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Spoken Bones

A DI Fenella Sallow Crime Thriller, Book 1

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Spoken Bones

By: N.C. Lewis
Narrated by: Deborah Balm
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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.

©2021 N.C. Lewis (P)2022 N.C. Lewis
Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Exciting

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Not my best choice

I persevered with this book but it was a chore. The narration sounded bland and that reduced. The story considerably.

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twists n turns

didn't really give an idea of how the detective actually worked out the killer.

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Did not live up to expectations

The story line of one detective looked promising but was soon killed off, that made no sense to me !

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good story line

I enjoyed this book and all the characters. The plot unfolded well however the reader sounded so bored and apathetic that it was hard to get into the story with gusto, my thoughts just kept wandering off. Get a new reader and this book would take on a whole new life!

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Dreary

What a dreary listen. The story dragged and the narrator’s voice was so dull. The characters, every one of them, miserable and grey. I skipped chapters but ultimately did not care how the investigation ended.

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Overly complicated with lots of story threads that amounted to nothing much. The performance was dreary as the story teller droned on, attempting to do all the voices and accents - would have been better if she had just read it.

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Enthralling

Brilliantly written , brilliantly read , wonderful plot , kept my interest , the twist at the end I never saw coming , fantastic, cannot wait to read the next book

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Absolutely no storyline and not a thriller

I found this book one of the worst audible books ever. There was a tiny story, nothing to expect, nothing to excite… deadly dull.

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Riveting

This is so well written I didn’t want it to end. Lots of twists and turns right to the end. Narration was so realistic.

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Narration is boring

I cannot keep listening to the narrator. She is so monotone and boring. I’ve tried 21 chapters and I’m just done.

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