Listen free for 30 days
-
Broken Dolls
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie, William Hope
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £20.89
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Grave Doubts
- By: Elizabeth Corley
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sergeant Louise Nightingale is content in the knowledge that a psychopath has been put behind bars for a very long time. She is unaware that he was just a student of a much more deadly opponent - a nameless, faceless terror who is intent on proving his prowess on the killing field. It soon becomes clear that Louise is his ultimate goal. Desperately trying to find Nightingale before the killer does, DCI Andrew Fenwick wonders if her continued silence means he is already too late.
-
-
Love it, love it, love it.
- By Charlotte on 28-11-08
-
Watch Me
- By: James Carol
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ex-FBI profiler Jefferson Winter has taken a new case in sunny Louisiana, where the only thing more intense than the heat is a killer on the loose in the small town of Eagle Creek. So far there's just one body, but there are going to be more. But in a town where secrets are rife and history has a way of repeating itself, can Winter solve the case before someone else dies?
-
-
Watching paint dry
- By Martin Dodge on 10-10-14
-
Hush Little Baby
- By: James Carol
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
FBI profiler Yoko Tanaka is in Florida helping the local PD with their "Sandman" case. Three mothers and their daughters have been found murdered in their homes, the mothers brutally stabbed while the little girls have been smothered, posed to look like they're sleeping.
Defying protocol, Yoko makes a detour to entice Jefferson Winter to join the case. All Yoko knows is that he's the only person who can help her before the Sandman claims another two victims....
-
Little Secrets
- By: Jennifer Hillier
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marin used to have it all. Married to the love of her life, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. With her sanity ebbing, Marin hires a Private Investigator to pick up where the police left off.
-
-
Well worth 5 stars
- By sindydean on 15-06-20
-
The Reckoning
- By: Sue Walker
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hackett
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In June 1973 the bodies of three missing teenagers were found on the tiny Scottish island of Fidra. And when his father is arrested for the murders, 11-year-old Miller McAllister's life fell apart. 32 years later, Douglas Mcallister has died in prison and Miller returns home after decades of self-imposed exile. Because, though the rest of his family prostested Douglas' innocence, Miller always maintained his guilt.
-
-
An atmospheric story
- By Allan on 23-09-06
-
The Helper
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After a grisly murder in a shabby New York bookstore, Detective Callum Doyle starts receiving sinister phone calls. Doyle is told more deaths are planned but the caller will give him clues, on the condition that he keeps them to himself. As more vicious deaths follow, the pressure on Doyle to find a link becomes unbearable. Does he continue to gamble with people’s lives? Or should he sacrifice everything to defeat a ruthless and manipulative enemy?
-
-
Average but engaging thriller
- By Suzy on 29-12-14
-
Grave Doubts
- By: Elizabeth Corley
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sergeant Louise Nightingale is content in the knowledge that a psychopath has been put behind bars for a very long time. She is unaware that he was just a student of a much more deadly opponent - a nameless, faceless terror who is intent on proving his prowess on the killing field. It soon becomes clear that Louise is his ultimate goal. Desperately trying to find Nightingale before the killer does, DCI Andrew Fenwick wonders if her continued silence means he is already too late.
-
-
Love it, love it, love it.
- By Charlotte on 28-11-08
-
Watch Me
- By: James Carol
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ex-FBI profiler Jefferson Winter has taken a new case in sunny Louisiana, where the only thing more intense than the heat is a killer on the loose in the small town of Eagle Creek. So far there's just one body, but there are going to be more. But in a town where secrets are rife and history has a way of repeating itself, can Winter solve the case before someone else dies?
-
-
Watching paint dry
- By Martin Dodge on 10-10-14
-
Hush Little Baby
- By: James Carol
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
FBI profiler Yoko Tanaka is in Florida helping the local PD with their "Sandman" case. Three mothers and their daughters have been found murdered in their homes, the mothers brutally stabbed while the little girls have been smothered, posed to look like they're sleeping.
