Length9h 29m
About this audiobook
A beautiful place. An unspeakable purpose. A door that only opens one way.
When a small child is washed ashore on the Kent coast, the tragedy becomes a national scandal. But behind the headlines, the photographs and the carefully rehearsed statements lies something far more disturbing.
A young girl leaves her mountain home believing she is embarking on an adventure. Instead, she becomes part of a human trafficking network that stretches across borders, into the heart of government and towards a place that officially does not exist.
A journalist follows the money. A police officer begins asking questions. And a handful of people discover that the machinery designed to protect the vulnerable has become part of the machinery destroying them.
Inspired by the ancient legend of Ashoka's prison, The Beautiful Gaol is a disturbing novel about power, cruelty, complicity and the extraordinary human capacity to look away.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, Politics and Government
Length9 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
14The Cabinet Office
2The Tideline
15The Crossing
3Home
16The Beautiful Room
4The Photograph
17The Reshuffle
5Ongoing
18Dublin
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6On Background
19Ninety-One Percent
7The Road Deepens
20This Little Piggy
8Cornwall
21Rub-a-Dub-Dub
9The Statement
22Still Counting
10The Pause
23What Story?
11Surrey East
24copyright
12The Result
25about the author
13Alone
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