Where The Silent Screams Are Loudest

ARNOLD BENNETT BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2022

De: John Pye

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

THE 2022 ARNOLD BENNETT INTERNATIONAL BOOK PRIZE WINNER
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A MISSING GIRL...
A LITTLE BOY WITH NO PAST...
A DNA LINK TO A SERIAL KILLER...

It is a sinister, unnerving place, that old police station basement. The cold case files hold unfinished stories – forgotten victims, ghosts from the past, relentlessly shouting down the years hoping to be heard.
Family tree researcher Madeleine Scott doesn’t want to step on police toes but thinks she’s dug up a clue to the eleven year old mystery of missing schoolgirl and budding musician Poppy Hunt. Detective Sergeant Eve Brenan is ready to dismiss Scott’s notion, but as the file is dug from its dusty depths new and horrendous jigsaw pieces fit into place.
Could Poppy Hunt still be alive? Could her own cries for help, her own screams still be echoing from some unknown place?

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.