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The 2nd DS McAvoy Novel

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By: David Mark
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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About this listen

The second instalment in the acclaimed Hull-based DS Aector McAvoy series and the follow up to the Sunday Times best-selling Dark Winter.

Their sins will seal their fate.

Suzie Devlin lived for pleasure - until her best friend Simon was murdered. Now Suzie seems to be in the killer's sights....

Who wants her dead? And why? She's done nothing wrong...except, perhaps, get involved with the wrong person.

DS Aector McAvoy has been a marked man all his life. He knows how one misstep can put you in harm's way. He's determined to protect Suzie, even if it means inviting danger to come to him....

In a dark world of sin and retribution, he will stand against a killer to save a life.

Hooked on Hull? Then check out the third instalment in the DS McAvoy series, Sorrow Bound....

©2013 David Mark (P)2013 WF Howes Ltd Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

Critic reviews

"Richly satisfying and told with remarkable flair, it confirms Mark as one of the darkest of the new faces in British crime writing, and not one to miss" ( Daily Mail)
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I love these McAvoy books! I’m looking for the next one. I have to read a series in the proper order and I have already downloaded another one but it is not the next in the series. I just love these reads!

Detective series

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I would still like a little more pace, but overall I am enjoying this series. The characters are very good and the storylines mesh well.
As remarked on by another reviewer, PLEASE get the pronunciation right! How can Wincolmlee be said correctly, but not Anlaby? It's An-lu-bee, not An-lay-bee. It got very irritating.
Well rounded characters, unusual plot lines and a tidy ending. Not enough to set my world on fire, but still enjoyable.
One last thing that's annoyed me about the narration - though overall, it is good - quite a few times there is practically no pause between paragraphs and you jump from one scene/storyline to the next without pause. If you're not paying attention, it can be a little confusing!

Better than the first book

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There is a sense of always being in a dark shadowed world with David Mark's writing, added to by Toby Longworth's brooding tones.
It all adds to this deep sumptuous novel that pulls you along, sometimes despite the darkness and despair that engulfs it, to its unexpected conclusion.
Like another reviewer the pronunciation on the area of Hull, Anlaby, being wrongly pronounced AnLAYby seemed to me a glaring mistake by this HULL loving writer. How did he let this glaring error through!!

Brooding thriller.

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A good listen, even if it bears no real relationship to real-world policing (I know, I'm in the Job). I like the characters and the narration is good - just one minor point, Anlaby is pronounced An-la-bi with a short middle A as in cat not An-lay-bee. I grew up in those parts so it's nice to hear names and places I know.

Throrughly enjoyable

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I find myself fascinated by the characters in these books. McAvoy is a slightly confusing jumble of intense determination and incongruous shyness. His relationship with his boss is interesting and unusual with an undercurrent of something sexual.
The plot kept me guessing and a great twist at the end.
The narrator does a really good job of bringing the characters to life , I enjoyed listening to his variation of tones and accents.
I am about to download the third book !

I love this series

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