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The Eyewitness

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Seán Barrett
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Jack Solomon is a messenger of death. Working in the fractured remains of Yugoslavia, his task is to identify the victims of ethnic cleansing and to tell families that their loved ones are gone. Years of working in the killing fields have desensitised the former London policeman to the horrors of war, but when a truck containing 26 bodies is pulled from a lake, Solomon is unable to walk away from the case.

He sets out to find the only survivor of the massacre, a young girl on the run from the killers. From the brothels of Sarajevo to the high-stakes world of Internet prostitution, Solomon discovers that the killers are closer to home than he thinks....

©2003 Stephen Leather (P)2003 Isis Publishing Ltd Action & Adventure Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Educational a reminder of conflicts that happened and how many suffered Religion has a lot to answer to

Very different for Stephen Leather

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Sean Barret you are a star with your reading. Honestly I will choose to listen to a book just cos you're reading it. This story is a roller coaster of disgust, interest, sadness, frustration and understanding. So glad I bought it... Can't wait for another Stephen Leather book and even better off its being read by Sean Barret!

the subject matter...

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What did you like best about The Eyewitness? What did you like least?

The characters were well defined and came to life but I found the whole story sordid and violent. I suspect the author had done a lot of research around the subject and I don't doubt the realism, however I found it a depressing read.

What could Stephen Leather have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I don't think the author could have made this book more enjoyable for me given the subject matter. It was all to real for me .

Have you listened to any of Seán Barrett’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

If this book were a film would you go see it?

No

Sordid and Violent

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This was a difficult subject matter but the delivery was considered and challenging, producing a thriller that left me guessing all of the way.
The characters were always in the shades of grey, that most of us exist in, (although not to some of these extremes). They were established in a way that I ‘cared’ for them.
The performance was excellent, Sean Barratt delivers with authority suitable to the story.

A great story well narrated

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His research and eye for detail is unsurpassed. The way he writes, the story just falls from the page!

Another masterpiece

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