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Splinter the Silence

Tony Hill/Carol Jordan, Book 9

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Splinter the Silence

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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About this listen

When psychological profiler Tony Hill comes across a series of suicides among women tormented by vicious online predators, he begins to wonder if there is more to these tragedies than meets the eye. Could it be murder? But what kind of serial killer wants his crimes to stay hidden?

Tony and DCI Carol Jordan begin the hunt for the most dangerous and terrifying kind of killer - someone who has nothing to fear and nothing to lose....

©2015 Val McDermid (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

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Critic reviews

"The real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers; no one can plot or tell a story like she can." ( Daily Express)
"McDermid remains unrivalled." ( Observer)
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Back on track with Tony and Carol, although I found some of the attitudes a little dated. However, the narrator is bad - very patronising and some of the accents are just plain offensive.

Good but not good

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I was delighted that a new book in this series was available and I listened again from the start. This story took some surprising turns which gave a different view of our 'heroes' Tony and Carol.
It felt like a filler though. Lots of scope for the next book but this story lacked the depth of a crime story that one comes to expect from this duo. I was left feeling that this book was introducing the next. Overall, not as gripping as the rest of the series.

Great series.

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Weakest by Val
Main Storyline poor , almost like an afterthought to the carol and tony show .
Nice personal stories development
THe Scouse accent was one of the worst I have heard ... Like a very drunk john Lennon

Weakest by Val awful accents especially Scouse !

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I loved this story,a gripping tale but you picked the wrong reader. It needed someone who could cope with all the different accents.

exciting

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I found this a reasonable listen, but the narrator's accents are... dubious, and the storyline really stretches plausibility to its limit.

Stretching my ability to suspend disbelief

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