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Platform Seven: From the writer of BBC smash hit drama 'Crossfire' Kindle Edition

by Louise Doughty (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 2,620 ratings
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OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD
'The perfect thriller.' Stylist
'Scarily plausible . . . desperately moving.' Guardian
'Gripping.' Good Housekeeping

The novel from Sunday Times bestselling author
Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can get.
What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge.
Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months - surely they're connected?
No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die . . .
Readers are gripped by Platform Seven:

***** 'Had me hooked from the start - a real page turner!'
***** 'Brilliant . . . punches you straight in heart.'
***** 'Amazing . . . A thriller with a difference!'
***** 'The best book I have read in along while'

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Louise Doughty is the author of eight novels, most recently Black Water, which was published in 2016 to critical acclaim in the UK and US, where it was nominated as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Her previous book was the Top Ten bestseller Apple Tree Yard, adapted for BBC One as a four-part series starring Emily Watson. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC. She lives in London.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07R25H1N3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber (August 20, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 20, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1488 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 414 pages
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 2,620 ratings

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Welcome to my Amazon page, where a middle-aged woman tries to work out how to upload photos and add links - with mixed success. If you're interested in further information, there is more about me than any reasonable person would want to know on my website, louisedoughty.com. For those who really aren't all that interested - here's the official biog below:

Louise Doughty is the author of nine novels, including the soon-to-be-published Platform Seven. She has also written one work of non-fiction and five plays for radio.Her most recent book, Black Water, is out now from Faber & Faber UK and Farrar Straus & Giroux in the US, where it was nominated as one of the New York Times Book Review Top 100 Notable Books of 2016.

Her previous book was the number one bestseller Apple Tree Yard. First published in 2013, it has sold over half a million copies in the UK alone and has been translated in thirty territories worldwide. A four-part TV adaptation with Emily Watson in the lead role was broadcast on Sunday nights on BBC1 in January 2017.

Doughty’s sixth novel, Whatever You Love, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has also won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC and has been the judge for many prizes and awards including the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award. She lives in London.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Brian Clewly Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Beware of psychopathic boyfriends!
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2019
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I loved this book, although it took me a few minutes to get past the premise (small spoiler) that the speaker was a ghost. But Ms. Doughty is such an accomplished writer that i persisted. I asked a woman friend ‘what would you do, if on a first date, a guy asked you ‘who’s texting you?’ She said she’d tell him to mind his own business. But our heroine doesn’t do that. She indulges his possessiveness. And that’s the brilliance of the writing: this is what an infatuated woman (or man) sometimes will do. The domestic scenes/rows are brilliantly crafted. As are the descriptions of a railway station at night. I could have done without the detours into the lives of some of the railway staff. As soon as we moved away from the doomed lovers, for me, momentum flagged. Otherwise: highly recommended.
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Trish
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful page-turning mystery - Loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021
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I loved this book on so many levels. The premise was intriguing and I had been looking forward to reading it for awhile. It did not disappoint. The author writes in a deeply thoughtful way that had me pondering life's big questions. It is also a page-turning entertaining read.
I figured out some of the twists and turns though others kept me guessing. There is a layer of sadness underpinning the story so maybe read it when you are in the right frame of mind. I even enjoyed the acknowledgements as I was curious as to how she had done the research.
Final note, as a Brit, I always appreciate books set in English towns.
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Stewart Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous narrative, gripping to the end
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020
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A magnificently well written book that kept me gripped to see it to the end. Such an unusual main character in Lisa. I felt such a warm bond with this ghost of a woman. I thought I would be dissapointed with the end, but the end was PERFECT. This is the 2nd book by Louise I have read in a row and now I am about to download Black Water. What a brilliant author...
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3.0 out of 5 stars Unusual and compelling
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020
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As may reviewers have mentioned the ethereal narration makes for a change of perspective in what is a quite compelling read.
I found myself occasionally disappointed that the story seemed to feel a bit like “left luggage”, but on balance I enjoyed it!
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Angel
3.0 out of 5 stars Just Okay
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2020
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Trigger warning: This book contains domestic violence. Platform Seven took a completely different direction than I was expecting. It isn't an awful book, it's just okay. Would I buy it and read it if I knew what I know now? No.
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Stephanie Mercado
3.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020
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I just thought it was going to be a different story told but it was a good book. I do recommend and I will love to read more of her books
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Tami B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice read.
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019
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His book kept me wondering until the end. I enjoyed reading this because of he characters in the book.
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AMP78
3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing happens....
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2019
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The story is well written but ends without anything ever actually happening. Each character's story is wrapped up with a bow but nothing ever really concludes for the main character.
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Chris
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2024
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Love Love this 10 times better than the TV programme
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Brenda McDonald
3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best work, I’m sorry to say.
Reviewed in Canada on October 4, 2019
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I was impressed that the author seemed to know the whole environment of a train station. However, I didn’t enjoy her ethereal point of view. So I found it incredible.
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Suze W.
3.0 out of 5 stars Weder gut noch schlecht
Reviewed in Germany on December 31, 2019
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Die Grundidee des Buches ist, dass eine tote Frau aus dem Off spricht. Sie erzählt ihre Geschichte, vor allem die Geschichte ihrer Ehe, die sie am Ende zur Platform 7 brachte. Dieser Teil des Buches ist sehr gelungen und spannend. Nicht so spannend fand ich die Geschichten der anderen Protagonisten, alles Mitarbeiter der Bahnstation wo es die Platform 7 gibt. Teilweise hatte ich den Eindruck, diese Geschichten waren da, weil es an Material für den Haupterzählstrang fehlte. Deswegen nur drei Sterne.
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Jess Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
Reviewed in Australia on January 11, 2020
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This was a great book. Doughtys' ability to communicate the connection between characters and the layers of relationships is amazing. The story was woven well, with some interesting twists and revelations. The ending was satisfying and leaves you thinking about not just the characters, but the bigger messages from the book too. My other favourite of this author is Apple Tree Yard, and while I have read a couple of others and wasn't too fussed about them, I am very glad I tried this one.
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AEW
4.0 out of 5 stars A slow start gradually growing into a very good read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2023
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A young woman quite happy with her life and friends falls in love with a man who becomes coercive and controlling. In a story told backwards it explores how this could happen and how one person found a way to understand, with interesting vignettes of the other people in her life. The story becomes engrossing.
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