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Close Up
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Welcome to Burning Cove, California, where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer...
Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes or headshots for aspiring male actors. Although she is set on a career of transforming photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what’s paying the bills.
After shooting crime scene photos of a famous actress, the latest victim of the murderer the press has dubbed the “Dagger Killer,” Vivian notices eerie similarities to the crime scenes of previous victims - details that only another photographer would have noticed - details that put Vivian at the top of the killer’s target list.
Nick Sundridge has always been able to “see” things that others don’t, coping with disturbing dreams and visions. His talent, or as he puts it - his curse - along with his dark past makes him a recluse, but a brilliant investigator. As the only one with the ability to help, Nick is sent to protect Vivian. Together, they discover the Dagger Killer has ties to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood royalty and high society. It is a cutthroat world of allure and deception that Vivian and Nick must traverse - all in order to uncover the killer who will stop at nothing to add them to their gallery of murders.
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- Book Monitor
- 09-05-20
A cracking good read, with murder and mayhem
This is a story full of action and follows on from the previous book in the series in that the coded anthology of poetry that Luther Pell acquired at the end of the previous book starts to get decoded and throws up the name of the latest commission by a murderer for hire- Vivian Brazier. Nick is an investigator with a slightly secretive past, and an inherited ability that is both gift and curse. He becomes Vivian's bodyguard.
Meanwhile the dagger murderer, is at large, and Vivian has been at the crime scenes in her role as freelance news photographer, which she does to pay the bills whilst trying to get her artistic photography accepted by the local art establishment. As the story develops, so do a number of twists and turns, a house fire, a trip to Burning Cove, more deaths, challenges and adventures.
We meet again some of the characters from the previous books and in my opinion it is best read these in series order.
The narrator did a reasonable job but isn't great at accents. It is however easy to distinguish most characters.
A solid 4 star read overall.
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