Swansong, Damien Boyd
Swansong, Damien Boyd
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Swansong

Author: Damien Boyd

Narrator: Simon Mattacks

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/11/2023


Synopsis

Isobel Swan, a sixth form student, has been murdered. First, her ring finger is severed, then her throat is cut.With the investigation going nowhere fast, Detective Inspector Nick Dixon is sent undercover as a trainee teacher into Isobel’s boarding school.But to find the killer, he must first confront his inner demons and lay to rest the ghosts lurking in his own past. If he can…As Dixon digs deeper, the stakes have never been higher and a murder has never felt so personal.Swansong is the fourth novel in Damien Boyd’s highly addictive crime series.

About Damien Boyd

Damien Boyd is a solicitor by training and draws on his extensive experience of criminal law, along with a spell in the Crown Prosecution Service, to write fast-paced crime thrillers featuring Detective Inspector Nick Dixon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kylie on June 19, 2020

I really enjoyed Swansong, I must say it's the best in the Nick Dixon series so far. Nick goes undercover as a teacher at a school where a girl has been murdered. The investigation takes Nick to uncover deep memories of another case, and another girl. As the stakes rise Nick finds himself more and m......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary on August 24, 2021

If I could I'd give this more than 5 stars . From the middle of Chpt 12 the pace hots up and the last hour of the book I was reading faster and faster as I'd had a low battery warning and was desperate to get to the end first. I was just holding back the tears as the ending came. Powerful writing. In......more

Goodreads review by Jane on April 08, 2015

Brilliant. Absolutely loved it. Nick Dixon and Jane Winter are among my all time favourite characters. His was a compelling tale and kept me guessing right to the end. It's not often I read a book in just over a day but this was one of those books that keeps you wanting more till it's finished.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on December 30, 2017

The fourth outing for DI Nick Dixon and definitely the best yet. The murder of a teenage girl leads to Dixon going undercover at a local Boarding School. But what he hides from his superiors is that this case bears chilling links to his own childhood and another case that needs solving. There is mor......more