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An Absolute Scandal

Money makes a powerful world - until it all comes crashing down

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An Absolute Scandal

By: Penny Vincenzi
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
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There's nothing like the contentment and security that money can bring. That's how it is for Lucinda, Elizabeth and Flora, living the risk-free dream in the glittering eighties. Houses, holidays, happiness - everything is there for the taking.

The financial slide comes crashing into their lives with a vengeance, and everything they've built up so carefully dissolves into a pool of hopelessness, taking self-respect and relationships with it. Now, the secrets will out and within a year, someone will be dead.

AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL is a searing portrait of wealthy living, and the highs - and lows - that come with it.©2007 Penny Vincenzi Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Feel-Good
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Praise for AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL: 'Buy on a Friday, get home, turn off the phone and emerge on Monday replete with a tale well told. Guilty pleasures? We certainly all have them and this is better than most'
'The bonkbuster is definitely on the rise again as fiction gets chunkier and glossier. But despite stiff competition from a new vanguard of younger and arguably hipper writers, there's one name that continues to reign supreme, Penny Vincenzi'
'This is a big book and a terrifically entertaining one. It's also highly addictive'
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Penny Vincenzi has hit the spot with this light and sensitive work - I enjoyed listening to her book over 10 years ago - Almost a Crime and I totally enjoyed that book - it was light - easy to follow - and a damn good story - well - this one is too, and what a fabulous choice of reader - Jilly Bond is so good at those posh 80's voices - you are positively thrown back to the time! - when you have had enough of the heavy going books and just want something that is not too demanding on the ear - go for this one - she writes really well, lovely English, beautiful story and I would highly recommend as an in between book for those who like to read the hard, heavy, have to think a lot about books - its just whats needed in the middle. Good work Penny Vincenzi, looking forward to some more.

Fluffly, light, listenableness!!!!!

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I want to hear Jilly Bond’s voice and so I chose this after listening to the sample - and without knowing what to expect…
I can only describe “An Absolute Scandal” as masterful. I wanted more at every chapter, the twists and turns were absolutely delicious and the characters were layered and complex. Absolutely sensational!

What a treat!

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Absolutely brilliant book, fantastic narrator in jilly bond. Really got lost in the story
Felt that I knew all the characters

Superb!

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Extremely entertaining read. Kept my attention to last word.
Penny Vincenzi crafts her characters so expertly that I was sorry when I reached the end of the book. I felt I was saying goodbye to friends that I cared deeply about.

Excellent

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An excellent story easy to follow characters. Some twist and turns that keep you engaged.

Only downside is narrater can’t really do male voices - they all sound the same. Just get a man to share narration.

Overall I would recommend this book.

Classic Vincenzi

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