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Blood River

By: Tony Cavanaugh
Narrated by: Jacquie Brennan
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 Brisbane 1999. It's hot. Stormy. Dangerous. The waters of the Brisbane River are rising.
The rains won't stop. People's nerves are on edge. And then...
A body is found.
And then another.
And another.
A string of seemingly ritualized but gruesome murders. All the victims are men. Affluent. Guys with nice houses, wives and kids at private schools. All have had their throats cut.
Tabloid headlines shout, THE VAMPIRE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN!

Detective Sergeant Lara Ocean knows the look. The 'my-life-will-never-be-the-same-again look'. She's seen it too many times on too many faces. Telling a wife her husband won't be coming home. Ever again. Telling her the brutal way he was murdered. That's a look you never get used to.

Telling a mother you need her daughter to come to the station for questioning. That's another look she doesn't want to see again.

And looking into the eyes of a killer, yet doubting you've got it right. That's the worst look of all - the one you see in the mirror. Get it right, you're a hero and the city is a safer place. Get it wrong and you destroy a life. And a killer remains free. Twenty years down the track, Lara Ocean will know the truth. Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Scary Detective
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This is a good book and I did enjoy it although I was very confused to start with, I think this was due to the breaks in narrative between POV, I couldn't tell who was speaking, Lara, Jen or the killer (in the beginning). Not having read the print version I don't know whether this is the fault of the author or of the narrator, who does speak rather quickly which makes it more likely that you'll miss something relevant, like a date perhaps.

The story is basically that of a wronged woman, Jen White, who is wrongly accused of murder, the story starts with her arrest and ends 20 years later after she's been freed, and it ended quite satisfactorily I thought, I had suspected Jen might take a different approach than the one she chose. Jen also beat me to figuring out who the real killer was.

It is a little rambling in places but a very enjoyable listen if you can get past the confused start, and Jacquie Brennan is a great narrator although I wish she'd slow down just a wee bit so my brain could catch up.

A good listen

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