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I just finished listening to The Sleeper, by Emily Barr. An unhappy wife living in Cornwall takes a temporary job in London and goes home on weekends on a sleeper train, from which she disappears one day. I mostly enjoyed it, but once the story got off the train, it also veered off the tracks. The characters weren't especially sympathetic. The biggest problem, though, was that after the main surprise was revealed, there was nearly two hours' worth of what was essentially mopping up, which wasn't all that interesting. (Total length is nearly thirteen hours.)
I'm looking forward to another "train" thriller due out next week--The Girl on the Train.
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