The Midwife's Secret
by Emily Gunnis
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 4.19 Goodreads (14.1K) ★ 4.52 Audible (182)
10h 1m
Released 2021 Historical Fiction
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Gemma Whelan brings the same coiled intensity she perfected in Game of Thrones to a story where a man rots in prison for a crime the ground hasn't finished confessing to.
- Great if you want: dual-timeline Gothic mystery with a wrongful-conviction spine
- Listening experience: slow-burn emotional build — rewards patience with a gut-punch finale
- Narration: Whelan's stage-trained diction keeps period and present voices cleanly distinct
- Skip if: dual timelines make you impatient waiting for threads to converge
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