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  • The Winter Killer

  • By: Alex Pine
  • Narrated by: Sid Sagar
  • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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The Winter Killer

By: Alex Pine
Narrated by: Sid Sagar
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Summary

Christmas has arrived in Cumbria, and wedding bells are ringing.
But an ice-cold killer is waiting in the fells…

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, DI James Walker receives a phone call that puts paid to his Christmas break. During the wedding of the year at a lakeside hotel, the bride’s sister has vanished.

When Rachel left the wedding breakfast before her speech, newly-wed Libby was furious. But as the night went on with no sign of her maid-of-honour, Libby started to realise something was very, very wrong…

Before the wedding night is out, the lake is being searched for a body.

Something old, something new. One guest is a killer. The question is: who?

The most chilling crime thriller you’ll read this winter, perfect for fans of Catherine Cooper’s The Chalet and Simon McCleave’s The Snowdonia Killings – and anyone who prefers their mince pies with a side of murder.

©2022 Alex Pine (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Great read

I enjoyed this book, it was full of twists and turns. Finished with a huge shock.
Highly recommend listening if your considering.

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Another Festive thriller delight.

Another awesome instalment into DCI James Walker….kept me guessing until the end. Although in some aspects I should have suspected more…

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Great Christmas crime thriller

loved this series. twists and turns that you don't see coming. would be good to hear/ read about James in his new role as chief inspector

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Excellent storyline

Excellent storyline from Alex Pine. Another cracking story based in the Lake District. Really enjoy his characters and the pace of the story

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Too gentle for me

Found this far too safe and a bit dull for me I’m afraid. I don’t often listen to police series novels like this, where the crimes & criminals change but you follow the same police offers throughout the series, and I’m not sure I like it. It all felt very safe and bland, despite there being a murder at the heart of it all! The characters all felt two-dimensional and unbelievable - these must be the most polite, considerate police officers I’ve ever heard. And the police officer’s wife, a new mom no less, who waves him off cheerily as he leaves for work and welcomes him back with a hot meal & glass of whiskey, didn’t ring true for me. This may suit readers who want something gentle & easy to listen to, but sadly not for me.

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Disappointing reading

Very slow to get started: It took the writer 8 chapters to establish that a body was found when the reader knew from the start of the book that this was going to happen. The narrative style was equally tedious, I stopped listening half way through chapter 8.

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