The Game You Played Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Anni Taylor (Author), Zindzi Okenyo (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

4.3 10,942 ratings

See all formats and editions

Amazon Price

New from

Used from

Kindle Edition

"Please retry"

$6.70

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

Paperback

"Please retry"

$22.12

$17.70

Kindle Edition
$0.00 This title and over 4 million more available with Kindle Unlimited $6.70 to buy
Audiobook
$0.00 Free with your Audible trial
Paperback
$22.12

2 Used from $17.70 1 New from $22.12 1 Collectible from $91.07

It's a blindingly hot summer. International visitors surge into Sydney's Darling Harbour. Two-year-old Tommy is sailing his toy boat in the park there with his mother Phoebe. Tommy vanishes into thin air. The following winter, taunting notes written as nursery rhymes begin arriving at his parents' home.

Little Boy Blue, where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know...

The police believe the messages are just a cruel prank. But Phoebe becomes obsessed with tracking down the writer of the rhymes. Her marriage ends up shattering.

When the shocking identity of the writer is discovered, Phoebe's desperate race for the truth has only just begun.

Listening Length

13 hours and 41 minutes
Author

Anni Taylor
Narrator

Zindzi Okenyo
Audible release date

Sept. 6 2022
Language

English
Publisher

Audible Studios
ASIN

B0B94HSRJX
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
See all details

Your complimentary audiobook is waiting

Free trial includes 1 credit in your first month good for any title of your choice, yours to keep.
Plus, you can enjoy unlimited listening to The Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts, and audiobooks.
You'll unlock exclusive member-only sales, as well as 30% off your purchases of any additional titles.
After 30 days Audible is $14.95/month + applicable taxes. Renews automatically.

Learn more about membership

Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company

List Price: $26.95

You Save: $3.37 (13%)

By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions Of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.

Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company

People who bought this also bought

Page 1 of 1Start OverPage 1 of 1

Before He Finds Her
Michael Kardos
3,258
Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
One Good Lie
Jane Isaac
453
Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
The Perfect Family Man
M. M. DeLuca
1,986
Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
The Lost Ones: A Novel
Sheena Kamal
371
Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
When He's Not Here
Carrie Magillen
2,962
Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial

Related to this topic

Page 1 of 1Start OverPage 1 of 1

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
136,194
in Business Processes & Infrastructure

Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
7,931
in LGBTQ2S+ Nonfiction

Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
Spare
Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
69,536
in Royalty Biographies

Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson
72,592
in Ethics & Morality

Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1
J.K. Rowling
108,185
in Children's Books on School

Audible Audiobook
$0.00 Free with Audible trial

Product details

Listening Length	13 hours and 41 minutes
Author	Anni Taylor
Narrator	Zindzi Okenyo
Audible.ca Release Date	September 06 2022
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0B94HSRJX
Best Sellers Rank	#62,423 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,430 in Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #3,933 in Psychological Thrillers (Books) #4,143 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5

10,942 global ratings

5 star		51%
4 star		33%
3 star		12%
2 star		3%
1 star		2%

How are ratings calculated?

Top reviews from Canada

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

polly

Where are you

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 26, 2023

Verified Purchase

Where is Tommy ? Little Tommy goes missing.This is the story of the struggles to find him.A good read.A standalone story.

Helpful

Margaret Bergshoeff

A good pandemic read.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 18, 2022

Verified Purchase

Finished it in 2 sessions. Some aspects of the plot are a bit implausible, but still it was absorbing.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

FPerry

It comes close

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 22, 2018

Verified Purchase

The book comes close at times to being a very good thriller, but falls short in a few areas. Believability is one... a bit too many unlikely situations that get explained after the fact, if at all (like how Tommy was in a chamber on Luke's boat when they set sail--and if he was, why Pria would leave the key in the lock). Thrillers need to be tight and fast moving. This story was far too complex, like it was being plotted as the author went along. Up until about the 60% mark, it had satisfactory believability, but seemed to flounder after that. Not satisfying at the end. Too many explanations.

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Kindle Customer

You'll Never Guess this Ending

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 31, 2020

Verified Purchase

Very well written suspenseful story line with twist and turns to keep you guessing till the end of the book. This is the first time I have read this author but if the rest of work is this good,she's got a real fan in me. Anni Taylor is a real master of gas lighting her characters and breaking down their self and self worth.

Helpful

Amazon Customer

Best Read of 2021!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 1, 2022

Verified Purchase

This book keeps you on the edge of your seat. So many twists and turns. Loved it!!

Helpful

Susan Janes

Great page turner

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 15, 2021

Verified Purchase

I couldn't put this book down. The characters are well drawn. Love the story being told from two viewpoints. It kept you guessing as to who was the villain and what was real

Helpful

Nolyhan

Great read.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 30, 2020

Verified Purchase

I enjoyed this book, it grabbed me and was hard to put down. Twists and turns that I didn't expect.

