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The Body Reader

Detective Jude Fontaine Mysteries, Book 1

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The Body Reader

By: Anne Frasier
Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith
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Summary

A Thriller Award winner, Best Paperback Original Novel.

For three years, Detective Jude Fontaine was kept from the outside world. Held in an underground cell, her only contact was with her sadistic captor, and reading his face was her entire existence. Learning his every line, every movement, and every flicker of thought is what kept her alive.

After her experience with isolation and torture, she is left with a fierce desire for justice—and a heightened ability to interpret the body language of both the living and the dead. Despite colleagues’ doubts about her mental state, she resumes her role at Homicide. Her new partner, Detective Uriah Ashby, doesn’t trust her sanity, and he has a story of his own he’d rather keep hidden. But a killer is on the loose, murdering young women, so the detectives have no choice: they must work together to catch the madman before he strikes again. And no one knows madmen like Jude Fontaine.

©2016 Theresa Weir (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Suspense Exciting Emotionally Gripping Espionage Psychological Suspense
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this story kept me thoroughly enthralled from start to finish. the psychology of the characters was deep and interesting

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this is the first time in a long time that i didn't expect the ending, which to me, makes this book stand out, although it can be a little slow in places it wasn't enough for you to lose interest, i would recommend to anyone that like detective stories.

a good listen, not as expected

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enjoyed this book. Its well written, the author knows how to describe a scene, write dialogue and develop characters.

powerful crime story

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well worth the credit .it's a MUST read or MUST. listen too.had me hooked.to the

well worth the credit .a MUST READ.or LISTEN TO

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I did wonder if this book was going to be any good but I had a nice surprise, I was taken in and before I new it I'd finished the book. I liked the book so much I bought the next one and listened to it and I would definitely buy another from this author.

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