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Hunted (Detective Mark Heckenburg, Book 5)

By: Paul Finch
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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Get hooked on Heck: the maverick detective who knows no boundaries. A grisly whodunit you won’t be able to put down, perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and TV series ‘Luther’.

Heck needs to watch his back. Because someone’s watching him…

Across the south of England, a series of bizarre but fatal accidents are taking place. So when a local businessman survives a near-drowning but is found burnt alive in his car just weeks later, DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is brought in to investigate.

Soon it appears that other recent deaths might be linked: two thieves that were bitten to death by poisonous spiders, and a driver impaled through the chest with scaffolding.

Accidents do happen but as the body count rises it’s clear that something far more sinister is at play, and it’s coming for Heck too…

 Action & Adventure Modern Detectives Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Police Procedural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

“Edge-of-the-seat reading…Heck is formidable – a British Alex Cross.” THE SUN

“Wonderfully dark and peppered with grim humour. Finch is a born storyteller and writes with the authentic voice of the ex-copper he is.” PETER JAMES

"An ingenious and original plot. Compulsive reading.” RACHEL ABBOTT

“A deliciously twisted and fiendish set of murders and a great pairing of detectives.” STAV SHEREZ

“Avon’s big star…part edge-of-the-seat, part hide-behind-the-sofa! An excellent series.” THE BOOKSELLER

“An explosive thriller that will leave you completely hooked on Heck.” WE LOVE THIS BOOK
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Great story, rips along at a good pace and is well read. You will not be disappointed-what are you waiting for?!

What the heck?!

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Not an author I have heard of, but I bought it on the reviews in the daily deal .

Yes it lived up to the other reviews and if you are a fan of Luther I think you will enjoy this.

Heck is your unconventional detective who thinks out of the box his side kick through this was DS Honeyford, who was not all she seemed at the beginning., again a great character.

Good story if a bit mad at times, but that was its allure.
I will certainly try another instalment of Heck.

Lutheresque

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This was my first Paul Finch, perhaps not the best one to start with. Promising start and started to get really into it, but then it seemed to move off in a different direction. Struggled to finish and the 'villains' were not very convincing. I will maybe try the first book in the series.

Promising start then...

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A thoroughly enjoyable experience vey well read. It is very refreshing to to come across a story where the principal character who is not an alcoholic,fag smoking,foul mouthed,sad miserable pathetic individual.

Well done to the author and the narrator.

Splendid

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Once again the "Heck" character didn't key me down. when read by Paul thornley, totally bringing him to life!

Fantastic, thoroughly love the heck character :-)

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