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 'The sheer impetus of his storytelling is damned hard to resist' Sunday Express

Sunday Times bestselling author Stephen Leather's latest edge-of-your-seat thriller.

*****

A standalone thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Stephen Leather that takes us into the world of the London Fire Brigade's elite Investigations Unit.

Vicky Lewis is a force to be reckoned with: not yet thirty and already Crew Manager in the London Fire Brigade, she's destined for great things.

But when she enters a burning building to save a man's life and leaves it with catastrophic injuries, all that changes. She's shunted over to the Fire Investigation Unit, where she's forced to team up with cantankerous veteran Des Farmer, aka the Grouch.

When Vicky stumbles across the Grouch's off-the-books investigation into the fiery deaths of a series of young, blonde women, she decides to join him in his search for the truth.

The answer is close - perhaps too close. Vicky's already been burnt once, and now she's playing with fire . . .

(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2018 Stephen Leather Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting England Thriller
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Another brilliant read from Stephen Leather! Realistic characters - I love the female lead - and enough technical info to make everything believable (to someone who knows nothing about it, anyway!). I sincerely hope this becomes the first of a new series👍.

Excellent

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Sound was fading in and out a lot! so not happy with that. The story was, as expected of Stephen Leather, full of good technical information. But I found this book very predictable, knew"who did it" from very early on. Good characterization, but bring back Spider please.

Good characters but bring back Spider please.

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great book one of his best . well done Sir .The person reading has a great clear voice and was great at reading

amazing book

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Shout to be better than the print version?

I cannot state having not read the story for myself, though I thoroughly enjoyed the tale

What did you like best about this story?

An excellent thriller taken in a new and refreshing direction. The high quality research I associate with Stephen Leather

Which character – as performed by Bea Holland – was your favourite?

I loved the Grouch, I possibly see something of myself in him

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Thorough enjoyment throughout

Any additional comments?

More please Mr Leather

Another thoroughbred from the Stephen Leather Stab

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A BRILLIANT premise and sets the characters up for future stories, but this became predictable and felt desperately rushed towards the end. Not Stephen Leather's finest work

Such potential

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