The Eyewitness cover art

The Eyewitness

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Eyewitness

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: Seán Barrett
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Jack Solomon is a messenger of death. Working in the fractured remains of Yugoslavia, his task is to identify the victims of ethnic cleansing and to tell families that their loved ones are gone. Years of working in the killing fields have desensitised the former London policeman to the horrors of war, but when a truck containing 26 bodies is pulled from a lake, Solomon is unable to walk away from the case.

He sets out to find the only survivor of the massacre, a young girl on the run from the killers. From the brothels of Sarajevo to the high-stakes world of Internet prostitution, Solomon discovers that the killers are closer to home than he thinks....

©2003 Stephen Leather (P)2003 Isis Publishing Ltd Action & Adventure Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Hungry Ghost cover art
Tango One cover art
The Bombmaker cover art
Triggers cover art
The Fireman cover art
Spider Shepherd: SAS cover art
The Shout cover art
The Birthday Girl cover art
The Tunnel Rats cover art
Pay Off cover art
The Chinaman cover art
The Bag Carrier cover art
The Solitary Man cover art
The Hunting cover art
Nightfall cover art
Rogue Warrior cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
A different topic covered once again in a highly effective way by Stephen Leather. Our hero is a mild mannered investigator who attacks his case with verve, meets more than his fair share of hurdles at every corner and I couldn't put it down. I was wary of a new narrator but I needn't have been: Sean was excellent!

Top Story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good story bit tough at times but all the better for it really, nice twist at the end slightly obvious but ok
Well worth a go

Cracking story with good twist

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great story and great narration. Sean Barrett is one of the best narrators out there and though this is my first book by Stephen Leather, it will not be the last.

Fabulous

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

What did you like best about The Eyewitness? What did you like least?

The characters were well defined and came to life but I found the whole story sordid and violent. I suspect the author had done a lot of research around the subject and I don't doubt the realism, however I found it a depressing read.

What could Stephen Leather have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I don't think the author could have made this book more enjoyable for me given the subject matter. It was all to real for me .

Have you listened to any of Seán Barrett’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

If this book were a film would you go see it?

No

Sordid and Violent

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Couldn’t believe the The incredible naivety of a man who so say had spent years in the London police force/ vice and 4 years seeking victims of war crimes

Story line .

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Stephen Leather does it again, I have listened to 30+ of his books now and thoroughly enjoyed all but one. The subject matter is uncomfortable but very real in today's world and the way it has been handled is thought provoking. Once again an impressive performance by SB who brings the characters to "life".

Excellent

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was a difficult subject matter but the delivery was considered and challenging, producing a thriller that left me guessing all of the way.
The characters were always in the shades of grey, that most of us exist in, (although not to some of these extremes). They were established in a way that I ‘cared’ for them.
The performance was excellent, Sean Barratt delivers with authority suitable to the story.

A great story well narrated

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I still find SL's ability to create a story fascinating.
This is a gentle slow burn, with underlying overtones of intrigue and menace. All of his stories have a twist in the tail, but even though I was looking for it "I wasn't expecting that!"
Gentle pace compared to many other of SL's book, but the tension and intrigue build steadily from the start
Running out of his books to listen too now!

Challenging subject matter

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Educational a reminder of conflicts that happened and how many suffered Religion has a lot to answer to

Very different for Stephen Leather

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is the 3rd Stephen Leather book I've read my first was The China Man which was also excellent.
I enjoyed the story and found the narrator easy to listen to, kept be interested right up to the last page

Great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews