Twisted Crimes, Michael Hambling
Twisted Crimes, Michael Hambling
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Twisted Crimes

Author: Michael Hambling

Narrator: Cat Gould

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

A COUPLE IS FOUND DEAD IN THEIR CAR ON A REMOTE NATURE RESERVE. WHAT DID THEY KNOW THAT WOULD MAKE SOMEONE KILL TO KEEP THEM SILENT?

Full of twists and turns, this crime thriller will keep you turning the pages until the stunning conclusion.

Sylvia and Ted Armitage, a retired couple, attend the wrong funeral service by mistake. A month later their daughter returns from holiday to find them missing. The police make little headway in tracing their whereabouts until their bodies are found in their car, abandoned in the middle of a copse in a tranquil nature reserve. They appear to have committed suicide, but some of the forensic evidence suggests otherwise. The police slowly make progress and find several links to a shady organization that owns a string of bars, clubs, and cafes.

When another body is found in the same area, DCI Sophie Allen must use all her investigative skills to unravel the connections between these very different victims. Some of the suspects are involved in shady deals and corruption, others are masking dark family secrets. Sophie is joined by two new police officers, Rose Simons and George Warrander, who will transform her team.

About Michael Hambling

Michael Hambling lives in the West of England, and he has set the location of his novels in this area. The early novels in the series are based in the Isle of Purbeck, a beautiful coastal area. But the rest of the county of Dorset does get a look in, and there are scenes set in other locations in the central south of England.

He writes because he constantly creates scenes, people, imaginary conversations, and unusual situations in his head. He has always done so, ever since he was a child. Using the richness of the English language to set down these creations in words is a great joy. Maybe by the time he's edited a passage for the umpteenth time it's beginning to lose some of its sparkle for him, but he believes in reshaping and polishing until it's as good as he can make it. It then becomes something about which he can feel some justifiable pride. He tries to include several plot layers in his novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda

An elderly couple are found dead in their car in a very remote area. There is a hose from the exhaust into the interior of the car. Suicide? Murder/Suicide? Murder? Forensic evidence suggests murder. Who would want this sweet elderly couple dead? Their grown daughter had been on vacation with her husb......more

Goodreads review by Ted

"Top notch police procedural" Once again Sophie Allen and her team strike gold. The settings don't change much in this series but the personnel do. I like the way that characters from previous stories are recalled to assist in the latest murder case. It keeps things fresh and opens up loads of opport......more

Goodreads review by Gill

Another really good book in this series!......more