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The Detective's Daughter
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- Author
- Lesley Thomson
- Narrator
- Anna Bentinck
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 10 July 2013
- Run Time
- 17 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the banks of the Thames with her three-year-old son. She never came home.
For three decades, the case file has lain, unsolved, in the corner of an attic. Until the detective's daughter, Stella Darnell, starts to clear out her father's house after his death...
Reviews for The Detective's Daughter:
'A haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot' Sunday Times
'This book has a clever mystery plot – but its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable, and in its setting in a real West London street, exactly described' Literary Review
'A thoughtful, well-observed story... It reminded me of Kate Atkinson' Scott Pack
'A cerebral thriller... Evokes chills from more than just the frigid winter nights' Forward Reviews Magazine
'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin
Critics Review
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A haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot
Sunday Times
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This book has a clever mystery plot – but its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable, and in its setting in a real West London street, exactly described
Literary Review
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A cerebral thriller... Evokes chills from more than just the frigid winter nights... Twists and surprises abound'
Forward Reviews Magazine
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A thoughtful, well-observed story... It reminded me of Kate Atkinson'
Scott Pack
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Tense and gripping... On the edge of my seat? No way – I was cowering under it'
Shotsmag
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Skilfully evokes the era and slow-moving childhood summers... A study of memory and guilt with several twists'
Guardian
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Details
- Author
- Lesley Thomson
- Narrator
- Anna Bentinck
- Duration
- 17 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 July 2013
- ISBN
- 9781471345043
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Synopsis
As winter closes its grip on snow-bound London, a cleaner determines to solve the case that her detective father never could. A Kindle number one bestseller. It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the banks of the Thames with her three-year-old son. She never came home.For three decades, the case file has lain, unsolved, in the corner of an attic. Until the detective's daughter, Stella Darnell, starts to clear out her father's house after his death...Reviews for The Detective's Daughter: 'A haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot' Sunday Times 'This book has a clever mystery plot – but its excellence is in the characters, all credible and memorable, and in its setting in a real West London street, exactly described' Literary Review 'A thoughtful, well-observed story... It reminded me of Kate Atkinson' Scott Pack 'A cerebral thriller... Evokes chills from more than just the frigid winter nights' Forward Reviews Magazine 'Lesley Thomson gets better and better' Ian Rankin
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