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Spoken Bones

A DI Fenella Sallow Crime Thriller, Book 1

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Spoken Bones

By: N.C. Lewis
Narrated by: Deborah Balm
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This dark secret could finally break her…

Detective Inspector Fenella Sallow is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. When the body of a retired artist is discovered atop the blackened embers of the town bonfire, the community is rocked to the core.

It falls to DI Fenella Sallow and her team to find out how she came to be there. In her 50s, the veteran detective inspector thought she had seen it all. But behind the curtained windows and closed doors of the idyllic Cumbria coastal setting lurks pure evil.

Fenella must confront her dark past. Haunted by the unsolved case of a missing girl, she knows it is a race against time. Can she stop this death from slipping through her fingers, too?

Before long, it becomes disturbingly clear that the killer is playing a twisted game and will do anything to conceal the terrible truth of what happened on the beach on Bonfire Night.

Set against the backdrop of beautiful coastal Cumbria, an ancient land of legend, folklore, and myth, Spoken Bones is the first book in the Detective Inspector Fenella Sallow series.

This pause-resisting crime thriller will keep you hooked until the very end. If you like police procedurals with psychologically complex characters and shocking twists, then you’ll love Spoken Bones.

Perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, J.D. Kirk, Simon McCleave, Stuart MacBride, Matt Brolly, Angela Marsons, Alex Smith, J.M. Dalgliesh, J.E. Mayhew, David J. Gatward, T.G. Reid, Jack Gatland, Robert F. Barker, and J.R. Ellis.

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This story seems to me to be an accurate description of real police procedure. There are no brilliant super-sleuths just a persistent searcher for truth. I am hungry for more Fenella Sallow.

A wonderful read

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The readers voice did not like it put me off listening. Who have preferred a man

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Like many other books, this was ok. Fine to past some time, on a winters night.

Typical detective story

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Admittedly, I’m only halfway through, but by this stage I would expect to be fully invested in the story. However, I’m finding it really slow. The narrator has a thick cozy Yorkshire accent which doesn’t interpret each of the characters particularly well. I’m finding it a struggle to persist with, but if I do get to the end and change my mind, I’ll update my review

Hasn’t grabbed me yet

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Good twist, but just too much waffle. Could have been more successful book with just 60% of the words.

Far too much waffle

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