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Little Boy Blue

DI Helen Grace 5

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Little Boy Blue

By: M. J. Arlidge
Narrated by: Elizabeth Bower
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Little Boy Blue by MJ Arlidge, read by Elizabeth Bower.

Hiding her personal connection to the victim - and a double-life which must remain secret at all costs - Helen becomes a woman possessed, working her team around the clock to chase down every lead.

As the killer strikes again, the investigation takes its toll not only on Helen but also her senior officers. Tempers flare, friendships fray and Helen faces an impossible choice.

Confess her sins and lose control of the case? Or keep living a lie, protecting her darkest secrets, and risk getting trapped in this tangled web?

But whatever she does, this killer will not stop until the truth is revealed: there are some fates worse than death....

Audio updated as of May 2018.

©2016 M. J. Arlidge (P)2016 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime

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Grace needs a Hug

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I've read all the Helen Grace books now and was just thinking that this would probably be my last - the stories are all good, but I was able to predict the endings.

However, there is a great twist to this tale, so I'll be looking out for the next episode. (No spoilers!)

Surprising!!

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5th in the series and it just keeps getting better. worked out the ending, only because someone spoilt it by mistake, but this case goes into Helen's secret world and grips you from the first page. I keep wanting more and this one has left it on a major cliff hanger.
book 6 here I come. highly recommend. I told a friend of mine to start reading them and this is the honest truth, he is on book 4 as we speak and it hasn't even been a full week since he started them. in his words......awesome

what the heck is going on

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I really enjoyed this book but didn't like the ending. I get the impression that the author just wants to get another book out of it!! Diasappointed

Frustrating ending

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I hope M J Arlidge has written a sequel. Too much of cliff hanger for me. In fact I would have preferred to wait to read this after another follow up in the same series

Abrupt and unresolved

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