Defying protocol, Yoko makes a detour to entice Jefferson Winter to join the case. All Yoko knows is that he's the only person who can help her before the Sandman claims another two victims....
-
Little Secrets
- By: Jennifer Hillier
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marin used to have it all. Married to the love of her life, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. With her sanity ebbing, Marin hires a Private Investigator to pick up where the police left off.
-
-
Well worth 5 stars
- By sindydean on 15-06-20
-
The Reckoning
- By: Sue Walker
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hackett
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In June 1973 the bodies of three missing teenagers were found on the tiny Scottish island of Fidra. And when his father is arrested for the murders, 11-year-old Miller McAllister's life fell apart. 32 years later, Douglas Mcallister has died in prison and Miller returns home after decades of self-imposed exile. Because, though the rest of his family prostested Douglas' innocence, Miller always maintained his guilt.
-
-
An atmospheric story
- By Allan on 23-09-06
-
The Helper
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After a grisly murder in a shabby New York bookstore, Detective Callum Doyle starts receiving sinister phone calls. Doyle is told more deaths are planned but the caller will give him clues, on the condition that he keeps them to himself. As more vicious deaths follow, the pressure on Doyle to find a link becomes unbearable. Does he continue to gamble with people’s lives? Or should he sacrifice everything to defeat a ruthless and manipulative enemy?
-
-
Average but engaging thriller
- By Suzy on 29-12-14
-
The Eye Collector
- By: Sebastian Fitzek
- Narrated by: Paul Shearer
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ready or not, here he comes.... He plays the oldest children's game in the world, hide and seek. Only the Eye Collector plays it to death. It's the same each time. A woman's body is found with a ticking stopwatch clutched in her dead hand. A distraught father must find his child before the boy suffocates - and the killer takes his left eye. Alexander Zorbach, a washed-up cop turned journalist has reported all three of the Eye Collector's murders....
-
-
Good old Thriller
- By Zara Wimperis on 25-03-16
-
The Snow Killer
- The DI Barton Series, Book 1
- By: Ross Greenwood
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A family is gunned down in the snow, but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge, and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. 50 years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather - each time it snows, another person dies.
-
-
Outstanding
- By Andromeda's Twin on 28-11-19
-
Lost Child
- By: D. S. Butler
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Two years ago, Beth turned her back on her three-year-old niece for just a few seconds. She disappeared without a trace. One day, Beth receives a photograph from an anonymous number; she is sure it's a photograph of her niece. She is determined to find her and bring her home. But someone isn't pleased when Beth returns, and they will do what it takes to get rid of her for good.
-
-
Brilliant book thanks.
- By Anonymous User on 20-02-18
-
A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller
- DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process...When another child disappears a hundred miles north in the Highlands, Jack is sent to lead the investigation and bring the boy home. But as similarities between the two cases grow, could it be that Jack caught the wrong man all those years ago?
-
-
Brilliant unless you're a lover of cats!
- By Mrs D J Fraser on 13-08-19
-
Severed
- By: Simon Kernick
- Narrated by: Paul Panting
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When former soldier Dan Tyler wakes up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood, with no idea how he got there, he thinks he's stepped into someone else's nightmare. But he's wrong. This is reality.
-
-
Listened start to finish non stop...KNACKERED!
- By Glynn on 27-06-08
-
The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman
- By: Mindy Mejia
- Narrated by: Caitlin Thorburn, Jeff Harding, John Moraitis
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eighteen-year-old Hattie Hoffman is a talented actress, loved by everyone in her Minnesotan hometown. When she's found stabbed to death on the opening night of her school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of the community. Sheriff Del Goodman, a close friend of Hattie's dad, vows to find her killer, but the investigation yields more secrets than answers: it turns out Hattie played as many parts offstage as on.
