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The Detective's Daughter

The Detective's Daughter, Book 1

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Summer, 1981: The body of Kate Rokesmith is found by the River Thames in London. Her four-year-old son is wandering nearby, traumatised and mute.

Detective Inspector Darnell cancels yet another trip he had promised his daughter Stella and heads for the scene of the crime. The murder is never solved.

Winter, 2011: It's another busy day at the Clean Slate office. Owner and head cleaner Stella Darnell is annoyed to have her routine interrupted by the news that her father has died of a heart attack.

Dutifully sorting his belongings, she finds the case papers for the Kate Rokesmith murder gathering dust in his attic. Stella cannot resist the lure of bringing order to chaos. Red pen in hand, she determines to find the killer....

©2013 Lesley Thomson (P)2013 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Crime Fiction Mystery Crime Fiction Suspense Heartfelt Detective Murder
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I've listened to the book twice and it was really good, will read the other books in the series now

loved it

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This really didn't need to be 18hrs long .. drawing it out so much made the story and characters totally unlikeable.
Having worked it all out but still with several hours to go, I was hoping for some really good twists to make it all worth it .. but no!
Could have been over and done with in less than half the time.

Much too long!

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I first read this book several years ago and enjoyed it, and having just purchased the other books in the series I decided to revisit by listening to the Audible version.

First of all I have to say I didn't really like the narration. There seemed to be too many unnecessary long pauses. Even though I increased the speed to 1.25 the pauses were still there!

As for the book itself, once again I did enjoy it. The premise of a deceased policeman's daughter working to solve the case which was his obsession during his life is an interesting one. I remembered a lot of it but had also forgotten much of what happened, so some of the twists suprised me once again. I didn't really like the protagonist, Stella, but that didn't matter. The one negative about the book is that it's a bit too wordy, with long descriptions which didn't really add any value.


I am now looking forward to the other books in the series.

Great start to a series

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This book had me hooked from the moment that I started to listen . Believable characters, amazing plot .
Brilliant book .

Really good listen

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I hate giving a negative review, but i have to. This story was so slow to get going and by the time it did I'd lost interest so much my mind had switched off. Instead of looking forward to the next installment i was looking forward to it ending. Main character is horrid. Constantly flash backs i disliked intensely especially just when you think its going to get going. I'm afraid the thing has got me down and its beimg returned.

I couldn't get to the end.

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