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Silent Ruin

DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers, Book 14

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A vanished couple. A disoriented treasure hunter. A body with suspicious injuries.

Harry Grimm is starting to feel like a local–almost. But when his quiet happiness is interrupted by a confused 80-year-old detectorist claiming to have seen Medieval knights fighting in a nearby ruined castle, the chief inspector is forced to investigate the bizarre claims. However, his focus is soon split to a second case when a teen and her boyfriend disappear without a trace.

As the unflappable DCI spearheads the search for the young lovers, he and his team confront conflicting witnesses, spiraling hostilities, and enraged families pointing accusing fingers. And with the aging detectorist continuing to cause disturbances around the village, Grimm takes his muddled statements more seriously after the discovery of a brutally battered corpse.

Can this gruff detective follow the cryptic clues to a killer?

Silent Ruin is the dramatic 14th book in the DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers series. If you like beloved casts of characters, dark mysteries, and rising tension, then you’ll adore David J. Gatward’s transfixing whodunit.

Buy Silent Ruin to decipher whispers of murder today!

Perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, J. D. Kirk, Adam Croft, Simon McCleave, Alex Smith, J. M. Dalgliesh, J. E. Mayhew, and J. R. Ellis.

©2023 David J. Gatward (P)2023 David J. Gatward
Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime Village
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Another brilliant read David Gatward never disappoints and Aubrey is a fantastic narrator bringing all the characters to life

Brilliant

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I did not enjoy the first two chapters at all, I became quite irritable listening to them in fact, and I'd just switched to this after another book had been irritating me so that did not go down well but I persevered and I'm glad I did although I did not feel that this was up to the usual Grimm standard.

I felt the storyline itself was fine but the execution was lacking, the team seemed to be super slow on the uptake in this one, and then once Grimm had twigged what was going on the ending was hurried. It fell a little flat for me but that may have been down to the previous book that irritated me so much, so I've given it four stars because opinions are subjective and they are also subject to outside influences.

Enjoyable but not usual Grimm standard

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Another superb addition to the Grimm up North series. Interesting from page 1 to the very end with the usual cast of characters plus special guests! Well described and action packed. Narration as always is perfect. Well worth 10 stars let alone 5.

Outstanding.

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I just want to say how much I have enjoyed all these books ..Very sorry to have finished them .I have listened to all 14 books and have been reverted the whole time . Wonderful narration an story telling. Spoilt me for what to listen to next . Please give us some more . I shall miss Grimm. Thank you

Wonderful

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Great new book and narration by Aubrey Parsons. Just love the twists in David's writing. Had worked out who done it but not the twist. Looking forward to next book.

Book 14

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