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  • Sleeping Dogs

  • DI Jon Spicer, Book 7
  • By: Chris Simms
  • Narrated by: Dean Williamson
  • Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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Sleeping Dogs

By: Chris Simms
Narrated by: Dean Williamson
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Summary

Out walking with his family in the local park, Jon Spicer’s life is shattered forever. The dog - aggressive and huge - appears from nowhere. At first, Jon assumes the attack was random. Soon, other events force him to think again. With his family under threat, Jon can do only one thing: fight back. The pursuit leads him to a remote Irish village where his family are originally from....

©2014 Chris Simms (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd
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"Simms has written a gritty novel that grips from start to finish. I just couldn’t put it down." ( Horrorscope)
"Chris Simms has been quietly building one of the best police procedural series in this country." ( Catholic Herald on The Edge)

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Sleeping Dogs

A gripping start and the momentum kept in throughout the story. Well read and the hero likeable and real.

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What a cracking book! Great storyline with lots of twists and turns. I’m now also a fan of the narrator, storytelling at its best.

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Tedious

I normally enjoy Chris Simms but I found this tedious and turgid. The story could have been told in half the time and rambled all over the place. Most of the characters are 2 dimensional and unlikable and the central character is boring and self pitying.
I would have returned it but I seem to have returned a great deal of literary dross recently.

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