Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Stay Alive cover art

Stay Alive

By: Simon Kernick
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.00

Buy Now for £13.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Siege cover art
The Final Minute cover art
Die Alone cover art
The Witness cover art
Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories cover art
The Hanged Man cover art
The Payback cover art
The Last 10 Seconds cover art
We Can See You cover art
Spider Shepherd: SAS cover art
Stalkers cover art
Triggers cover art
The Fireman cover art
Psycho Alley cover art
Nightfall cover art
The Tunnel Rats cover art

Summary

The gripping new race-against-time thriller by the best-selling author of Relentless, The Last 10 Seconds, Siege, and Ultimatum.

One witness

You’re on a trip with your family, miles from anywhere. A shot rings out - and your whole life changes in an instant.

One secret

A woman is racing towards you, chased by three gunmen. Although you don’t know it, she harbours a deadly secret. She’s in terrible danger. And now you are, too.

No escape

You’re running, terrified, desperate to find safety. You know that the men hunting you have killed before. And if they catch you, you’ll be next.…

©2014 Simon Kernick (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Brilliant" ( Sunday Mirror)
"Hang on tight!" ( Harlen Coben)

What listeners say about Stay Alive

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    200
  • 4 Stars
    101
  • 3 Stars
    31
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    5
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    210
  • 4 Stars
    79
  • 3 Stars
    21
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    4
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    166
  • 4 Stars
    102
  • 3 Stars
    38
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    3

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Love Simon Kernick's books

Action packed as always and keeps you guessing till the end. Can't wait to listen to the next one now.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not fantastic.

Not the best thriller. The narrator is OK, but he speaks with the same rhythm and inflections in every sentence which gets a bit dull. The story is fairly ordinary and the last half an hour or so has an explanation of how and why shoe-horned into it. Overall it is a fairly average storyline read by a fairly ungifted narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Simon Kerning Fan

Enjoyable enough and breaks from the normal Simon Kerning plots a bit. If you are a fan of them you'll enjoy it. If you've not read his stuff before try severed or rentless first they are superior books.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent storyline.

Kept me spellbound. The narrator brought the story alive. Every time I had to pause I could not wait to get back to continuing listening to an excellent story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Terrifying and addictive

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Would only recommend to a brave friend living far away from the Scottish highlands who is never alone in the woods or hills.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Stay Alive?

So many frying pan to fire moments for people that I genuinely cared about.

What about Paul Thornley’s performance did you like?

Great delivery of a tight story drawing the reader into the jeopardy of the vulnerable characters.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Even the highlands aren't safe!

Any additional comments?

The only book my girlfriend has listened in one sitting as she was to scared for casey and jess to stop.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

good book.

Much enjoyed book. good flow to the story. Would recommend. Looking for another Kernick book to listen to straight away. Decent narrator also.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Good, but not so good as previous ones.

I really enjoy Simon Kernick's books, and like the Scope character a lot.

This was a good yarn as usual, but there were a couple too many plot turns requiring me to suspend disbelief for me to rate it 5 stars.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Not the best plot line

Some tedious and extended passages of repetitious chases of the goodies by the baddies spoil this thriller. DCS Boult a good part but where was Tina Boyd??

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Gripping thriller

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It was suspense right from the start, kept me guessing almost right to the end.

What did you like best about this story?

Twists and turns in the story meant I was never sure what would happen next. Great characters and narrator.

What does Paul Thornley bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Almost perfect narrator

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Run, but you can't hide

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing!

Another excellent read by Kernick, full of twists and turns! High suspence to the max! Loved it!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!