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Remain Silent

Manon Bradshaw, Book 3

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Remain Silent

By: Susie Steiner
Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
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About this listen

 LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

AN UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘I'm so impressed I want to tell everyone… Police procedural with real imagination and heart, and a marvellous lightness of style and wit’ PHILIP PULLMAN

A TRAGIC DEATH. A TOWN FILLED WITH SECRETS.

A NAMELESS BODY
A young man is found hanging from a tree, with nothing to identify him.

NO LEADS TO FOLLOW
Was he driven to suicide, or was he silenced? Somebody knows, but they’re not saying.

WHO’S NEXT?
With potential witnesses too scared to talk to her, can DI Manon Bradshaw discover the truth before more innocent people die?

©2020 Susie Steiner (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense

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Critic reviews

"A brilliantly gripping tale." (Lucy Foley)

"No one writes crime fiction like Susie Steiner." (Erin Kelly)

"Manon Bradshaw is such a great creation. (Remain Silent) is so spot-on about love, relationships, middle-age, being a woman. The plot...broke my heart. So moving." (Marian Keyes)

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…but I’m afraid I revert to my opinion from Book 1: the narrator is not up to the job. Odd pronunciations of words, inconsistent pronunciation of recurring names, wildly varying accents for the same characters and the most risible attempt at Glaswegian I’ve ever heard.

But try not to let that put you off the story, which is well crafted, interesting and thought provoking.

Another good tale…

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extremely good storyline about a current concern, slave labour. thoroughly entertaining book. I enjoyed form beginning to end.

One of the very best narrators around

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just too many monologues. I began to get fed up listening to Manon go on and on - just solve the mystery

too many monologues

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I loved getting back into Manon Bradshaw's world, a mix of detectiving and domesticity. Susie Steiner had such a very different, brilliant, touching, funny and enjoyable writing style, it is a pleasure to listen. Juanita MacMahon is such an excellent narrator, generally ok with accents, though does anyone know where her boss McBane, is supposed to come from?
Throughly recommend listening.

So much more than just a detective story

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Susie Steiner writes fabulous characters and I find the twists and turns of Manon’s life and her no-holds -barred observations more satisfying than the crimes, particularly in this book. Her feelings on middle age and marriage are so acute that if I had been reading a physical book I would have underlined them and popped a post it note on the page so I could re-read them. ‘No one is entitled to be happy’ or words to that effect! And Manon’s lecture to Bri’s husband Peter (I won’t do a spoiler about why) is nothing short of brilliant.

However, I have to agree with other reviewers about the narration. Juanita is talented as a reader but regional accents are not her strong suit. The Scottish accent in particular is problematic and Davy veers from ooh-aah zummerset by way of Cardiff and as for Kim; Geordie, Irish, Liverpudlian? It’s a shame, narration can make or break audio books. My advice is fast forward through the Scottish, it’s not deal-breaking in terms of plot!

Great characters, narration flawed

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This is the 3rd Suzi Steiner I’ve read. Have loved all 3. Great characterisation poignant descriptive and insightful - love her writing!

Great plot, beautifully written

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A different storyline to the norm. Interesting if a bit obvious. The way the story is told is the interesting factor. This narrator let this book down and cannot repeat accents.

Interesting. Bad narration

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Really really awful narration completely ruined the audiobook. Accents were all over the place. Laughable.

Good story, terrible narration

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Manon brings us another great episode of policing v managing life.
Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this as much as the first two books (which I read), as the narration was very uncomfortable.

Another great story from Suzy Steiner

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Not as captivating as the others in the series. Not great narration, dodgy accents! Still enjoyed it though.

Not bad

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