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The Running Girls

By: Matt Brolly
Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
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From the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There’s only one suspect. But what if he’s innocent?

Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randall took her dog for a walk. The dog returned. Annie did not. When her body was found, cruelly broken and posed like a runner, there was only ever one suspect: Annie’s husband, Frank. Now he’s served his time and come home–but the locals won’t let him forget. Especially when there’s a new ‘running girl’ murder…

Detective Laurie Campbell remembers Annie’s case. She’s also married to the Randalls’ son. Painfully conscious of the deep wounds within her family, and still suffering from a personal tragedy of her own, Laurie takes the lead on the new investigation. As much as the finger of suspicion points to her father-in-law, something doesn’t add up. If he didn’t commit the most recent murder, is it possible he never killed Annie either? And if he didn’t, who did?

As a terrifying hurricane hits Galveston, Laurie finds herself in a dangerous race against time. Can she find the answers that could heal her broken family before the wind and the waves hide them forever?

©2023 Matt Brolly (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Exciting Natural Disaster Murder

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Critic reviews

“Totally gripping from the start.…If you’re looking for pace, thrills, an intriguing concept, and compelling characters then this is the book for you.”—Imogen Clark, million-copy selling author of Reluctantly Home

“It’s dark and twisted and brilliantly tense, and I loved it. Next one please!”—Kitty Murphy

“Brolly delivers a fast-paced, emotionally charged story that will have you flipping to the very last page to solve the mystery.”—Cara Reinard, bestselling author of Into the Sound
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Easy listening. It was pretty obvious from the beginning who would survive, who would die. There weren’t any particularly scary moments or unexpected twists, and I didn’t really care about the characters. Maybe this was, in part, because of the narration. Patricia Santomasso is quite a breathy reader, and has an irritating habit of ending many of her sentences with extra breath. And she often forgets how her characters speak, so that after a while they all sound like the same man, then suddenly a woman’s voice appears again. I wouldn’t really recommend this, but if you want something that’s not too distracting to play on a long journey or while you’re doing routine work, then maybe this would suit you.

Pretty average

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Terrible narration. Very irritating. Every character sounds like a male. Story very repetitive. I couldn’t finish it.

Terrible narration

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Rather repetitive and poor narration. Overly long and predictable towards the end. Better books out there

Modest storyline

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I bought this by mistake as I usually only like British narration. But, thoroughly enjoyed this and would definitely look out for more in a series.

Bought by mistake but....

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The irritating narrators voice totally distracted from the story!
Took quite a long time to get into it but eventually did and enjoyed it except the voices!!

Ok story but irritating narrator

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