Where The Silent Screams Are Loudest

ARNOLD BENNETT BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2022

De: John Pye

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

*** ARNOLD BENNETT INTERNATIONAL BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2022***

Reviewed by UK top Forensic Anthropologist, Professor Dame Sue Black:
A police procedural novel that has real pace from the first page through to the last. The characters are three dimensional, the dialogue is authentic and the story line gives just enough twists and turns to keep you reading to the bitter end. A really cracking read.

Reviewed by Jackie Malton, TV’s Real Prime Suspect:
There are many detectives who retire and think they can write....John Pye is an exceptional writer and a retired detective! He walks the walk in this thrilling investigation which looks at the case of Poppy Hunt who disappeared some years ago. I’ve always said that police procedurals can be dramatic because investigating is like that...the reason why the job of a police officer (especially a detective) is a job like no other. It’s a privilege to explore the human condition and there is no other job better than a cop which explores the complexity and frailty of people’s lives, The author takes you on a journey exploring the development of forensic science - John Pye’s research is meticulous because it comes direct from the experts like Professor Dame Sue Black. You can’t get a better combination of excellence.
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Missing person cases are never closed. After a decade down in the police station basement, the file on missing schoolgirl, Poppy Hunt, comes back under the spotlight. Eight year Jason Fitzgerald bears a striking resemblance to the girl. A look into Jason’s past reveals he was a foundling baby apparently abandoned by his mother when just days old.

Livewire family tree and DNA researcher Madelaine Scott joins forces with Detective Sergeant Eve Brenan to slot in the pieces of a horrific jigsaw puzzle that stretches back twenty years. Ties to an unreported violent rape and the undetected cold case murders of three prostitutes become firmly connected by DNA.

Gripping, nerve-wracking action feeds the narrative as secret police surveillance starts to close in on the offender only to reveal more horrendous crimes. But is Poppy Hunt still alive after all these years and if so will police activity sign her death warrant?