Nightmare, Stephen Leather
Nightmare, Stephen Leather
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Nightmare

Author: Stephen Leather

Narrator: Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 12 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/20/2012

Synopsis

The last case of police negotiator Jack Nightingale’s career ended in the death of nine-year-old Sophie Underwood. Since then he’s saved his own soul from the devil…but now he’s haunted by Sophie’s cries for help. And when a gangbanger lying in a hospital bed with no brain activity repeatedly drops Jack’s name, Nightingale realizes Sophie may desperately need him. But why?Police superintendent Ronald Chalmers is determined to pin the gangbanger’s almost-murder on Jack, but he is preoccupied with Sophie and whether or not she’s in eternal torment—or if demons are torturing and deceiving him in order to gain the ultimate prize. With time running out, he’ll have to face down Chalmers and the police, south London gangs, and Hell itself in order to find the answer…A riveting climax to The Nightingale Trilogy, Nightmare is a freight train of action, intensity, and suspense that delivers the force of eternal damnation and the power of the human soul.

About Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail, and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a gas station attendant, a bartender, and held a position with the Inland Revenue. He began writing full-time in 1992 and his bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London’s Burning, The Knock, and the BBC’s Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, http://www.stephenleather.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ubiquitousbastard

This might actually be the best of the three, which is a relief. The repetition that so annoyed me in the other books was still present, but significantly lessened. Yes, the ending still felt like it was thrust along by deus ex machina plotting, but the resolution was somewhat satisfying, so I forgi......more

Goodreads review by Midnight

Jack Nightingale is single, 33 years old and haunted by memories of the death of Sophie Underwood, a nine year old girl he watched throw herself from a balcony two years before. He is an ex cop who now works as a private detective but people close to him seem to have a nasty habit of either killing......more

Goodreads review by David

This time, Jack Nightingale is on a quest to save the soul of Sophie, the traumatized little girl whose suicide he witnessed as a police officer. Like the previous books in this series, it is intermittently effective but has several barriers to complete enjoyment. Author Stephen Leather gins up force......more

Goodreads review by Nora

I really enjoy this series! Those are the perfect books for times in which you just want to read pur entertainment! The books are thrilling and very funny, just great when you don´t want to deal with difficult stuff :)......more

Goodreads review by Tharina

A book about active Satanists. What bothers, and REALLY bothers me, is: if you are plagued by spells and stuff from Satanists, why do the "hero" turn to the dark side for answers? If he believes in the dark side, he must acknowledge the "light". TURN TO THE LIGHT YOU BLOODY IDIOT!!......more

Quotes

“Written with panache, and a fine ear for dialogue, Leather manages the collision between the real and the occult with exceptional skill, adding a superb time-shift twist at the end.” —Daily Mail

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