The Mother
Written by Jaime Raven
Narrated by Genevieve Swallow and Kris Dyer
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
I’ve taken your daughter, as punishment for what you did …
Prepare to be gripped by the heart-stopping new thriller from the author of The Madam.
South London detective Sarah Mason is a single mother. It’s a tough life, but Sarah gets by. She and her ex-husband, fellow detective Adam Boyd, adore their 15-month-old daughter Molly.
Until Sarah’s world falls apart when she receives a devastating threat: Her daughter has been taken, and the abductor plans to raise Molly as their own, as punishment for something Sarah did.
Sarah is forced to stand back while her team try to track down the kidnapper. But her colleagues aren’t working fast enough to find Molly. To save her daughter, Sarah must take matters into her own hands, in a desperate hunt that will take her to the very depths of London’s underworld.
Jaime Raven
Jaime Raven is a full-time author living in Southampton UK. Jaime spends some of his time writing at his second home on Spain’s Costa Calida. He has three daughters. He was born in London and grew up in the gritty streets of Peckham where his family were well known street traders.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Edwards explores motherhood, specifically mothers of sons, through an incident of fatal violence between two older teens. The novel begins just as the trial is set to start. Marcia, mother of the victim, feels compelled to be present at the trial because she owes it to her son. Her husband refuses to go so Marcia relies on her sister and other friends for support. She hopes the trial will finally answer some of her questions and bring a sense of closure. Marcia's anger, frustration, and sorrow are palpable as the trial forces her to acknowledge her own failings as a mother. But there's plenty of blame to go around, not the least of which is the murderer and his mother who show a remarkable lack of concern about the case. This contemporary story explores many issues but the writing is compelling and easy to read. Thought-provoking literary fiction that is surprisingly a page-turner.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Marcia’s son Ryan has been murdered, and the trial of the accused killer is finally starting. In the months leading up to the trial, Marcia’s life has unraveled. She is physically a wreck, nearly a walking skeleton. Her husband can’t cope with the loss of their son and distances himself from her emotionally. As she searches for answers as to why this accused boy murdered her son, the reader becomes acquainted with the life the accused led and how the paths of the victim and the killer became entangled. The author paints a compelling story of how some young men want to help people while others kill with seemingly no reason or thought or remorse. Good character development adds much to the depth of this novel.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book looks at how the stabbing death of 16-year-old Ryan affects all those around him, especially his mother Marcia. This book takes us through the arrest of another black teen and concludes at the end of the trial. However, throughout we see the effects Ryan’s murder has upon his parents’ marriage, the girl he was involved with and other members of his family and community. The author looks at race, poverty and abuse in this moving tale that shows just how random life can be and what a waste of two lives such actions bring about.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mother opens on the first day of Tyson Manley's murder trial. The story is told by Marcia Williams, mother of Ryan, the boy Tyson is accused of killing and she relates the details of the trial, along with some of what happened just before.It's quite an unusual story in that respect, but it also deals with Marcia's feelings both about the loss of her son and about the trial. It took me a little getting into, but at around the half way point I started to get quite engrossed in it. I found it quite easy to feel empathy with Marcia and her husband, Lloydie, in what is ultimately a very sad story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mother is Marcia Williams, and her sixteen-year-old son Ryan has recently been murdered. She is attending the trial of his accused killer, Tyson Manley. As the trial proceeds, we watch Marcia deal with her feelings about her son, her husband Lloydie who is unable to attend the trial, the accused and his own mother and the young woman who seems to be the link between Tyson and Ryan. It's a bit unusual as the main setting is a court room, but the story isn't really about the trial or the crime. Rather, it's a story about motherhood and the doubts so many of us have about whether we are doing the right things for our children. It's also a commentary on race and violence in modern society. Very well done.