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A Book of Scars

By: William Shaw
Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
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Summary

It's 1969. Five years ago, teenager Alexandra Tozer was murdered. Her sister, Helen Tozer, will never forget. Returning home after quitting the Met Police, she brings with her the recovering Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen, who slowly becomes possessed by the unsolved case. But Breen is on a trail, for the two men connected to this case met in Kenya, during the Mau Mau uprising; and the history that Britain has turned its face from is now returning to haunt it.

©2015 William Shaw (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd

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"An elegy for an entire alienated generation." ( New York Times)

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There were regularly nauseous and protracted descriptions of torture. The worst I have ever encountered.

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Really good story

I love William Shaw's writing style and he can really tell a good story. The plot keeps you interested & it is well characterized. Overall the narration was good, however his female voices, and particularly Helen's, are almost laughable. Still, he does a good job of bringing the story to life.

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consistently good

maintains the tension right to the end
characters fit the period and locations remarkable!

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Awesome

please read the Breen & Tozer books in order. there all fantastic but this one is ,without doubt , the best read I've had in the last 10 years . Absolutely absorbing.

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A Book of Scars

I couldn't put this book down it is very different with lots of unexpected story lines

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