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

Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 1

By: Helen Phifer

Narrated by: 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....

©2020 Helen Phifer (P)2020 Bookouture

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!

One left alive

Overall -spectacular story & interesting & believable characters . Smooth read
Enjoyed the performance. Description of characters and settings easy to visualize.

Loved it!

Great story, loved the characters and the narration is excellent!
I’ve found a new series.

Unexpected twists

the narrator did a great job. there were some pretty good plot twists and the descriptions within the book created a very clear picture in my head of the scenes throughout. very enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it.

Great Story

Grabs you from the very beginning, so tragic! Love detective Morgan investigating, she's awesome love her charater!

Good Story

The narrator was great! She was very animated. Story kept me interested! Would highly recommend!

It surprised me.. hard to do!

I really liked it. Narration was on spot, and the storyline was just complicated enough.

Bed Uk mystery I have ever listened to.

I usually do not enjoy British mysteries because they are extremely slow and agonizing. This one is the exception. Really great characters that have depth and are interesting. The storyline moves at a nice pace and I am looking forward to listening to the next one. The narration is also nice and at a decent pace- I didn’t have to speed it up! I really recommend this listen!!