The Dark Hours, Amy Jordan
The Dark Hours, Amy Jordan
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The Dark Hours

Author: Amy Jordan

Narrator: Flora Montgomery

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2025


Synopsis

"This suspenseful story will appeal to readers of contemporary police procedurals like Tana French’s Dublin Murder series and Jane Harper’s Aaron Falk series." —Jane Harper, Booklist

Her worst nightmare just returned—but this time she’s ready

1994: When Gardas Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called out to a sleepy housing estate in Cork to investigate a noise complaint, they are entirely unprepared for what they find. What happens next will haunt Julia for the rest of her career, leaving her plagued with nightmares and terrified of the dark. There is a serial killer at work in Cork, one as clever as he is deadly. Julia may not be a detective yet, but after the harrowing events of that night, she is determined to be the one to catch him…

2024: Julia Harte has chosen just the right place to disappear. Now retired, with an illustrious career behind her, she has moved to a tiny cottage in a remote part of Ireland, where she hopes to find peace. But then she receives a phone call from her old superintendent—two women have been murdered, their bodies marked and staged, just like in ’94.

It’s happening again. Only this time, the stakes are even higher. Julia must return to Cork to face a vicious killer and the memories that haunt her. Yet Julia is no longer a naive junior officer but a seasoned, tough professional who proves more than a match for any murderer…
 

About Amy Jordan

Amy Jordan lives by the sea with her husband, young children and two mischievous rabbits inCork, Ireland. A former tutor at Munster Technological University, she workedin the Irish civil service for a number of years before pursuing her passionfor writing crime fiction. Amy is afan of thrillers and crime novels, and her love of suspense and plot twistsflows into her writing. Follow her on Instagram @amyjordanbooks


Reviews

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on January 03, 2025

My thanks to Harlequin Trade Publishing, Amy Jordan and Netgalley. Man oh man was this book dark! I loved it! It seems like this might be a new series. "I'm not sure" but boy howdy am I hoping! I loved the story and characters. Recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on November 17, 2024

As debut novels go, The Dark Hours is a pretty compelling, gripping read. From the opening chapters the reader is sucked in, and once started, the compulsion to continue reading is strong. The main protagonist is retired garda inspector Julia Harte. If that makes you think of retirement homes and ama......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on November 13, 2024

Now that is how you do a crime book!! What a brilliant debut from Amy Jordan, an author that I am already looking forward to reading more from. I am really excited by this book and hope that it will be a big success. A serial killer..and a copy cat killer. 30 years apart. Former Guarda detective Juli......more

Goodreads review by Heathers_readss on March 07, 2025

I don’t typically go for police procedural thrillers, however the opening scene of this had my heart pounding and I was invested in seeing the plot through to the end. I listened to the audiobook version and the narrator did a great job. I loved her accent and she has a calming voice I’d put somewher......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on February 26, 2025

This story is told in third person and follows Julia Harte, a retired police investigator in Ireland who is requested when a murder investigation has eerie similarities to murders committed by a now deceased serial killer that she helped apprehend when she was a Garda. The story is told in dual time......more