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Death in a Lonely Place

Jake Jackson, Book 2

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Death in a Lonely Place

By: Stig Abell
Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
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A beautifully written new crime thriller you won’t want to miss! In a beautiful village, a terrible storm is brewing…

A rural paradise…

Detective Jake Jackson moved to the countryside for a quieter life.

A shocking secret…

But the return of an old case shatters the calm, and pulls him into a shadowy group that caters to the darkest desires of the rich and famous.

An enemy closes in…

As the web around Jake tightens, he's about to learn just how far some people will go to protect their secrets.

‘Loved this. Multiple layers of delight for crime fiction fans’ Lee Child, creator of Jack Reacher

‘Abell is a skilled storyteller and it’s easy to fall into the pages of Death in a Lonely Place. Highly recommend’ Karin Slaughter, creator of Will Trent

'An immersive, intelligent delight with huge atmosphere and heart. My favourite new crime series' Lucy Foley, author of The Paris Apartment

'Utterly beautiful descriptive prose that brings Jake Jackson's world to life’ Jane Casey, author of the Maeve Kerrigan series

‘A darkly elegant, thrilling, escapist slice of countryside crime’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End

‘A wonderful tale, magnificently told’ Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man

‘Beautifully written, as ever, and with a twist that truly knocked me sideways’ Andrew Taylor, author of The Ashes of London

'Very recommendable' Financial Times

'It is a pleasure to be back in the company of Jackson and co’ Observer

©2024 Stig Abell (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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the first book was good but this has more bite

the first book was a bit pedestrian with Jake coming to terms with his inheritance and local life, but in this second he's found his feet and there's more bite to the plot

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Great plot, twists and turns and jeopardy with a very satisfying conclusion, great characters with smart details too.

Deserves 5 stars but for narration. I feel mean, saying this but the narration was exhausting! At the end when the action was building it was spot on but most of the time it sounded as if it was written in bold, capitals, italics, underlined! Such staccato urgency when all we need is clear sometimes lyrical storytelling. Jakes home, music food … these all deserve a more nuanced tone, I think.

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Excellent

I really enjoyed this book. It was an excellent sequel and lived up to first book. I liked the characters and enjoyed the narration.

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I am so loving this series

Another excellent book and audiobook by the author. You are gripped from first to last page. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator is perfect for the characters. Great plot and well paced. Looking forward to Stig's next book in the series.

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sorry Stig, not for me

I tried to stick with this as I really like Stig Abell as a journalist and thought the initial book was an OK debut. But this was just too hammy...the main character may be Stig's dream self but this feels like a substandard Midsummer Murder episode...maybe his bathroom editor needs to get more fussy!

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Ok if you like wading through treacle otherwise don’t bother!

It was just like wading through treacle and I gave up with this book about 3/4 of the way through. The blatant stupidity of the main character in his choices was intolerable.

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characters unconvincing denouement very dull

formulaic with sketchily drawn characters and clunky dialogue read with odd emphases on words and phrases. not recommended

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