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The Bone Jar

Detective Lew Kirby, Book 1

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The Bone Jar

By: S W Kane
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
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Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award

Two murders. An abandoned asylum. Will a mysterious former patient help untangle the dark truth?

The body of an elderly woman has been found in the bowels of a derelict asylum on the banks of the Thames. As Detective Lew Kirby and his partner begin their investigation, another body is discovered in the river nearby. How are the two murders connected?

Before long, the secrets of Blackwater Asylum begin to reveal themselves. There are rumours about underground bunkers and secret rooms, unspeakable psychological experimentation, and a dark force that haunts the ruins, trying to pull back in all those who attempt to escape. Urban explorer Connie Darke, whose sister died in a freak accident at the asylum, is determined to help Lew expose its grisly past. Meanwhile Lew discovers a devastating family secret that threatens to turn his life upside down.

As his world crumbles around him, Lew must put the pieces of the puzzle together to keep the killer from striking again. Only an eccentric former patient really knows the truth - but will he reveal it to Lew before it’s too late?

©2020 S W Kane (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Exciting Detective Murder

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I only recently discovered this narrator, he is fantastic, totally pulled me into this story and I listened to it in pretty much 2 days. A great detective story and nothing too gruesome or unnecessarily sexual, which was good.

Compelling narration of a great story

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There are alot of characters and at times I struggled with who was who but I kept with it and it paid off. It was a fascinating read with good detective work with historical event in the mix.

Enjoyed this book. Full of fascinating characters.

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I'm struggling with this review because it wasn't awful but i wouldn't say it was fantastic either. It plods along at a decent pace and i quite like the main characters but it just seemed to miss the mark for me for some reason.
I think there were too many characters in general which i really struggled to keep up with all the names (that could be my fault though, I'm not very good with names) and i think the plot needed more substance to it just to keep it a bit more gripping. The last hour for me feels like it should have been summed up in an epilogue with some bits being moved to further back into the book. However this is the authors first book and you have to allow for that i think so it's definitely a decent effort and i will try the second one.
The narrator is really good in that i enjoyed listening to his voice, however I'm not entirely sure he's right for this book. I think someone like Paul Thornley would have been more suited. Also i couldn't figure out if Lew's boss was Indian or Welsh judging by the accent! I don't think that's at all racist as someone else has said, just that the narrator struggled with that particular accent. Anyway, definitely worth a listen, just don't expect too much 🙂

3 and a half stars

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brilliant, great story line kept me guessing, narrative great. couldn't ask for more,buying the more. Patricia Welsh

my new top reads.

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first one I've listened to by this author it was really good and will definitely be listening to another

brilliant

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