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Spoken Bones
- A DI Fenella Sallow Crime Thriller, Book 1
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
This dark secret could finally break her…
Detective Inspector Fenella Sallow is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. When the body of a retired artist is discovered atop the blackened embers of the town bonfire, the community is rocked to the core.
It falls to DI Fenella Sallow and her team to find out how she came to be there. In her 50s, the veteran detective inspector thought she had seen it all. But behind the curtained windows and closed doors of the idyllic Cumbria coastal setting lurks pure evil.
Fenella must confront her dark past. Haunted by the unsolved case of a missing girl, she knows it is a race against time. Can she stop this death from slipping through her fingers, too?
Before long, it becomes disturbingly clear that the killer is playing a twisted game and will do anything to conceal the terrible truth of what happened on the beach on Bonfire Night.
Set against the backdrop of beautiful coastal Cumbria, an ancient land of legend, folklore, and myth, Spoken Bones is the first book in the Detective Inspector Fenella Sallow series.
This pause-resisting crime thriller will keep you hooked until the very end. If you like police procedurals with psychologically complex characters and shocking twists, then you’ll love Spoken Bones.
Perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, J.D. Kirk, Simon McCleave, Stuart MacBride, Matt Brolly, Angela Marsons, Alex Smith, J.M. Dalgliesh, J.E. Mayhew, David J. Gatward, T.G. Reid, Jack Gatland, Robert F. Barker, and J.R. Ellis.
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- Sleepy
- 15-01-24
A struggle
Ive seen other terrific reviews but I found this book a struggle. For a huge part it’s just character after character but I didn’t feel drawn into their lives. By the time the only twist does happen, I had lost all interest and just wanted to finish it. I wouldn’t recommend this book, sorry
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- Mair
- 14-02-22
Disappointing
I really tried to like this title, and there were some good features, but I just couldn’t get into it. The characters are a bit stereotype. There were the middle aged female detective, the one who drank to much and the one who had family problems. Then there were the eccentric coroner and the whizz in the lab. It got to the stage where I didn’t care about any of them and just wanted to get it over with. Not a good feeling for a book really.
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- Alison P
- 11-08-24
Struggled to retain interest
I really struggled to engage with this book, Found the narration very forgettable and almost flat and didn’t hold my attention. The story then became harder to follow, the characters were hard to decipher one from another as there was very little difference voice wise during narration to distinguish them. I so wanted to engage with this story as I hoped I had found a new author to enjoy. May have to try a reading version of this book tho see if it was just the narrator I found disappointing.
I will try and persevere with book 2 as I like to give an author a fair chance to engage my interest, hoping for better narration but will see how it goes.
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- K E Webb
- 25-04-24
Disappointed
Heard so much hype about this Detective series ……might just be me 🤷♂️ but I found it disjointed and unfathomable .
I wanted to be involved with it but it just didn’t hang together …so many loose strands that ended up in dead ends .
The finale was seemingly unrelated to the whole investigation.
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- Kindle Customer
- 22-05-22
First nc lewis
But if a struggle . Too many twists got a bit lost , too many possible suspects then a new one did it . Don't know if I missed clues or it was thrown in at end. Will try another book to find out.
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- MORT SMITH
- 18-03-24
A wonderful read
This story seems to me to be an accurate description of real police procedure. There are no brilliant super-sleuths just a persistent searcher for truth. I am hungry for more Fenella Sallow.
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- Marilyn N.
- 28-05-23
A good listen
I thought the narration was good, characters a bit forced but good story. Not his best though
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-02-24
brilliant
new author to me , loved the story the pace and the narrator , cant wait for the next
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- JD
- 07-08-24
gripping
kept me interested till the end with a good lead on to next book in the series
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- Lynne
- 04-08-24
First and last by this narrator.
The monotone, croaky durge of the narrator put me off. felt like she was affecting a northern accent. I fell asleep many a time and had to keep rewinding. Story wise the final twist showed no logical pathway and came out of thin air. Too many strands to keep control of.
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