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The Night Shift

Cavendish and Walker, Book 0

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DS Whitney Walker wants a promotion, but it’s hard when she’s trying to balance motherhood with a career.

When a newborn baby is kidnapped from the local hospital, she draws on her skills as a mother to help. Despite being ordered not to, and when the leads are going nowhere, Walker enlists the help of a local journalist who’s convinced it’s the work of an international baby smuggling ring. Walker’s plan backfires and she fears they’re running out of time.

©2021 Sally Rigby (P)2021 Podium Audio Mystery Police Procedurals British Mysteries Police Fiction
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enjoyed this but annoyed I wasted a full credit on a short story 😒

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I started reading book 1 and saw this short story labelled book 0. This is the first outing of the then DS Whitney Walker. Here we see her balancing motherhood with wanting to work through the police ranks which is tough as a woman in an industry dominated by men.

Whitney is on an emotional case of a baby that is kidnapped, in this particular case as she is a mother she taps into her experience to help her case. Whilst doing so a very insistent journalist suggests there is more to the case. Whitney superiors warn her against it but Whitney is not the type to follow orders, will it backfire….

*Promising Start*

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It was ok but so many leads went nowhere, and nothing tied together. Solved in a few moments at the end in a way that had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the book.

Solved in 3 seconds at the end

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This is a good story, given extra depth by Clare Corbett’s performance. I want to read more in this series.

Clare Corbett is a wonderful narrator

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As a short story with an insight of Whitney’s beginnings this is nice. However it is wasted to solve any mysteries from the DCIs past as I’d expect from a story written later as prequel to the cavendish and walker stories. All clues about clashes with authority or grudges with previous colleagues cannot be explored as it is too short and not relevant anyway for the later stories. As a short side kick the story isn’t bad but it’d be more affective if it was given a full length and depth.

A full story not told

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