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Outside Looking In

DCI Matilda Darke, Book 2

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By: Michael Wood
Narrated by: Stephanie Beattie
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Summary

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths

The second book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling new crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid.

When elderly George Rainsford goes to investigate a suspicious noise one night, the last thing he expects to find is a bloodbath. A man has been killed and a woman brutally beaten, left for dead.

The victims are Lois Craven and Kevin Hardaker – both married, but not to each other. Their spouses swear they knew nothing of the affair and, besides, they both have alibis for the attack. With nothing else to link the victims, the investigation hits a dead end.

The pressure is on for investigating officer, DCI Matilda Darke: there’s a violent killer on the loose, and it looks like her team members are the new targets. With no leads and no suspects, it’s going to take all Matilda’s wits to catch him, before he strikes again.

©2019 Michael Wood (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Urban Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Exciting Scary
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Critic reviews

‘At one point in this tense thriller, the endearing protagonist reflects that the investigation is like having “all the pieces of the jigsaw but…from different boxes”. Matilda Darke is right – and only in the final pages is the full picture revealed…’ Chris Simms

‘Crackling dialogue, dark wit and an exciting ending. Recommended if you liked Happy Valley’ Mark Edwards

‘DCI Matilda Darke is going places’ James Oswald

‘A compelling, addictive read, it’s hard to put down. I really enjoyed getting to know DCI Matilda Darke. She's strong character with real depth’ Robert Bryndza, bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE ICE
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Another great book from Michael Wood, and I am hooked by DCI Darke. I am only 2 books into the series and I feel like I've known her for years. This time she faces a very disturbing case that is tightly woven by a mass of lies all making it hardly to investigate a truly brutal attack and murder. We get to know Matilda Darke even better and although she is fighting her daemons, and being taunted with them, they don't reduce the story to a soap or cliche. I felt a real maternal side between her and her team in this book, and even the satellite characters really got some fleshing out. Twists and revelations a plenty, some I spotted early (I think) but I felt a bit like I was getting a Matilda "hunch".
Nicely crafted story, once again brilliantly narrated by a voice that simply "IS" Matilda. Anyone who likes Cleeves' Vera Stanhope, and TV's Jack Frost will really tune into these crime novels that do keep up the pace and action, but have a reality of character in them.
I've already bought book 3...

Great Action and Traction

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starting to get to know the characters now and with it being at Sheffield it feels local. familiar.

good read

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Good narrator, interesting story with some unexpected twists. I will get the next book in the series.

Kept me hooked

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2 for1 sale book. Unconvincing characters, very weak much to much over sensationalism dissapointing

Rather silly characters

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It’s a story. Not quite sure which path it’s taking. Matilda is quite unrealistic and “tortured” but the violence conducted by one of the characters would suggest a different type of tale. It passed the time but I won’t bother with another.

Ok for dog walking

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