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Because She Looked Away

Ronnie Blake, Book 1

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Because She Looked Away

By: Alison Bruce
Narrated by: Rose Robinson
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'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' Elly Griffiths

'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail

'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this - the first book in her new Cambridge-set series. Utterly engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing till the end, this is a brilliant start to what promises to be a terrific new series.' Christina Koning

'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists. Because You Looked Away is gripping, clever and utterly authentic' Graham Bartlett

'Because She Looked Away is fast paced, twisty, clever, and satisfying, an engaging start to a new series from an established author' Emily Winslow

After the sudden death of her sister, devastated detective DS Ronnie Blake relocates to Cambridge to help her brother Alex raise their sister's young son, Noah. She reports for her first day but instead finds herself being questioned by a special investigations unit, nicknamed the DEAD Team.

With a small group of six, led by DI Fenton, the once-successful DEAD team has a single outstanding case, Operation Byron, and the failure to resolve it threatens the unit's existence. Their most promising lead is an anonymous note linking three seemingly unconnected people: a convicted fraudster, a dead academic... and Ronnie's sister Jodie.

When Ronnie is denied information about Operation Byron, she follows a lead slipped to her by Malachi, the youngest member of the team, and makes a discovery which links Operation Byron to a disturbing unsolved murder. She is rapidly drawn into an intricate web of deceit, buried secrets and tragedy and the discovery that her connection to Cambridge is far darker than she could ever have guessed.

©2024 Alison Bruce (P)2024 Hachette Audio UK
Crime Crime Thrillers Mystery Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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I use ear pods and headphones, therefore prefer a straightforward, level narration that I can put my own interpretation on the characters and I can hear a clearly audible voice without the foreign accents in this case - and attempted child voices and ear blasting screechy ladies in others. Sadly, had to skip the heavily accented dialogue as I couldn't make out the gabbled words. I loved the Goodhew novels and this new detective Ronnie Blake is likeable, however the story is fuzzy in places- the weaving and wending was intricate but when we got there it seemed a little sparse around the perpetrators. I am not too sure who did what and why. What did Jodie look away from? Looking forward to the next book.

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Like Alison's past novels, this again, is an incredible book that just can't be put down.

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This was well constructed although there were so many characters it could become confusing. The choice of narrator wasn’t particularly suitable- too breathy. But overall a satisfying story and looking forward to more of the new Cambridge detective

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