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Silent Tide

DCI Boyd Crime Series, Book 1

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Silent Tide

By: Alex Scarrow
Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons
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A sinking boat is spotted off the South Coast. Waiting onboard is a grisly discovery.

DCI Boyd, recently relocated from London to Hastings, is now with the East Sussex CID, and his first case is that of a local businessman and his new young wife, missing in the English Channel. All that remains of them is a grim scene aboard their half-submerged yacht and a digital trail of clues that could put Boyd and his daughter, Emma, in danger.

Silent Tide is the first in the DCI Boyd series by award-winning author Alex Scarrow.

©2021 Alex Scarrow (P)2022 Alex Scarrow Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime

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I've often seen this series recommended by other readers, and was disappointed that it wasn't available on Audible. But now it is!

DCI William Boyd has been on compassionate leave from the Met for the past two years. Now he has moved to Hastings, East Sussex with his daughter and is ready for a new start. He is thrown straight in at the deep end when he is assigned a suspected murder case when a yacht is found floating in the Channel. There is lots of blood but no bodies.

I was hooked right from the prologue. I liked Alex Scarrow's easy to read/listen to writing style. The book is well plotted, fast paced and is peppered with humour. I don't know Hastings, but the author described it well enough that I could envisage the landscape and places. The characters, especially Boyd, his daughter Emma and DC Samantha Okeke are realistically portrayed. Boyd himself is extremely likeable and could easily become one of my favourite fictional cops. He's 46 and slighly overweight and obviously still grieving for his wife and child. But he's dedicated and hard working and isn't afraid to break the rules! We are drip-fed Boyd's back story a little at a time and when I finally found out the truth I'm not ashamed to say I shed a few tears. DC Okeke is perfect as his partner, though we didn't get to know the rest of the team in any detail. But I'm sure that will be remedied in future books. And the icing on the cake is a rescue spaniel called Ozzie :-) There are lots of police procedural series out there but this is definitely one of the better ones and I can't wait for book 2.

The book is read by Aubrey Parsons and his excellent narration added another dimension to a fantastic book.

Brilliant start to a series

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Bring on the next one! Really good story. Very likeable, multi faceted characters. Beautifully observed details and a tragic back story only really told in full when you have already fallen in love with DCI Boyd and his daughter Emma.
Superb narration by Aubrey Parsons.

I'm hooked

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Absolutely brilliant start to a new police procedural crime thriller series. And set in Hasting/East Sussex which was lovely to get to know! I already feel like I know the team and their families and am sure we will be great friends! For fans of Joy Ellis, Elly Griffiths, Michael Woods, LJ Ross…. Gripping, human, laugh out loud funny, emotional, touching and memorable x thank you Alex xxxxx

I’ve just found my new favourite police series!

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DCI Boyd is back at work after two years' absents, He is straight away involved in a case of a missing local businessman and his wife from their yacht. He finds himself worried about whether he still had the skills to run a investigation. He finds with the support of his daughter Emma and his colleagues, he finds way.

Loved the narration of Aubrey Parsons

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I live in Hastings and just loved the book Looking forward to book 2 please keep writing

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