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Synopsis
Captivatingly read by Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner, and Oscar nominee, Jessie Buckley ( Hamnet, Wicked Little Letters ) and featuring a foreword read by Harry Whittaker. This audiobook also includes a song composed and performed for this edition. Falling in love could be the biggest risk of all . . . A captivating tale of love and loss, set on the wild coast of Ireland and in glamorous 1960s London. From Lucinda Riley, the internationally bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series. ‘I adored it’ – Santa Montefiore, author of Shadows in the Moonlight When Sorcha O’Donovan encounters struggling musician Con Daly – the strikingly handsome outcast in their small village on West Cork’s windswept coastline – her days will never be the same. Con strikes gold with rock band The Fishermen in London, but their lives change beyond recognition as the dark side of fame rears its head and secrets from the past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. Twenty years later, The Fishermen agree to re-form for the Music for Life charity concert at Wembley Stadium. But Con has been missing for more than a decade. There’s only one person who can find out what happened; only one person who knows how vital it is to uncover the truth. Because should Con Daly reappear before the facts emerge, then history could repeat itself with even more tragic consequences . . . ‘I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough’ – Karen Swan, author of The Stolen Hours Lucinda Riley wrote The Last Love Song as Lucinda Edmonds, now reworked and revived by Harry Whittaker, Lucinda’s son and co-author of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt .
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Is The Last Love Song: A gripping mystery of music, fame, and a rock star's disappearance from the bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This romance mystery involves a rock star's disappearance, the dark side of fame, and secrets from the past that threaten tragic consequences. Some mild romantic content and themes of loss.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include grief, abandonment, and secrets (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will be drawn into this sweeping tale of love, music stardom, and a decades-old mystery.