The Devils Feather, Minette Walters
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The Devil's Feather

Narrator: Josephine Bailey

Unabridged: 10 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2006

Category: Fiction


Synopsis

In each of her ten critically acclaimed and hugely popular novels, Minette Walters has explored the dark terrain of the human psyche to give us thrillers of exceptional psychological complexity and suspense. Now, in The Devil's Feather, she gives us her most unexpected and electrifying novel yet. In 2002, five women are discovered barbarously murdered in Sierra Leone. Reuters Africa correspondent Connie Burns suspects a British mercenary: a man who seems to turn up in every war-torn corner of Africa, whose reputation for violence and brutality is well-founded and widely known. Connie's suspicions that he's using the chaos of war to act out sadistic, misogynistic fantasies fall on deaf ears—but she's determined to expose him and his secret. The consequences are devastating. Connie encounters the man again in Baghdad, but almost immediately she's taken hostage. Released after three desperate days, terrified and traumatized by the experience—fearing that she will never again be the person she once was—Connie retreats to England. She is bent on protecting herself by withholding information about her abduction. But secluded in a remote rented house—where the jealously guarded history of her landlady's family seems to mirror her own fears—she knows that it is only a matter of time before her nightmares become real. With its sinuous plot, its acutely drawn characters, and its blistering suspense, The Devil's Feather keeps us riveted from first to last. It is a dazzling reminder of why Publishers Weekly has dubbed Minette Walters "Agatha Christie with the gloves off.""Narrator Josephine Bailey, who has won several awards for her distinctive audio performances, perfectly captures all the nuances, fears and emotions of The Devil's Feather." ---Sun-Sentinel

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Leni on 2008-12-05 00:33:57

Minette Walters is a brilliant writer, and that is why I do not like reading her books. This one like all her others draws you right into the violent, scary world that her characters live in. There is no cosy here in her Britain or her worldview. No escape from the newspapers, the nightly news or the cruelty of life. It is very hard to put down her books and this is no exception. The world is a scarier place each time you read her books, and if you are like me, you have to go and read an Agatha Christie to feel safe again in your delusion of a good world.