Broken Angels, Gwyn Bennett
Broken Angels, Gwyn Bennett
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Broken Angels
A heart-stopping crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat

Author: Gwyn Bennett

Narrator: George Weightman

Unabridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2023


Synopsis

“Mind-blowing! It's just that good!” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The child’s eyes were tightly shut and a lock of blond hair had fallen across his smooth forehead. He looked as if he were merely sleeping… but the rotting leaves upon which he lay were his grave. In the early hours of a chilly autumn morning, Harrison Lane races to shadowy Fenton Woods. Beneath an ash tree is the lifeless body of a young boy – four guttered candles surround him, a makeshift cross pushed into the earth nearby. Harrison tenses – who would want to hurt an innocent child? As head of the police’s Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit, Harrison uses his unique tracking skills to assess the scene. Some slips of paper inside the boy’s mouth – cryptic words written in the child’s own handwriting – gives him the first clue, as well as a link to a dilapidated chapel in nearby Nunhead Cemetery. Pulse racing, Harrison realises he’s been there before – as a child, his mother brought him just before she herself was murdered, her killer never caught. Then another child goes missing – a little boy who bears an eerie resemblance to the first victim. Harrison knows the chance of finding him alive is growing smaller every moment … can Harrison conquer the demons in his own past and catch this twisted killer before another innocent life is taken? A totally and utterly gripping, keep-you-up-all-night crime thriller Fans of Angela Marsons, DK Hood and Rachel Lynch will love this unputdownable crime series introducing the unforgettable Harrison Lane. What readers are saying about Broken Angels:

“This book has me grasping at the edge of my seat every single day when I was reading it… This book is just mind-blowing! It's just that good!” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Wow what a book… I could not put it down.” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This book grabbed hold of my attention from the first page and didn’t let go until the gripping end... I can’t wait to devour the next book and learn more about Dr Harrison Lane’s past… Clever, chilling, and compelling. What a treat.” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“I was mesmerised by Harrison Lane, he’s like no other character I’ve read about before... absolutely fascinating. I also loved the other characters that make up the book, with maybe a hint of romance blooming… I can’t wait to read the next books in the series, I’m hooked!” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Wow, I am already a little in love with Dr Harrison Lane… More please.” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I loved Broken Angels… I read the entire book in a couple of sittings. It’s a page-turner!” Online reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather on October 31, 2009

A very different book from Altered Carbon. And not nearly as good. Is this one of those cases where a successful author isn't subject to as much editorial control? A difference that doesn't bother me is that Broken Angels is more SF and less murder mystery than Altered Carbon. But then there's the re......more

Goodreads review by Gavin on February 26, 2018

This was a fantastic sequel to Altered Carbon. I find Morgan's writing to be super engaging and the story itself delivers a good mix of action, humor, and mystery while still giving the reader plenty of thought-provoking themes to ponder. The setting changed completely for this second instalment. Ta......more

Goodreads review by Josh on June 20, 2018

Broken Angels is a vastly different book to the first Takeshi Kovacs novel, Altered Carbon. Where Altered Carbon read like a futuristic noir, focusing on a sci-fi murder mystery, the sequel (set fifty years after) reads like military sci-fi with exploration into the evolutionary Martian warfare at t......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on October 30, 2016

This book is just a punishing read. It checks all the right boxes: Cool future military technology, deadly mercenaries with cynical attitudes, evil corporate execs, radioactive battlefields, deadly nanotech, mysterious and powerful remains of an advanced alien race, double- and triple-crosses, and a......more

Goodreads review by Gianfranco on August 06, 2022

Una parte di me era morta sulla Terra. Un altro pianeta, un'altra custodia. Cacciai dalla mente una faccia che ricordavo, ahimè, troppo bene e mi guardai attorno, per reimmettermi nel presente. Visi truccati a colori vivaci mi scrutarono dalle ombre, poi si voltarono. Il primo libro della trilogia aven......more