A Quiet Death

Dark Peak, Book 3

By: Cari Hunter

Narrated by: Nicola Victoria Vincent

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Things are looking up for Detective Sanne Jensen and Dr. Meg Fielding. Dating each other seems to be working, their families are behaving themselves, and the worst of the post-Christmas crime wave is over.

The discovery of a Pakistani girl's body out on the moors changes all that. No one knows who she is, who hurt her, or how she came to be there. As pressure mounts on East Derbyshire Special Ops for a quick resolution, it becomes ever more apparent that the case won't provide one.

With the Pakistani community closing ranks, and threads of suspicion reaching farther than anyone could have predicted, the investigation leaves Sanne facing an ordeal she may not survive.

A Dark Peak mystery

©2017 Cari Hunter (P)2017 Bold Strokes Books Inc

No More Chickens

What the bloody hell?? This story had me on pins and needles! Could not put it down!! I liked learning more about the Boss and her life -- and Sanne!! My word -- this detective really gets into her work! Good grief!! This should be on the BBC network!! This story line is brilliant and the writing extraordinary!! The reader is off the charts!! Want more and put this on TV and change nothing need good lesbian thriller on TV -- would be a huge hit -- if you want drama suspense and surprise read this book -- a must read!! Should be on tv I'm telling ya!! Great writing Ms Hunter -- more please!! A+++

Excellent Audible book.

I loved A Quiet Death. Absolutely fabulous. Great mystery, great romance, great banter between the detectives at work. Cari Hunter writing and Nicola Victoria Vincent narrating is an unbeatable combination.

Another fantastic story and excellent narration

Cari Hunter’s books are a breed apart and I’m totally addicted. They both terrify and delight me. This proved true once again with A Quiet Death. If you’re having a day (or a week, or a month, or – let’s face it, it’s 2020 – a year) where you have no faith left in humanity, maybe you should postpone reading or listening to it. Or not. Cari Hunter is so good at making things sound real that all I was thinking as I listened to Nicola Victoria Vincent narrating perfectly – as usual – is how awful people can be. How inhuman and soulless. Then just when my heart was on the verge of giving up and closing itself off to the world, there came Sanne and Meg, saving said world (or at least part thereof).

I know Cari Hunter doesn’t write romance but seriously, Meg and Sanne are one of the best, most plausible, hottest couples in lesfic. And they make all the terrible things happening in Hunter’s books – because, yeah, they’re thrillers and they’re scary AF – bearable, at least for me.

When A Quiet Death begins, Dr Meg Fielding and Detective Sanne Jensen are celebrating the “almost four weeks anniversary” of the relationship everybody (except them) knew they were meant to have. It’s business as usual for both on them on the work front, which means Sanne will yet again get in trouble. The discovery of the body of a young Pakistani girl on the moors turns out to be only the beginning of a difficult and heartbreaking investigation for Sanne and her colleagues, who, on top of that, find themselves navigating the slippery slope of police distrust in minority communities.

I get distracted easily, and that I never felt like taking a break from the story to check my emails or be silly on social media is another proof of Cari Hunter’s talent. The crime arc is splendidly gutting and dark as can be. Police procedurals can be monotonous (as is real police work, I guess), but Hunter keeps me captivated thanks to, as I wrote above, how real her characters are. Meg and Sanne, obviously, but also Nelson, who’s the partner any cop should have. I also felt my heart break with tenderness at the relationship between Sanne and her mother. I just love these people, flaws and all.

Hunter doesn’t write life as we’d like it to be. She writes the people who make it worth living.

Great Third Book in Trilogy!

Looking forward to the next one! Suanna and Meg are fun and interesting to follow!

Loved It!!

Great characters!! Narratior did a great job of making you forget it was just audio, I could forget there weren't pictures with the way she made the words come to life!!

Great Writer!!

I love this writer. The book moves fast, changes direction and keeps you engaged and thinking through the whole story. Loved it!!

Not cookie cutter! But still easy to devour.

This series is fantastic all the way through and we'll preformed by the narrator as well. It's everything I was looking for in a mystery series and is a fresh take on the cops and docs dynamic. The romantic subplot isn't cookie cutter at all, which I really liked.

Better and better!

Great, suspenseful plot. Loving the main characters, their banter, and supportive relationships. The subject matter of this mystery/thriller/police procedural always hits not a nerve, but all of them in me. I also love listening to the dialect(s). Cari Hunter, I hope you're working on the next book in the series. Can't wait. Also, please continue having Nicola Victoria Vincent narrate your books. She's amazing and the perfect match.

Amazing!!

Fantastic story. Third in Dark Peaks series. Sanne and Meg are finally together throughout.

Awesome narration.

CW: human trafficking, sex abuse victims

Best One in Series

This is an excellent series. I love all the characters. Love the accent. Nelson rocks

Excellent story telling and narration

I’m sorry this one is finished, I was gripped. I’ve come to love the characters in this series and hope there is more to come for Sanne and Meg. I love the stories and the genuine atmosphere created by the narrator. More please!

The Meg and Sanne stories just get better.

Another great book from Cari Hunter and again beautifully narrated by Nicola Victoria Vincent. If you like a good crime story you will certainly like the Dark Peak series of books. Can't wait for the next one!

Really brilliant listen

I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2 of the series and was pleased to start this one. I was not disappointed but I am now it's finished. The characters are like mates and I find myself caring about them and their families and friends. Great that Sannas boss figures more in this one. The narrator does a brilliant job and has judged the pace perfectly.

fantastic

If you could sum up A Quiet Death in three words, what would they be?

i cant think of anything more than fantastic ,love story, thriller, funny, great characters

What did you like best about this story?

its got everything

Which character – as performed by Nicola Victoria Vincent – was your favourite?

the narration is perfect for all the characters

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

the end is so loving

Any additional comments?

its a must to read and listen too
would make a good tv series

Great

All the books in this series have dealt with difficult topics but, running through them all has been a cast of wonderful characters. No spoilers from me. I just like to express my feelings for the writing and narration of of this lovely group. Would love more of them,but if that's my lot, so be it and thanks to all concerned in their production.

Side effects to reading: incresed heartrate

This series certainly gave my heart a good workout with the suspence on the crimes and the spanning relationship. Nothing straightforward about any of the three stories, you’ll be kept on your toes.

Loved the various connections to the main characters, between collegues and familymembers. And you really get pulled in with the description of the location, it really does fel like another player onnthis stage.

Another fabulous book

Love this series keeps you gripped all through - I hope there is another book after this !

Quality author, complex narrative.

An expansive vocabulary utilized beautifully to describe evocative locations and believable characters who evolve through the novel.

They are just getting better...

I have read all in the series so far. The characters are engaging, likeable and are developing with each new book. Excellent narration too which always helps. Will certainly read more in this series.

Compulsive listening

I really like the depth of characters, and that the 3rd book of this series is broadening out to build the supporting characters.

The sex passages are rather graphic for my taste, however the love portrayed is tangible.

The attempt at dialects needs work, and people who have been to university do tend to loose the coarseness of pronunciation.