One Left Alive: A Heart-Stopping and Gripping Crime Thriller

Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 1

De: Helen Phifer

Narrado por: Alison Campbell

She knelt down by the side of the first girl. She had to force herself to breathe as she lifted the soft white cloth covering the girl’s beautiful face....

When the body of a woman is found hanging from a tree in her front garden, rookie Detective Morgan Brookes is first on the scene. But Olivia Potter is past saving. And when her husband and daughters cannot be traced, Morgan knows there is more to this tragedy. And then she finds them. Lying huddled together in the dark basement, each of their faces covered with a small cotton cloth, their bodies cold to the touch.

But as Morgan kneels beside the family, she realizes that one of the girls is still breathing. As she holds Bronte’s fragile hand in hers, begging her to hold on, she vows to find out who has done this.

Every day Morgan wakes at 4.25 a.m., her old insomnia now mixed with a new fixation on the case. But every clue about the murdered family leads to a dead end. Until, trawling through old files, she discovers a link to a cold case from years ago. Another family was murdered in this house, and the killer was never caught.

When Morgan returns to the scene of the crime to discover more about this forgotten case, she finds another body. With Bronte still unconscious in hospital, Morgan must act fast to solve this case and lay two families to rest, before the killer returns for the girl left alive....

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One left Alive

Totally thrilled! Loved this book, you’ll never guess who?!?!?!? Can’t wait to read more by Helen Phifer!! Kudos to a great writer!

Exceptional in Every Way

What a fantastic Narrator! Great story, characters and suspenseful from beginning to end. Morgan is full of contradictions, warm-hearted, creative and has tremendous perseverance.

Lots of twists and turns.

I can’t say or I would give it away. And I do not want to be a spoiler!

I am hooked

Not sure I'd like a $5 listen. I loved it. I thought it was a good and clever police procedural. I like the cast of characters and am looking forward to the next one in the series.
Thanks Audible for introducing me to a new series.

too easy

I did like the stories the bad part is I figured out who the murderer was at least 10 chapters before I got to the end I was kind of disappointed that I figured it all out would have been better to be surprised

I'm hooked!

I am absolutely hooked. This book exceeded my expectations. I km adding Helen Phifer to my favorites!

I enjoyed this book

The narration was done well. Easy listening. Not too surprising on who did it, but that wasn't bothersome.

Great characters

Really enjoyed the banter and development of the characters! Excited for the second book. Not very procedural but somewhat.

Good start

Overall this was good. However, the fact that a rookie would be tapped to fill a position in CID on her second day is hard to believe. Morgan seemed almost too good at her job to be real. And Ben seemed more like a DI, with his own office. Any romance between them seems a bit premature.

The murder to be solved was interesting.

But I truly liked the book and I’m interested in how things develop in this series. Helen Phifer is a favorite author so I’m sure she can make this happen. The narration of the audiobook was a plus.

I was engrossed!

Not many books can catch my full attention- I found this one to be interesting and well written. The characters were well rounded and believable. Well done, and thanks for the fun 👍