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The Ash Lake Murders

By: Helen H. Durrant
Narrated by: Katie West
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MEET DETECTIVE ALICE ROSSI IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES.

A brand-new mystery from #1 bestselling author Helen H. Durrant that will have you gripped from start to explosive finish.

A female serial killer with a deadly agenda. The detective who must stop her. Luxury holiday lodges in the stunning Peak District. The game begins . . .

Callum is lured to an isolated boathouse by an attractive older woman. When she gets him alone, she knocks him out with a single blow. As he wakes up, her voice comes out of the darkness, “You're a sprat to catch a mackerel.”

Surrounded by hills and lakes, Still Waters is home to a close-knit community of wealthy retirees. It's an unlikely setting for violence. The police don't take Callum's disappearance seriously: he's 24-years-old, after all. But Callum's mother, a Still Waters resident, knows that something is very wrong.

Then a body is discovered floating in the lake. Head bashed in. But it's not Callum.

And someone tweets: Come out to play one last time, Alice. Still Waters run deep. #MadHatter.

That's when DCI Alice Rossi is called in. She's back.

©2022 Helen H. Durrant (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd
Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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Great Listen

I really enjoyed this story, it had good twists and turns in it and the Narrator Katie West did a fantastic job. you were transformed into the book and you felt like you were a fly on the wall watching everything happen around you. Easy listening the only thing i thought it was a little silly at the end but over all i would highly recommend this to people for a listen and the fact that is was free it was a big bonus, I will defiantly listen to more of Helen H Durrant books

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Plot was to weak

Plot overall was very weak, killer to obvious, shame as beginning showed promise, narrator talked to fast.

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The three dimensional characters and locations description.

I prefer female and male narrators on audible to tell the story and get more of a sence of the different characters.

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Poor ending

Could have been great,but the ending was frustrating. No real detective would have made the same decision and the reasoning for that decision was week, it left me asking so many unanswered questions.

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Enjoyable

Another enjoyable novel from Helen Durrant. Looking forward to the next one from the author.

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Great book

Loved this book lots of stuff happening from start to finished will definitely be reading more of these books I love a series and I good detective xx

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Poor main character

Why do so many authors struggle to write strong female leads? This character lies to her bosses, colleagues and son over and over again and actively harms her own investigation in doing so. It’s not heroic, it’s stupidity.

I quite liked the story although he as disappointed with the end but I guess they have another book to sell.

Worth a listen as part of a Plus subscription certainly but no more. It’s an easy listen with good narration (I disagree with the negative reviews on her work)and has lots of twists to keep you entertained, but like a lot of titles deep in the plus catalogue it’s flawed.

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Simple and predictable listen

Well narrated but simple. Prefer a more complex listen. Wasn’t drawn in by the characters.

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Loved it.

I loved this book, being from Derbyshire myself it was great to hear a story based on my local area.

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Excellent story

Wonderful narration. Extremely good plot line. Superb ending. AND IT'S FREE !!!! Give yourself a treat.

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