Helpful

Kindle Customer

Good book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 19, 2020

Verified Purchase

Really enjoyed the book. Found it interesting and very riveting. Kept me guessing all the way through. I still think the main character could have used some more therapy

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Anne

Chilling with some good twists

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 27, 2016

Verified Purchase

This is the first of her books I have read and I can safely say it kept me gripped. I agree with the psychological thriller the basis of the story is the kidnap of a two year old child and how the mother is implemented in this. I won't give anything else away as this is truly worth a read I liked the way the chapters were told as the individual characters story which made the book flow well. I got so hooked that I got to 70% of the book read on my kindle and couldn't stop till I'd finished it. It's written so that you can imagine yourself in the scenarios of the chapters and has some nice little twists that surprise you but make the story very addictive. Great ending too if you like edge of your seat thrillers the last few chapters will more than keep you hooked. Characters are believable and you find yourself empathising with the mother. Can't wait to read her other books.

18 people found this helpful

Sarah H.

Over all not a bad read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 9, 2022

Verified Purchase

I really liked the look of the cover and description for The Game You Played as it sounded like the type of read I would usually love.

The story starts off well with little Tommy playing happily with his parents Luke and Phoebe watching on. Within minutes of Luke going off to get them all ice creams and Phoebe taking her eye off her son for literally seconds, Tommy disappears. We are then fast forwarded to six months later and the story flicks between Luke and Phoebe and we see how their son going missing has affected them both. As we get to know them better, we start to see the cracks between their relationship.

Overall this isn't a bad read, I just found parts slightly unbelievable and parts to do with Phoebe almost felt frenzied and I found myself struggling to keep hold of where the story was going. There are a few twists which help to keep you turning the pages but this wasn't a standout psychological thriller for me.

AmyJaneandCo

Toxic environments have an effect...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 27, 2022

Verified Purchase

I enjoyed this. A story of a boy gone missing and the after effect it had on the parents. Rather than being a crime novel this was about the parents. The portrayal of mental illness was worrisome in its cliches, but not badly handled considering. I enjoyed the part about Phoebe, and how she uses her acting skills in social situations, and also her memory lapses. I think that would have been a more interesting story perhaps? Unravelling herself rather than there being a third element at play. The whole gang is very toxic, parents on down so it is no wonder there are lots of mental health problems! I would definitely read something by this author again.

Lynda Kelly

Starts Slow But Stick With It

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 15, 2017

Verified Purchase

A new author to me and I downloaded this as a freebie. It has a lovely cover as well.
Now, for me, it started very slowly and I did almost pack it in a few times as I was getting a bit bored but then it woke up and it all happened. So do stick with it. There are so many twists 'n' turns and things happening all around you just don't guess at !! I was shocked a few times in it and pretty much every direction I just "knew" it was heading we learn it isn't ! We learn lots about all the characters featured as we go along and see a lot of different versions as to what might or might not have happened on the day Tommy disappeared. Most intriguing. Those you think you know you find you don't at all, etc...
She did have a really odd repeated mistake all the way through, only on the very odd occasion getting it correct and that was writing "i'll" or "i've" with no capital letter. Someone should've spotted this !! There were a few missed apostrophes as well. Then Dickenson written instead of Dickensian, mcdonald's and not MacDonald's and for some reason she capitalised Black when she wrote Black American !
I did find it got a little laboured with all the constant weather checks all the way through then toward the end everything seemed to be getting a bit too rushed. However, I enjoyed it and was pleased I stuck with it and will certainly read more by her.

5 people found this helpful

ms_ling_69

Keeps you fully immersed and on edge of your seat.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 27, 2016

Verified Purchase

Lately I've become more into these psychological thrillers. This is the first novel that I've read by Anni Taylor and I know it won't be the last. I loved it and couldn't read it fast enough. Even after working a 15 hour day I couldn't put this book down.

It kept me captivated in the storyline and on edge through parts of it. It fully immersed me in the plot and the characters are so well written. I don't want to give any of the plot away but this book wasn't what I expected. The twists and turns actually left me gasping and scared at times. It sent shivers down my spine.

The characters are very well written and reminds you that human beings are complex creatures. It's not all black and white. We're by and large multi faceted. Do we really know another person well? Do we even know ourselves?

This is a story that will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions. I would definitely recommend it and already have done to family and friends!

7 people found this helpful

See all reviews

Amazon Music Stream millions of songs	Amazon Advertising Find, attract and engage customers	Amazon Business Everything for your business	Amazon Drive Cloud storage from Amazon	Amazon Web Services Scalable Cloud Computing Services

Book Depository Books With Free Delivery Worldwide	Goodreads Book reviews & recommendations	IMDb Movies, TV & Celebrities	Amazon Photos Unlimited Photo Storage Free With Prime	Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands

Warehouse Deals Open-Box Discounts	Whole Foods Market We Believe in Real Food	Amazon Renewed Like-new products you can trust	Blink Smart Security for Every Home

The Game You Played Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Included with free trial $0.00$0.00

Buy with 1-Click $23.58$23.58

Most popular

People who bought this also bought

Related to this topic

Product details

Customer reviews

Top reviews from Canada

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

Included with free trial

$0.00

Buy with 1-Click

$23.58