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Ruby wakes up in a strange room. Her captor calmly explains that no one is looking for her. No one wants her. Except him. When the body of a woman is found buried on a secluded beach, Detective Helen Grace is called to the scene. She knows right away that the killer is no amateur. The woman has been dead for years, and no one has even reported her missing. But why would they? She's still sending text messages to her family.
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Ruby wakes up in a strange room. Her captor calmly explains that no one is looking for her. No one wants her. Except him. When the body of a woman is found buried on a secluded beach, Detective Helen Grace is called to the scene. She knows right away that the killer is no amateur. The woman has been dead for years, and no one has even reported her missing. But why would they? She's still sending text messages to her family.
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great characters!
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Eeny Meeny
- A Detective Helen Grace Thriller
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Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks away alive. It's a game more twisted than any Detective Inspector Helen Grace has ever seen. If she hadn't spoken with the shattered survivors herself, she almost wouldn't believe them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved EVERYTHING about it!
- By mshell on 06-21-15
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Hide and Seek
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Framed for a murder she didn't commit. As one of HM Prison Holloway's most high-profile new inmates, Detective Helen Grace has a target on her back with nowhere to hide. Helen has made a long list of enemies over the course of her career - some are incarcerated within these very walls. When one of her fellow prisoners is found mutilated and murdered in her locked cell, it's clear that the killer is someone on the inside.
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No Way Back
- By: M. J. Arlidge
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Jodie's arriving at her third children's home. She's only 15. Maybe this time will be different. She'll be safe. Looked after. But the truth is Jodie has no one left to protect her. She must defend herself. She must change.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great inro to our very-beloved kick-ass heroine!
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Fresh out of Police College, 18-year-old WPC Helen Grace is the first to arrive on the scene of a fatal collision. Her colleagues see nothing amiss, convinced that the young man's death was a tragic accident. But Helen is not so sure. Who is their mystery victim? Why would he risk life and limb running across a busy highway?
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In the darkness of a cold December morning, Detective Kim Stone steps through the doors of Halesowen Police Station. She’s about to meet her team for the first time. When the body of a young man is found beheaded and staked to the ground in a secluded area of the Clent Hills, Kim and her new squad rush to the crime scene. This audio edition includes exclusive bonus content.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A bit graphic for my taste
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Late one summer evening, Detective Kim Stone arrives at Haden Hill Park to the scene of a horrific crime: a woman in her 60s tied to a swing with barbed wire and an X carved into the back of her neck. The victim, Belinda Evans, was a retired college professor of child psychology. As Kim and her team search her home, they find an overnight bag packed and begin to unravel a complex relationship between Belinda and her sister Veronica.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another excellent addition to the Kim Stone series
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Dead Memories: An addictive and gripping crime thriller
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- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 458
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 429
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 429
On the fourth floor of Chaucer House, two teenagers are found chained to a radiator. The boy is dead but the girl is alive. For Detective Kim Stone every detail of the scene mirrors her own terrifying experience with her brother Mikey, when they lived in the same tower block 30 years ago. When the bodies of a middle-aged couple are discovered in a burnt-out car, Kim can’t ignore the chilling similarity to the deaths of Erica and Keith - the only loving parents Kim had ever known.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing
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Fatal Promise
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 560
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 508
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 503
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stretching Reality
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Final Betrayal
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book.
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Dying Truth
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When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide - a final devastating act from a troubled girl. But then the broken body of a young boy is discovered at the same school and it’s clear to Detective Kim Stone that these deaths are not tragic accidents. As Kim and her team begin to unravel a dark web of secrets, one of the teachers could hold the key to the truth. Yet just as she is about to break her silence, she is found dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By Maine Knitter on 05-21-18
Publisher's Summary
Detective Helen Grace faces her own dark compulsions in the new thriller from the international best-selling author of Pop Goes the Weasel and Eeny Meeny.
In a world where disguises and discretion are the norm, and where one admission could unravel a life, a killer has struck, and a man is dead. No one wants to come forward to say what they saw or what they know - including the woman heading the investigation: Detective Helen Grace.
Helen knew the victim. And the victim knew her - better than anyone else. And when the murderer strikes again, Helen must decide how many more lines she's willing to cross to bring in a devious and elusive serial killer.
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- Margaret
- 11-12-16
Entertaining series about a very flawed copper.
Where does Little Boy Blue rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I do love a police procedural and the Helen Grace books are quite good but they're pretty implausible. I did not like that it is a cliffhanger and you need to read #6 to get closure.
If you’ve listened to books by M. J. Arlidge before, how does this one compare?
This one is a very long story broken into two books (5/6) but it is a continuation of the primary theme that runs throughout - our heroine, Helen, comes with a whole lot of personal baggage that overlaps - and often comes close to ruining - her police career.
What about Elizabeth Bower’s performance did you like?
She's great and transitions smoothly between characters. She actually saves some of the lamer parts of the book.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No - this is not a edge-of-your-seat type of read.
Any additional comments?
Standard stuff from Aldridge.
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- Blaine
- 11-04-16
is this the end?
DI Helen Grace is possibly the most original fictional detective to come along in a long time. Thoroughly enjoyed the series so far and Elizabeth Bower is wonderful to listen to, I am starting Hide and Seek tomorrow!
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- Donna
- 03-12-19
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This is a very good who done it.
The Helen Grace series is a cut above. I think it helps to read these in order but it's not a requirement. Very, very good.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Larry G
- 01-18-19
Helen Grace rules!
This was another excellent Helen Grace story. Old characters were further developed and new ones added to this story and helped set up their future involvement in Helen's life. Helen is truly a tragic figure; always trying to help others and do what's right but somehow seeing her efforts turned and twisted.