-
-
Brilliant
- By Kerrie on 20-07-17
-
See How They Run
- By: Tom Bale
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's often said that when tragedy strikes, the victims were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. But not Harry and Alice French. Assaulted by masked men looking for a mysterious package and a man named Renshaw, Alice and Harry manage to convince them that there has been a terrible mix-up. But nothing prepares Alice and Harry for the web they find themselves trapped in after their assailants leave. Especially as Alice hasn't been completely honest.
-
-
Nail biting Thriller I Recommend to All
- By Caroline Mitchell on 20-05-16
-
The Seventh Victim
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Mathew Horne
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On Sunday, February 3rd 1990, seven-year-old Danny Redpath disappeared from his home. Four months later, his body was found in the nearby forest, washed clean of all evidence. Over time, more bodies were discovered; more families devastated forever. Apprehended while attempting to abduct another child, Jonathan Egan-Walsh was charged with the murders of thirteen boys. Convicted on all counts, he received life in prison and went unrepentant, still refusing to reveal the whereabouts of one of his victims, Zachery Marshall.
-
-
Great Book
- By Austin on 08-03-20
-
The Hidden Girl
- By: Louise Millar
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Hannah Riley and her musician husband, Will, hope that a move to the Suffolk countryside will promise a fresh start. Hannah, a human rights worker, is desperate for a child and she hopes that this new life will realise her dream. Yet when the snow comes, Will is working in London and Hannah is cut off in their remote village. Life in Tornley turns out to be far from idyllic: Who are the threatening figures who lurk near their property at night? And why is her neighbour so keen to see them leave?
-
-
Loved it from start to finish
- By Kim Larrad-Tye on 01-06-14
-
Old Gold
- By: Jay Stringer
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When gangland detective and former cop Eoin Miller wakes up to realize his almost-one-night stand has gone cold as a corpse in his bed, his gypsy heritage screams for him to do the easy thing and run. Having abandoned his morals, ambitions, and relationships for a life of alcohol, denial, and dirty work for local crime bosses, escape seems to be the only option left. But Eoin is surprised by a compulsion to root out his unknown enemies and fight for survival. All too soon, he finds himself caught in the crossfire between nearly every faction in town: rival crime lords, drug dealers, politicians, cops - even his estranged wife has a card in play.
-
-
Old Gold. By Jay Stringer. 1st book in series.
- By Mini Ward on 29-11-14
-
The Distance
- By: Helen Giltrow
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlotte Alton has put her old life behind her. The life where she bought and sold information, unearthing secrets buried too deep for anyone else to find, or fabricating new identities for people who need their histories erased. But now she has been offered one more job. To get a hit-man into an experimental new prison and take out someone who according to the records isn't there at all. It's impossible. A suicide mission. And quite possibly a set-up. So why can't she say no?
-
The Silenced
- By: Anders de la Motte
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The adrenaline-charged and suspenseful thriller set in a ruthless world where all means are permitted in the fight for power. When a savaged body is found in the waters outside the governing party's conference centre, the case lands on detective Julia Gabrielsson's desk. Who is the deceased, and why has somebody gone to such trouble to make sure the body is unidentifiable?
Summary
Jefferson Winter is no ordinary investigator. The son of one of America's most renowned serial killers, Winter has spent his life trying to distance himself from his father's legacy.
When he accepts a particularly disturbing case in London, Winter arrives to find a psychopath on the loose who likes abducting and lobotomising young women. Winter must use all his preternatural brain power in order to work out who is behind the attacks, before another young woman becomes a victim.
Critic reviews
More from the same
What listeners say about Broken Dolls
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Rikey
- 31-10-14
Thank you
Any additional comments?
Great but truly unnerving story by James Carol. I am straight off to find more as I am totally hooked by Carol's amazingly attractive anti hero. That said and by no means wishing to lessen what was a fantastic story, my biggest praise has got to go to reader William Hope. If ever I wish I could pass on my gratitude in person it would be to you. You NAILED the accents you star! I am a bit of an accent snob and nothing spoils a great audio book more for me than a bad accent. Sometimes it's only a lilt on the vowels but I find myself cringing. This time however I found myself rewinding to figure out if you were an American doing an English accent or an Englishman doing an American accent and what do I find? You're Canadian. This is me with my hat so far off that it has been deemed abandoned and is up for rehoming!
