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Never to Return

The Wild Fens Murder Mystery Series, Book 6

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Never to Return

By: Jack Cartwright
Narrated by: Graham Mack
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Some lies will never stay hidden.

When the body of a teenage boy is found in the River Witham, it falls to DI Freya Bloom and her team to raise the truth from the depths.

The boy, nicknamed Simple Simon, was a troubled soul. But when Bloom digs deeper into Simon’s life, she discovers that not only was he the victim of a viscous cyber bullying attack, but also suffered sexual abuse. Was his death a shocking teenage suicide, or does somebody have a terrible secret to hide?

With four potential suspects in the firing line, and guilt in every one of their eyes, Bloom must make some difficult choices. But as the investigation progresses, one thing becomes abundantly clear—Simple Simon wasn’t as simple as everybody thought. In fact, he was smarter than them all.

Never to Return is the chilling sixth book in the brand-new British crime series from USA Today best-selling author Jack Cartwright. Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, JM Dalgliesh, Rachel McClean, and Ann Cleeves.

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Fabulous book from start to finish! My heart was in my mouth at a particular point!

Twists and turns that keep enthralled

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What was afresh book was ruined by the number of characters that replied with the response “eh?” Found myself shouting at the phone very irritating and just not necessary!

The retort “eh?” Did my head in

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bloody brilliant very funny emotional didn't see that final twist coming right between the eyes

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Another good tale based right in my back yard in Lincolnshire. As usual, not an obvious ending so hard to guess the perp. Good narration with easy-to-recognise characterisations and accents.

The only minor irritation for me (and, yes I’m a pedantic body) is that it takes a lot longer to cruise from place to place on the river than the author has researched - I used to live on a boat on that river, so it glared at me. It takes just over 6 hours to cruise from Brayford Pool to Tattershall on a good day, not the much shorter time detailed in the book. The other cruising times are way out too, but okay.
Still a good, listenable story. On to the next one in the series…

Good story with an inaccuracy or two…

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A most enjoyable book with some good twists… I would highly recommend this author and this series.

Excellent

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