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Audiobook Review: Witch Hunt, by B.D. Spargo

Series: DCI Liam Doyle Crime Thrillers
Narrator: Aubrey Parsons
Release date: 27-03-26
Language: English
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hrs
Publisher: Howfen Press

Murder, witchcraft, and a race against time – welcome to Pendle Hill.

A young woman is found brutally murdered and mutilated at the foot of Pendle Hill and the local police are in no doubt who the killer is. Newly released from a psychiatric unit, Will Perkins has delusions that the victim is a witch. When DCI Liam Doyle and his team are brought in to investigate, the suspect is already in custody and the case apparently wrapped up. Except for one key detail – evidence.

Is it really possible the origins to this murder lie in Pendle’s infamous past?

Recently returned to work, DS Anna Morgan is battling her own demons. The physical wounds from her last case have healed, but the psychological trauma still haunts her. When another body turns up the investigation is blown wide open and Doyle has to face up to the horrifying possibility that he could have prevented this killing.
Can Doyle overcome his own doubts and track down the killer before they strike again? Will Morgan be able to conquer her fear before it destroys her?

Set in and around Lancashire’s legendary Pendle Hill, Witch Hunt is a gripping British crime thriller with dark humour and a nail-biting climax. This fast-paced novel, the second in the series featuring DCI Doyle and DS Morgan, will have readers on the edge of their seats.

Purchase Links

UK Links:

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GV51STB8

USA Links:

https://www.audible.com/pd/B0GV5659QN

Review: A Killing Breath, by Faye Snowden

Genre – crime & mystery > noir fiction
● ISBN hardback – 978-1-78758-972-8
● ISBN ebook – 978-1-78758-973-5
● Pricing [USD] $26.95 (HB) / $6.99 (EB)
● Pricing [GBP] £20 (HB) / £6.95 (EB)
● Releases March 17 2026
● Published by Flame Tree Press
● Distributed by Hachette UK / Simon & Schuster US

SYNOPSIS

From the world of Raven Burns. The third book in the award-winning Killing series by Faye Snowden, following A Killing Fire and A Killing Rain.
Raven Burns owes her life to the kind souls who looked after her while her father, unbeknownst to them, sowed a path of blood and bodies from California to Louisiana as one of the most notorious serial killers ever known, Floyd “Fire” Burns. When Raven was a girl, Floyd brutally murdered one of those kind souls, Miss Ruth Jefferson, when the woman made the fatal decision to open the door to him on a pitch-black 4th of July night.

As Raven learned of her father’s crimes, she vowed to do everything in her power to put men like him away. Decades later Raven’s hunt for a serial killer terrorizing the town leads her right back to that 4th of July night, and a memory that will make her question how much Floyd’s evil has settled in her bones.

TBR Pile Review: The Moose Paradox, by Antti Tuomainen, trs. David Hackston

Original title: Hirvikaava
Series: Rabbit Factor (#2)
This edition
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 27, 2022 by Orenda Books
ISBN: 9781914585340 (ISBN10: 1914585348)
Language: English

Blurb

Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and to YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears – and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park’s equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio, with confusing demands. Why won’t Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he needs it as the park’s main attraction?

Meanwhile, Henri’s relationship with artist Laura has reached breaking point, and, in order to survive this new chaotic world, he must push every calculation to its limits, before it’s too late…

Absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly poignant and full of nail-biting suspense, The Moose Paradox is the second instalment in the critically acclaimed, pitch-perfect Rabbit Factor Trilogy and things are messier than ever…

Audiobook Review: Cover The Bones, by Rachel Amphlett

*Cover the Bones (Detective Mark Turpin series, book 5*
Imprint:                      Saxon Publishing
Publication date:       18 September 2023
Availability:               Worldwide
ISBN eBook:             978-1-915231-56-7
ISBN paperback:      978-1-915231-54-3
ISBN large print:       978-1-915231-55-0
Audiobook:                978-1-915231-57-4

Book details

When archaeologists discover a skeleton in secluded woodland, the body is first thought to be related to an ancient Saxon settlement.

Then the torn and rotten remains of another woman’s bones are uncovered, her injuries bearing the markings of abuse and a violent death.

Detective Mark Turpin is tasked with finding their killer, except the forensic evidence is perplexing and the victims’ bodies are proving impossible to identify. When a third victim is discovered only metres from the first, Mark and his team realise they’re running out of time to find out whoever is responsible.

Are the brutal murders the only evidence in a case gone cold, or does a serial killer lurk in the shadows, stalking their next victim?

Cover the Bones is the fifth book in the Detective Mark Turpin series from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.

Audiobook Review: The Dying Season, by Rachel Amphlett

The Dying Season(Detective Kay Hunter crime thriller series Book 12)

Imprint:                      Saxon Publishing
Publication date:       12 February 2023
Availability:               Worldwide
ISBN eBook:             978-1915231-12-3
ISBN paperback:      978-1915231-10-9
ISBN large print:       978-1915231-11-6
ISBN audiobook:       978-1915231-13-0

When a man is shot at point blank range outside an isolated country pub, Kay Hunter is thrust into one of the most dangerous cases of her career.

As personal and political disputes threaten to undermine her efforts to track down the killer, Kay’s investigation is complicated further when her superiors elect to coordinate the subsequent manhunt themselves.

Uncovering a covert trade in outlawed weapons and faced with witnesses too scared to talk, Kay will have to do everything in her power to stop the killer and prevent another tragedy.

Except this time, one of her team is in the direct line of fire…

The Dying Season is the 12th book in the Detective Kay Hunter series by USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett, and perfect for readers who love fast-paced crime thrillers.