The Breaker

Name: The Breaker
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Minette Walters
ISBN: 9781461812777

Author: Minette Walters

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 11 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/13/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

With six critically-acclaimed novels to her credit, this Edgar Award–winning author is so widely popular that her work has been adapted for television and translated into 32 languages. Her latest international bestseller, The Breaker is a masterpiece of psychological suspense. Twelve hours after Kate Sumner’s brutally murdered body washes up on the beach, her traumatized 3-year-old daughter is found wandering the streets alone. At first, the prime suspect is a young actor, obsessed with pornography. But now the local English constable has doubts about the victim’s husband. Was he really out of town when she was killed? And why does the child scream every time her father comes near her? Holding readers in an exhilarating state of anticipation, British author Minette Walters guides them through a startling maze where nothing is as it seems, and even the innocent tell lies.

About Minette Walters

Minette Walters is the author of thirteen novels—including The Shape of Snakes and The Sculptress—two novellas, and a number of short stories. Her work, which has been published in more than thirty-five countries, has received several major awards, including two Gold Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association in Great Britain and the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Dorset, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bruce on July 09, 2016

My usual rule is never to read reviews of a novel until I have written my own. In this case I have been obliged to break it, if only to reassure myself that “it’s not just me”. I suspected from the description in the opening paragraph (of the washed-up corpse of a female rape victim) that I might str......more

Goodreads review by Bill on July 29, 2021

Some of my favorite mystery writers are women; authors like Margaret Millar and PD James, amongst others. Another favorite is Minette Walters. Since I started reading her books in early 2000's, I've enjoyed 8 of her standalone stories. The Breaker was her sixth novel (1998) and was another excellent......more

Goodreads review by Monique on January 12, 2014

Hmm..Don't know really what to say here as I was all set to love a good English mystery by a lady with my same initials AND my maiden name Walters! Yess I was excited and alas about three days ago that excitement died... this book was long and drawn out for no reason..the mystery, one you don't even......more

Goodreads review by John on August 02, 2023

A disturbing murder mystery. Unlikeable victim and suspects. Kate is found nude on a beach. She has been raped and murdered. Steven Harding with two boys finds the victim and behaves very strangely. We find out Kate appears to be not a nice person with William her husband another suspect. Nick the t......more

Goodreads review by Vera on May 14, 2020

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