Alys, Always: A superbly disquieting psychological thriller
Harriet Lane
Feb 2012 · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · Narrated by Clare Corbett
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Frances is a thirty-something sub-editor, an invisible production, drone on the books pages of the Questioner. Her routine and colourless existence is disrupted one winter evening when she happens upon the aftermath of a car crash and hears the last words of the driver, Alys Kyte.
When Alys's family makes contact in an attempt to find closure, Frances is given a tantalising glimpse of a very different world: one of privilege and possibility. The relationships she builds with the Kytes will have an impact on her own life, both professionally and personally, as Frances dares to wonder whether she might now become a player in her own right...
Read by Clare Corbett
(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group
When Alys's family makes contact in an attempt to find closure, Frances is given a tantalising glimpse of a very different world: one of privilege and possibility. The relationships she builds with the Kytes will have an impact on her own life, both professionally and personally, as Frances dares to wonder whether she might now become a player in her own right...
Read by Clare Corbett
(p) 2012 Orion Publishing Group
About the author
Harriet Lane has worked as an editor and staff writer at TATLER and the OBSERVER. She has also written for the GUARDIAN, the TELEGRAPH and VOGUE. She lives in north London.
Clare Corbett has had a successful career on stage, screen and radio. Theatre credits include 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' 'Pygmalion' and Spoonface Steinberg' and her TV credits include BBC's 'Spooks,' 'Fastnet' and 'Final Demand'. Winner of the prestigious Carleton Hobbs Radio Award, she has appeared in over 250 radio plays including 'Absolute Power' 'Venus and Adonis' and 'Dr Zhivago. Other voice work comprises of Aardman Animation's ' the planet sketch' and numerous audiobooks (children and adult); 'Poppy Shakespeare' 'Swallowing Grandma' and 'Child X'.
Clare Corbett has had a successful career on stage, screen and radio. Theatre credits include 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' 'Pygmalion' and Spoonface Steinberg' and her TV credits include BBC's 'Spooks,' 'Fastnet' and 'Final Demand'. Winner of the prestigious Carleton Hobbs Radio Award, she has appeared in over 250 radio plays including 'Absolute Power' 'Venus and Adonis' and 'Dr Zhivago. Other voice work comprises of Aardman Animation's ' the planet sketch' and numerous audiobooks (children and adult); 'Poppy Shakespeare' 'Swallowing Grandma' and 'Child X'.
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