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Shut Your Eyes Tight

By: John Verdon
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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When he was the NYPD’s top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know.

He was called to the investigative hunt by the presumptuous arrogance of murderers - by their smug belief that they could kill without leaving a trace. There was always a trace, Gurney believed. Except what if one day there wasn't?

With Shut Your Eyes Tight, John Verdon delivers on the promise of his internationally best-selling debut, Think of a Number, creating a portrait of evil let loose across generations that is as rife with moments of touching humanity as it is with spellbinding images of perversity.

©2011 John Verdon (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Genre Fiction Medical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

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An intriguing and well thought out book. I never wanted it to finish , the reader is superb. I shall be signing up for anything else this guy writes.

Excellent thriller

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I am a big fan of this narrator. However, some of his characterisations speak so quietly it’s difficult to hear but if you turn the sound up you jump out of your skin as the other characters are then too loud! The series is entertaining and I’m about to start the next book.

Very good

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Enjoyed this book, story not bad but the narrator is the best. he can do so many voices that I think I am listening to a play.

Great story teller

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Very good book plot keept evolving and was unexpected. This writer was new to me and I was happily surprised.

Car reader

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I love the tone of these novels, it never gets too serious. There is always an undercurrent of humour or some weirdness. Dave Gurney has become a very real character to me, thanks to John Verdon’s writing and to Jeff Harding’s narration. What a great combination. Jeff Harding also does an excellent job of portraying the many other voices in this story including a range of female ones. I am not usually interested in American cop dramas on tv as they often seem too slick and smooth, but detective Gurney lives in the countryside and this gives the stories a homely feel, even if he is having a hard time adjusting to retirement. I can take the bad language and the gruesomeness because it is never overdone, just appropriate for the plot. I also quite enjoy the wackiness of some of the characters. They are American after all and usually a serial killer or a red herring or a device to change the mood. A good plot, with several puzzles, great characters and a high tension ending. What more do you need.

Dave Gurney is possibly my favourite detective

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