In Cold Blood, Jane Bettany
In Cold Blood, Jane Bettany
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In Cold Blood

Author: Jane Bettany

Narrator: Helen Keeley

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ Digital

Published: 11/12/2020


Synopsis

‘I read this in one sitting and loved every minute of it.The detective story reads like an episode of .’ Readers love ! No secret can stay buried forever… As the Whitworth family begin renovations on their new home, their plans are brought to an abrupt end when they discover a body buried in the back garden. DI Isabel Blood The property cordoned off is number 23. The house she used to live in as a child… The forensic team estimate that the body has been in the ground for up to forty years – coinciding with the time Isabel’s family lived in the house. Isabel’s father vanished without a trace when she was fourteen years old. And with her mother remaining tight-lipped about her father’s disappearance, Isabel can’t escape the unnerving sense of dread that it’s his body, buried in the garden. Fans of , Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths will love ! “A thriller that had me engrossed from the first page. The storyline had me intrigued, so much so that.” 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer “ and I really enjoyed getting to know her. I’m a great fan of police procedural novels and The case was a fascinating one and the story was cleverly plotted… with numerous twists and turns and some rather surprising revelations!” 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer “ A fantastic debut novel that” 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer “This is !” 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer “ and cannot wait to read more from Jane Bettany.” 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer

Reviews

I think I have to file this one under....nicely done, but maybe too nice for me. 😈 This is a well-written police procedural/drama which is really more about DI Isabel Blood and her family than it is about law enforcement. A body is found in the garden of a house that DI Blood used to live in with he......more

Book Reviewed on www.whisperingstories.com Detective Inspector Isabel Blood is called away from her daughter’s parent’s evening by her colleague as there has been a body found. Upon arriving at the address she is hit by the fact that it is the place where she grew up. DI Blood is alarmed when it turn......more

IN COLD BLOOD is a cozy mystery and generally I find cozy mysteries boring, which is why I don’t read many. But I needed a break from the intense crime series I have been reading, and Kindle recently priced this one low. So I bought it. If I didn’t like it, I could always have stopped reading after......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

I thoroughly enjoyed reading In Cold Blood by Jane Bettany (not to be confused with Truman Capote's classic non-fiction novel of the same name), a character-driven police procedural / mystery in the more traditional mould. D.I. Isabel Blood is an intuitive and competent detective, based in the (fict......more