The Moment Before Impact, Alison Bruce
The Moment Before Impact, Alison Bruce
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The Moment Before Impact

Author: Alison Bruce

Narrator: Thomas Judd

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2020


Synopsis

'Alison Bruce always delivers. Her latest is tense, twisty, terrific' Ian Rankin

' [Alison Bruce] has written a superior thriller, full of suppressed menace' The Times Crime Club

'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' Elly Griffiths

'Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' Sophie Hannah

'Alison Bruce has long been one of the most adroit crime fiction practitioners in the UK. The Moment Before Impact is . . . her most accomplished outing yet' Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
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A terrible car accident - or calculated murder?

An evening out for five students ends in tragedy, with two dead and one critically injured. Nicci Waldock survives, but her life is left in tatters. Years later, a sighting of Jack Bailey, the brother of her dead friend, leaves her with a shocking realisation about the night of the accident.

Helped by former journalist Celia Henry, Nicci sets out to learn the truth about what really happened, and discovers a series of lies and dangerous secrets that have distorted everything she thinks she knows.

In uncovering the tangled truth of what happened that night three years ago, Nicci must decide who she can trust, and who is about to kill again. And she realises that everything can be saved or lost in the moment before impact.

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Praise for Alison Bruce

'As always, Bruce produces a rewarding read' The Times

'I Did It For Us held me from the off. It's compelling, slickly plotted and brilliantly written' Amanda Jennings

'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail

About Alison Bruce

Alison Bruce is the author of 10 crime novels and two non-fiction titles. Her first novel, Cambridge Blue, was described by Publishers Weekly as an 'assured debut' and introduced both detective, DC Gary Goodhew, and her trademark Cambridge setting. She went on to write six further novels in the DC Goodhew series before writing two psychological thrillers I Did It for Us and The Moment Before Impact. Because She Looked Away is the first in a new series, again set in Cambridge but this time featuring DCI Ronnie Blake and the DEAD team. Alison herself lives just outside Cambridge and has been shortlisted twice for the CWA Dagger in the Library award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on March 18, 2021

4-5 stars I’ve never read a book by Alison Bruce before and now I’m wondering why not?! This is one of those books that once you start it has you firmly in its grip, questioning, wondering and pondering throughout. It starts in one place and takes you in a most unexpected direction and I love that. E......more

Goodreads review by Heather on April 14, 2021

WOW! Loved this, written really well and at a compelling, engaging and sympathetic pace. It is a considered plot and the intriguing character development is great. This is the first I’ve read of Alison Bruce and it most definitely will not be the last. I must admit it was a tad complicated for me to b......more

Goodreads review by Philip on December 05, 2020

Most of us I am sure are familiar with books that you can’t put down because you want to know what happens next but don’t want to the story to end because they are so good, this is one of those books. The story is set in and around Cambridge, the streets and places are familiar to those who live in o......more

Goodreads review by Annette on March 05, 2023

Really enjoyed this book, once started I became very engaged in the characters, will definitely be reading more of her books......more

Goodreads review by ReadandRated on December 28, 2020

Having read and loved all of Alison Bruce's previous books, I was delighted to receive a copy of The Moment Before Impact for Christmas! Much like the others, this too is set in Cambridge which makes it wonderfully easy to imagine the scenes, shops, roads and houses. I completely love this - it makes......more