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Persons Unknown
- A Manon Bradshaw Thriller
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
A brutal murder. A detective with no one left to trust.
‘[Steiner] solidified the promise of last year’s debut, Missing, Presumed, with another hyper-realistic police procedural’ Guardian: Books of the Year 2017
A YOUNG MAN MURDERED
A city banker bleeds to death yards from a Cambridgeshire police headquarters.
A DETECTIVE OUT OF HER DEPTH
DI Manon Bradshaw’s world is turned upside down when the victim turns out to be closer to her than she could have guessed.
WHO SHOULD SHE BELIEVE?
When even her trusted colleagues turn their backs on her, it’s time to contemplate the unthinkable: are those she holds dear capable of murder?
Manon Bradshaw is back.
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'Steiner has a quirky, evocative prose style that is often very funny and her novels are highly entertaining and full of memorable, well-rounded characters' Sunday Express
'Bradshaw is an engaging heroine, full of self-doubt and contradiction, but whose caustic wit gleams through the grim murder inquiry' Daily Mail
'Winning prose, sympathetic characters and an appreciation of life’s joys as keen as a knowledge of its dangers' Wall Street Journal
‘An ingeniously and extravagantly plotted, multi-voiced thrillride … wise and witty … beautifully written’ Irish Times
‘I loved it … Persons Unknown is like walking on quicksand, for reader and detective alike' Val McDermid
'A smart and funny rumination on motherhood' New York Times
'Strikingly modern…It is refreshing to see a detective grappling with real life dilemmas but they never get in the way of the plot, which is clever and original. A series to watch from a confident writer who draws even minor characters with care and sympathy' Sunday Times
‘By turns tense and tender, gripping and moving, and always beautifully written. I didn’t read this book so much as live it: DI Manon Bradshaw is so convincingly human that I often wonder what she’s up to now’ Erin Kelly
‘The best new crime series in years’ Sarah Perry
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- Mrs. K. A. Blyth
- 16-01-18
Beautiful characterisations.
Loved this book. Perfect. Surpassed presumed innocent, which was brilliant too. Such well drawn characters that actually matter. So engaging, had me struggling to turn audio off. Particularly loved Birdie and want to hear more from her.
Locations well suited to various capers. Lived at seven sisters so the jaunt in West Green Road was an unexpected thrill.
Beautifully read as ever by Juanita.
Thank you.
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- jane joensen
- 30-06-20
No less than fantastic
I love the plots and I love the characters of Susie Steiners imagination. To top the enjoyment is the narration by Juanita McMahon. Just fantastic! The only drawback is that there is only one more book for me to listen to. I cross my fingers for many more to come. Thank You Susie Steiner!
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- Chris
- 06-04-18
Very very good
I love these Manon Bradshaw stories, although this is only the second. Do read in order or you may get confused. She is so believable. The murder is not centre to the story, all the characters with their own issues, stories revolve around it. Hope there will be another story soon. Good narration.
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- Clare
- 08-09-17
A rather stereotyped female detective
This could have been so much better, but has the feel of chick lit crossed with police procedural. There is way to much about motherhood and every cliché about the messy life of fictional detectives. Fellow officers bend the rules in a way that defies credibility in order to accommodate the heroine. There is just enough about it to hold the interest, but it's rather forgettable.
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- David
- 06-10-22
Improving…
I was unsure about this series, after listening to the first book. I thought it was not a hugely engaging story and the narrator was terrible; however…
This story was, I found, well put together, interesting and genuinely exciting. The (same) narrator seems to have upped her game. Still some slightly dodgy voice characterisations and some odd pronunciation errors (maybe that’s down to producer/director, who should have picked up on them?) but way better than the previous one.
So: I’m looking forward to listening to the next title in the series.
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- Si_P
- 27-01-18
A brilliant sequel to Missing Presumed.
Susie Steiner has created a totally believable cast of characters. Another superbly written enjoyable mystery!
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- ChrisH
- 29-11-20
OK listen
this was a ok book not a great story, a bit too light for me no real meat
would not want to listen to more my the auther
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- MS T.
- 27-03-18
Can't fault it
Just "read" it. You won't regret it. She's a clever, observant, subtle writer and her narrator is gifted. I couldn't put it down.
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- Ann D
- 08-07-18
Loved it!
I devoured this, the second in the series of DI Manon Bradshaw. I nearly gave it a miss because one reviewer said that, unlike the first, this was pure chic lit. It really isn’t at all. It is a really good crime story, and here the character development is excellent. I feel I know the richly drawn characters of Manon, Davey, Mark and I love Birdie, who sadly will probably only feature in this book. I hope not, she is a warm, funny and intelligent character. I am very much looking forward to the next in the series.
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- MiChiamoRob
- 15-07-21
More focused on the characters than the crime
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Susie Steiner's Manon books are among the very best of character focused whodunnits: in fact their focus is not really on who did it at all but about what is going on in the lives of the people who are affected by the crime, and with a focus, of course, on the life of Manon Bradshaw, the main character. Susie Steiner is interested in the inner lives of her characters and also in their atypical relationships with other people. I think that Susie Steiner has said that she is an admirer of the novels of Elizabeth Strout and indeed one can see this reflected in the kinds of quirky relationships that people have with each other in Susie Steiner's books, e.g. Manon's adoption of Fly, Manon choosing to have a baby by artificial insemination, Birdie's relationship with Saskia, Manon's relationship with Mark Talbot: the latter two are important relationships that are formed in the novel simply because the characters come into contact with each other and like each other: just like real life. Like Strout, Steiner is also excellent in finding wit and humour in the little domestic details of every day life.
The narration of this book by Juanita McMahon is excellent: the pace of the narration is just right.
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