Today I’m reviewing the Audible Drama, The Child by Sebastian Fitzek.

I do love a good audiobook and truthfully I needed something to keep me sane while I did the housework.. much to my dismay I’m unable to read and iron clothes at the same time. Audio seemed like the perfect choice!

I also really enjoy audiobooks simply because sometimes I’m too tired to read.. but still want my fix..

Here’s the blurb

My name is Simon. I’m 10 years old. I’m a serial killer.

Robert Stern, a successful defence lawyer, doesn’t know what lies in store for him when he agrees to meet a new client in a derelict estate on the outskirts of Berlin. To his astonishment, the defendant is a 10-year-old boy – Simon, a fragile child with a chronic illness who insists that he was a murderer in a former life.

Stern’s surprise quickly turns to horror as he searches the cellar Simon has directed him to and discovers the skeletal remains of a man, the skull split with an axe – just as Simon told him he would. But this is only the beginning, as Simon tells Stern where to find even more victims whose bodies have lain undisturbed for years. Suddenly the present feels murderously dangerous as well….

The Child is a darkly twisting thriller that will make your heart pound with adrenaline.

Review

One night Robert Stern’s life is turned upside down as he meets a young boy, Simon.

Simon is only ten years only but is convinced he’s committed murder. At first Robert thinks this is a joke, but when he decides to go along with the story and take a look in the location of the murder a grizzly sight is found.

Robert can hardly believe it! Even more so when the murder seems to have been committed roughly 15 years ago! How is it possible this ten year old boy knows this?

Well Simon isn’t well, he’s time on this planet is going to be short and as a gift he attended a regression session, to help him see that maybe this isn’t the end and that life goes on and has been for sometime..but what no one expected was Simon to see glimpse of what he thinks is a past life when he was a murderer!

More murders are discovered but what’s even more surprising Is Simon has even predicted a murder.. he doesn’t know who.. but he does know where..

There’s clashes with the police who struggle to believe the tale they are being told so at times they even consider Robert a suspect!

Robert would love nothing more than to step away.. forget about this case..but he can’t he’s sucked in and with the help of Simon they will see this through to the end!

I was looking for a decent psychological thriller but what I didn’t expect was amazing plot. No spoilers from me but how they tied everything up towards the end of the tale.. super!

The story is pretty bleak in it’s stroyline.. the victims aren’t really nice people themselves and as they dig a seedy underground is exposed and motivations become more clear.

As I listened to the Audible Drama version I have to comment on the narrators. Wonderful! Having a few different cast members helped the story flow well as the tone changed as we heard from each character. I’m always conscious I can zone out if I’m listening to one voice for too long.. (that’s why those sleep stories work so well for me ha ha) but with The Child I found myself engaged at all times.

To find out more head to Audible.

If you’d like to hear listen to Unabridged version check out Amazon!