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ruth
- 14-01-15
First trial of an audiobook and not disappointed!
Gripping storyline, full of twists and turns, with a totally unexpected outcome.
Brilliantly narrated. Would recommend this audiobook to anyone!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- SnapWriter
- 19-11-14
Excellent, satisfying, well read.
This book has got it all. A great plot, which never dips, an intriguing protagonist you can root for--wise-cracking, and insightful--an antagonist that ratchets up the tension and suspense, and well read by William Hope, who injects every sentence with American Noire.
For fans of Thomas Harris, and Val McDermid, this is a must.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- sam
- 24-07-18
Gripping
Really enjoyed this book although I found some of the content quite disturbing. Was desperate to keep listening to find out what happened. I liked the characters and was intrigued to find out more about Winter’s background so wished there was more detail on him. I will definitely be getting the next book which will hopefully fill in the gaps for me.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Rachel
- 28-04-22
Gripping storyline
Gripping story from beginning to end. Accent a bit of a shock to start but stick with it. Good all round performance, would definitely recommend
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Susan M.
- 07-05-21
I'm giving up
What I listened to was reasonable, but not outstanding. However, the guy is a consultant on a case in London, in which he's meant to write a profile of the suspect. He first goes to visit the widower of one of the earlier victims at his office workspace. He starts by yelling insults and accusations at the guy, and then has the guy pinned on the floor of his office, threatening that the officer accompanying him will break his arm if he doesn't tell him what he wants to know. It's just way beyond belief, and I had to give up. If I think about going back to the book, I replay that scene in my mind and realise that it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm going to return the book.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Nick
- 01-04-21
*SPOILERS*Good, but...
First of all, good narration. Regarding the story, I felt as though the author had not done his homework. At various points I was almost wanting to shout at the speaker in frustration as to why the main protagonists were not using obvious detection techniques that would’ve allowed them to make progress far more quickly in the investigation. If the author had given his first draft of this story to a modern day detective to proof read regarding what would be plausible, this could’ve been a much tighter story in terms of how a realistic investigation would progress.Also, you never had any sense that there was a very urgent large-scale task force working around the clock to rescue the captives. I found the two main protagonists very likeable. The male character had more than a smattering of an old gumshoe from a Chandler novel or Spillane. And he made me chuckle a few times, although you could argue that type of character seemed out of time and place.He was so laid-back, he seemed more interested in Coffee shops, waitresses and hotel bars, than solving the case. This was my first experience of James Carol and I am now wondering if I will have the same frustrations with some of his other books. This story could’ve been so much better and more credible with very little effort. Just attention to detail. My search for a first rate modern day thriller writer continues. If anybody reads this and writes their own review maybe they could suggest some other authors.
-
Overall
-
Performance
- Cathy
- 27-03-21
Excellent storyline, best listen in a long time.
I was so gripped from the first chapter.. Great character development, plenty of excitement and humour. I am already looking forward to the next book in the series,
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Retriever470
- 15-01-21
Great book spoiled by second voice
Make no mistake, this is a damned good book - I own the Kindle version. And, were the narration left to William Hope, who is brilliant, I would be a very happy bunny. However, the female narration simply does not work. It makes the book sound chopped up. Not the fault of Julia Barrie who reads well, but her segments are unbelievably jarring. I have taken to jumping over her segments back to Winters’s point of view.
I don’t know who made this editorial decision, but it has made the book unlistenable in its entirety and is, in consequence, a waste of a credit. So I am annoyed it is marked as “unable to return.” I shall be taking that further. Meanwhile, I shall give up on this one. Sorry, Mr Carol, because the book is great.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Clair
- 07-01-21
great
This is the 1st book I have read by this author and could not stop listening to it I will certainly be downloading the next one