book, for providing me with a free copy of this eBook in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to net galley and the publisher for this book. I picked this book up cause the blurb of the book sounding so incredibly and interesting to read but sadly that wasn’t the cause at all. I really didn’t like narrator she sounded off sounded so sympathetic and calm and you could tell all the characters apart but when you get to half way you can’t really understand what character the narrator is talking about sadly as it all gets mixed up. The story was so bland and so interesting I kept reading as I wanted to know what happend but the clues the author sprinkles into the book don’t match up to the real killer at all as there only in the last 10% of the book which I thought was a bit unrealistic and unfair to the main characters in this story. I didn’t really many of the characters at all in this book they were so dull and so boring they only characters I liked were Mia and Jesse cause of their mother daughter relationship and bond they have together and there the only two characters that hold this whole book together. I would be interested in reading more books by this author in the future just sadly this one wasn’t for me