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Time Is Running Out

DCI Matilda Darke, Book 7

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Time Is Running Out

By: Michael Wood
Narrated by: Stephanie Beattie
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‘This is a total BOOM BOOM POW! of a book…Budge up Jed Mercurio when you are done working on Line of Duty I think it is time for you to meet Matilda’ LJ, Read and Rated Book Review Blog

‘Excellent plotting. The twists keep on coming making this an irresistible read’ Michael J. Malone, author of A Song of Isolation

You’re a survivor, aren’t you, Matilda? But what’s the point in surviving when everyone around you is dead?

When DCI Matilda Darke receives a mysterious telephone call, she immediately dismisses the threat. Afterall the Homicide and Major Enquiries team are a regular target for prank calls.

But ignoring this warning might soon be the biggest regret of Matilda Darke’s life.

A lone gunman is on a deadly rampage around Sheffield, leaving a bloody trail in his wake. Taking his shots with a sickening precision, he’s about to leave his mark on the world and change Matilda and her team’s lives forever.

The next chilling instalment in the DCI Matilda Darke thriller series, perfect for fans of Patricia Gibney and Angela Marsons.

©2021 Michael Wood (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Crime Fiction Detective Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Survival Fiction Scary Suspense
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Struggled to finish, and was so looking forward to this book. Every one till now has been 5 star, and this is such a disappointment. Unrelenting misery, with the shooter killing nearly all my fav characters, becoming more far-fetched with every chapter. Can't see how series will come back from this. So dismayed by this book, the series has been so very good until now.

Loved the series till now.

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I love this series of books Michael Wood is a wonderful writer they are always engaging, funny, grim, surprising and riddled with twists but lean away from the clever fictional idea of murder towards a more gritty and human take on it.

this book is a bullet train from start to finish, it's in real time and shocking, I laughed, cried and spent most of it on the edge of my seat wonderful really enjoyed it and couldn't stop listening.

like the best season of 24 set in Sheffield

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Unbelievably well written. I was transfixed from start to finish. Such brave writing in eliminating many loved characters in one book. Thoroughly recommended.

Outstanding

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This was such a Fantastic story. Not sure how any of the main Characters that are left will recover.
I’ve just finished and can’t praise it enough.
I’ve listened to the whole Matilda Dark series on Audible and I think Michael Wood is probably now my Favourite Author.
The Narrator was Excellent.

Such a powerful plot

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A good premise for what should have been a great story. But as the killings continued and one by one much liked characters died, it began to feel as if the author was using his written word like a gun and destroying his own carefully crafted characters.

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