Broken Angels, Gwyn Bennett
Broken Angels, Gwyn Bennett
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Broken Angels
A heart-stopping crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat

Author: Gwyn Bennett

Narrator: George Weightman

Unabridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2023


Synopsis

The child looked as if he were just sleeping on autumn leaves. But the burned-down candles and wooden cross told a different story…Detectives call Dr Harrison Lane to the dark depths of Fenton Woods, where he finds seven-year-old Darren Phillips surrounded by candles and a makeshift cross. A prayer is scrawled on his chest. Papers crammed in his mouth – pages of scripture written in a child’s trembling hand.As head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit, Harrison reads what others can’t see. The killer kept Darren alive for days, teaching him, forcing him to write. This is a man who believes he’s saving children’s souls from the Devil.Then another boy vanishes.Using his tracking skills and deep understanding of ritual crime, Harrison hunts a man convinced he’s doing God’s work. But the investigation stirs the dark shadows in Harrison’s own past – shadows that have haunted him for years.Can he stop this killer before another innocent life is taken?A gripping, keep-you-up-all-night twisty suspense.Broken Angels is the first in the best-selling Harrison Lane crime thriller series. This nail-biting page-turner is perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, LJ Ross, Rachel McLean, DK Hood and Rachel Lynch.What readers are saying about Broken Angels:“This book has me grasping at the edge of my seat every single day when I was reading it… This book is just mind-blowing! It's just that good!”Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Wow what a book… I could not put it down.” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“This book grabbed hold of my attention from the first page and didn’t let go until the gripping end... I can’t wait to devour the next book and learn more about Dr Harrison Lane’s past… Clever, chilling, and compelling. What a treat.” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather on October 31, 2009

A very different book from Altered Carbon. And not nearly as good. Is this one of those cases where a successful author isn't subject to as much editorial control? A difference that doesn't bother me is that Broken Angels is more SF and less murder mystery than Altered Carbon. But then there's the re......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on February 26, 2018

This was a fantastic sequel to Altered Carbon. I find Morgan's writing to be super engaging and the story itself delivers a good mix of action, humor, and mystery while still giving the reader plenty of thought-provoking themes to ponder. The setting changed completely for this second instalment. Ta......more

Goodreads review by Josh on June 20, 2018

Broken Angels is a vastly different book to the first Takeshi Kovacs novel, Altered Carbon. Where Altered Carbon read like a futuristic noir, focusing on a sci-fi murder mystery, the sequel (set fifty years after) reads like military sci-fi with exploration into the evolutionary Martian warfare at t......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on October 30, 2016

This book is just a punishing read. It checks all the right boxes: Cool future military technology, deadly mercenaries with cynical attitudes, evil corporate execs, radioactive battlefields, deadly nanotech, mysterious and powerful remains of an advanced alien race, double- and triple-crosses, and a......more

Goodreads review by Gianfranco on August 06, 2022

Una parte di me era morta sulla Terra. Un altro pianeta, un'altra custodia. Cacciai dalla mente una faccia che ricordavo, ahimè, troppo bene e mi guardai attorno, per reimmettermi nel presente. Visi truccati a colori vivaci mi scrutarono dalle ombre, poi si voltarono. Il primo libro della trilogia aven......more