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  • Stolen Darlings

  • Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 10
  • By: Helen Phifer
  • Narrated by: Alison Campbell
  • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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Stolen Darlings

By: Helen Phifer
Narrated by: Alison Campbell
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Summary

The girl’s body is lying still and the crown of rare darling roses is perfectly positioned in her beautiful auburn hair. Morgan thinks she looks picture-perfect. Until she notices the blood dripping down one side of the boulder beneath her....

Following her colleague Ben up to Castlerigg Stone Circle, Detective Morgan Brookes is shocked at what she finds. A young woman has been killed, left on display at the top of the hill with a crown of roses on her head. As the team race to get the popular tourist spot cordoned off, Morgan hears the heartbroken sobs of the woman who found the body, as she identifies the victim as her best friend Cora Dalton.

Morgan can already see that Cora didn’t struggle when her throat was cut. There’s no blood on the beautiful white gown she was wearing, which means that Cora knew her killer. But everyone, including her boyfriend, Jay, has an alibi. As a local shopkeeper, Cora was a huge part of the community, and her neighbors are devastated to lose such a sweet soul.

Then Morgan’s team discover that a local photographer had arranged to meet Cora, and it’s clear from his messages that he chose her elegant white dress. Could their photoshoot have taken a sinister turn?

But when another body is found at another stone circle, wearing an identical flower crown, while the photographer is in custody, Morgan loses the only lead she has. Tracking down the florist who made the crown, Morgan pores over their records and realizes the killer purchased three circles of roses....

Certain another innocent life is at risk and with the killer already steps ahead, can Morgan find the connection between these girls before another life is stolen?

An unbelievably gripping new crime thriller in the Detective Morgan Brookes series. Fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, and Lisa Regan will be holding their breath as they race toward the epic final conclusion.

©2023 Helen Phifer (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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I love this series, Helen is a brilliant writer, I love her writing style and cannot wait to get more credits to listen to the newest one out. Defiantly hooked on Helen’s books, and I do love the narrator too.

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Book 10

another gripping page turner in this series.

can't get enough of the Morgan Brookes series at the moment, always something a little different, alongside the usual murder and mayhem.

on to the next!

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Another cracking book

Loving the Morgan series and with Alison narrating , just love it
Highly recommend looking forward to the next books from Helen

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THANK YOU THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT

I LOVE HELENS CHARACTERS IN THE DC MORGAN SERIES AND I WAS THRILLED WHEN I SAW THIS WAS ON PRE ORDER. I LOVE ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOKS AND THE STORY LINES ARE GREAT ALISON DOES A GREAT JOB OF NARRATING PLEASE HELEN DON'T LEAVE IT SO LONG FOR THE NEXT ONE TO BE OUT AND AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE. FINISHED IN 1 SITTING 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Amazing book!

I can’t wait for the next Detective Morgan book! Fantastic story and really well narrated. Hurry up number 11

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Self indulgent detective

Story is unrealistic, a 22 year old would not be in CID.
The narrative makes other team members, including senior detective (Ben) sound incompetent and dependant on superior Morgan to come up with the most obvious of solutions!
In reality, Morgan would have been placed back in uniform if not sacked as a result of her constant insubordination, poor risk assessment and not being a team player!
If the writer avoided the constant adulation of Morgan, the stories would actually be enjoyable.

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