Beware the Past

De: Joy Ellis

Narrado por: Antony Ferguson

One terrible case always haunted detective Matt Ballard. Now many years later, the killer seems to be back. And this time he's after Matt.

When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were murdered in the same area, the remote and bleak Gibbet Fen. When the main suspect was killed in a hit-and-run, the killings stopped. But Matt was not satisfied that the real murderer had been caught.

Over 25 years later, Matt gets a photo in an unmarked envelope. It's of the Gibbet Fen crime scene. And the picture was taken before the murder took place. More photos arrive, relating to the historic murders, as well as intimate pictures of Matt's very secret private life.

Then another murder happens, with some of the hallmarks of the old case. Has the killer returned, or is this just a sick copycat determined to ruin Matt's life and reputation?

©2017 Joy Ellis (P)2018 Tantor

Keystone Cops

Dialogue is contrived, not a good story. Skipped a lot of the dialogue. If you are looking for a semi-realistic crime novel, this is not it.

Couldn't even finish. Horrible narration

I couldn't get past the first chapter. I found the narration so bad that I couldn't even continue. Horrible, since I like Joy Ellis a lot. Somebody missed the mark on this narrator. Must be related to someone. Too bad. Total waste of one of my credits.

Wonderful thriller

Joy Ellis doesn’t disappoint. So well written that I stayed up to the wee hours to finish this book. Highly recommend.

Love all the Fen books!

I can always count on interesting characters, great narration, and plenty of plot twists! Highly recommend Joy Ellis books!

good start for a new series and

this was my second listen. i thought the narrator was fabulous and the story was intriguing. i think the death towards the end was entirely unnecessary. the book lost stars for that.
the first time through i gave it one star because the death was so contrived and emotionally manipulative. the second time i skipped that scene and it made the book less jarring.
this is my third favorite of joy ellis’ three series but i have hope for the next books.
i listened for free with audible plus.

Terrible Narration

I have listened to the DI Galena Series, the DI Jackman Series, and two standalone novellas by Joy Ellis and have thoroughly enjoyed them all. I wanted to stop this story as soon as I started listening because of the horrible narrator! Luckily I looked ahead and the other books in the series are narrated by someone else so I suffered through it! So glad Ms. Ellis realized her mistake!

Great!

This book was teriffic! I loved the twists and turns, the ending took me off guard but i loved it! The narrator did an excellent job too!

Awesome

What a well put together book. You will have to continue listening as the book twists and turns.The end will shock you senseless.

good storyline

narrator sounds like a robot. can't tell the difference in the characters and the women's voices are ridiculous.

Twists

I liked the twist and the imperfect heroes.
A little far fetched,but quite good.