Silent Crimes

Name: Silent Crimes
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Hambling
ISBN: 9781666133707

Author: Michael Hambling

Series: DCI Sophie Allen #8

Narrator: Cat Gould

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/30/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological

Synopsis

AN INTRICATE MYSTERY FULL OF BURIED SECRETS

Detective Sophie Allen's daughter discovers the body of a reclusive tramp in remote woodland in Dorset. He's been dead for a week.

Sophie and her team try to piece together something about his life, but progress is slow.

NO ONE IS QUITE WHAT THEY SEEM.

Then a hidden package is discovered near his rudimentary shelter. The police also find out that someone has been in the area asking about the tramp recently. A picture begins to emerge. He was an important member of a commune that had a three-year existence on a farm on the Quantock Hills in Somerset more than decade earlier.

What happened in the commune and why are people still dying because of it?

Discover the truth in this captivating crime mystery.

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 Louise on October 31, 2019

Detective Sophie Allen #8 Detective Sophie Allen's daughter, Jade finds a body in the woods. The deceased was known to have been a member of a mysterious commune ten years ago. Jade had made friends with Paul Prentis, (the deceased) a few years ago. Then, another body is found with links to the commu......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 30, 2019

Crime hits Detective Sophie Allen's house via her teenage daughter, who discovers the body of a man living off the grid. He has lived in the woods for a couple of years, and Jade had befriended him by bringing him food every so often, whatever he needed. Sophie and her team are trying to identify the......more

Goodreads review by Pat on December 21, 2019

Another instalment in this very good series. Michael Hambling has been extremely consistent in delivering well plotted and interesting crime thrillers with characters you can relate to and get comfortable with. This one was not a nail biter but a satisfying and tricky mystery.......more

Goodreads review by Books 'n' All on November 04, 2019

This is book 8 in the bestselling Detective Sophie Allen series but does work well as stand alone. Sophie's daughter, Jade, has been keeping an eye on a tramp and his dog. When she finds his dead body and injured dog she has plenty of questions to answer but also questions that she needs answering. P......more

Goodreads review by Joanna on November 05, 2019

This is the eighth book in a series with Detective Sophie Allen as the lead. I have read a couple of them and have found that it is perfectly possible to read and enjoy them if you haven't read the earlier books, although the full picture from having read them all would be good. Sophie's daughter, J......more