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Never Be Broken (D.I. Marnie Rome 6)
- Author
- Sarah Hilary
- Narrator
- Imogen Church
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 16 May 2019
- Run Time
- 12 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'Deeply contemporary, painfully real, heartbreakingly good' Mick Herron
'DI Marnie Rome is a three-dimensional character of an emotional depth rarely encountered in the world of fictional cops' The Times
Children are dying on London's streets. Frankie Reece, stabbed through the heart, outside a corner shop. Others recruited from care homes, picked up and exploited; passed like gifts between gangs. They are London's lost.
Then Raphaela Belsham is killed. She's thirteen years old, her father is a man of influence, from a smart part of town. And she's white. Suddenly, the establishment is taking notice.
DS Noah Jake is determined to handle Raphaela's case and Frankie's too. But he's facing his own turmoil, and it's becoming an obsession. DI Marnie Rome is worried, and she needs Noah on side. Because more children are disappearing, more are being killed by the day and the swelling tide of violence needs to be stemmed before it's too late.
NEVER BE BROKEN is a stunning, intelligent and gripping novel which explores how the act of witness alters us, and reveals what lies beneath the veneer of a glittering city.
(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Critics Review
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[A] searing perceptive novel
Observer
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Deeply contemporary, painfully real, heartbreakingly good
Mick Herron
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Never Be Broken gloriously demonstrates that modern crime fiction really isn't all about the murders
Val McDermid
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Addictive, chilling and beautifully written. The timely story pulls you in deep
Will Dean
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The Marnie Rome stories are clever and sharp, but they also have the most incredibly emotional depth and clarity. I adored it
Joanna Cannon
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Sarah Hilary is going to be up there with the likes of Ruth Rendell, PD James and Val McDermid, as a game changer of British crime fiction
Crime Review
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Tough, tender, absolutely terrifying
Erin Kelly
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Heartbreaking, tense, intelligent storytelling from a writer at the top of her game. You won't get better writing than this
Live and Deadly blog
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Magnificent
Alex Marwood
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Compulsive and page-turning
Melanie McGrath
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A satisfyingly complex mystery
Mail on Sunday
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Hilary
- Narrator
- Imogen Church
- Duration
- 12 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781472249166
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Compulsive, gripping and dark, NEVER BE BROKEN is the stunning new novel in the Marnie Rome series, for fans of Peter James, Mark Billingham, and Val McDermid'Deeply contemporary, painfully real, heartbreakingly good' Mick Herron'DI Marnie Rome is a three-dimensional character of an emotional depth rarely encountered in the world of fictional cops' The TimesChildren are dying on London's streets. Frankie Reece, stabbed through the heart, outside a corner shop. Others recruited from care homes, picked up and exploited; passed like gifts between gangs. They are London's lost. Then Raphaela Belsham is killed. She's thirteen years old, her father is a man of influence, from a smart part of town. And she's white. Suddenly, the establishment is taking notice.DS Noah Jake is determined to handle Raphaela's case and Frankie's too. But he's facing his own turmoil, and it's becoming an obsession. DI Marnie Rome is worried, and she needs Noah on side. Because more children are disappearing, more are being killed by the day and the swelling tide of violence needs to be stemmed before it's too late. NEVER BE BROKEN is a stunning, intelligent and gripping novel which explores how the act of witness alters us, and reveals what lies beneath the veneer of a glittering city.(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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