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The Safe Place
DCI Boyd Crime Series (Book 5)
- Author
- Alex Scarrow
- Narrator
- Aubrey Parsons
- Publisher
- Embla Books
- Publish Date
- 28 October 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Napoleonic-era ruin is known to the locals as 'Devil's Tower' for the many urban myths and ghost stories attributed to it. Far more terrifying is the story of its actual past.
When Boyd and the team begin to investigate they discover more than they bargained for in the dark, waterlogged void below Martello Tower No. 79.
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- Author
- Alex Scarrow
- Narrator
- Aubrey Parsons
- Duration
- 8 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9781471424144
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Embla Books
- Genre
- Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
The restoration of an old coastal defence tower is halted when work starts on the flooded basement, leading to the grim discovery of a human bone.The Napoleonic-era ruin is known to the locals as 'Devil's Tower' for the many urban myths and ghost stories attributed to it. Far more terrifying is the story of its actual past.When Boyd and the team begin to investigate they discover more than they bargained for in the dark, waterlogged void below Martello Tower No. 79.
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