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Rush of Blood

The heart-racing thriller from the international bestseller Mark Billingham

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Rush of Blood

By: Mark Billingham
Narrated by: Toby Longworth
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Perfect strangers.
A perfect holiday.
The perfect murder...

Three couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on their last night, their perfect holiday takes a tragic twist: the teenage daughter of another holidaymaker goes missing, and her body is later found floating in the mangroves.

When the shocked couples return home, they remain in contact, and over the course of three increasingly fraught dinner parties they come to know one another better. But they don't always like what they find: buried beneath these apparently normal exteriors are some dark secrets, hidden kinks, ugly vices...

Then, a second girl goes missing.

Could it be that one of these six has a secret far darker than anybody can imagine?

A brilliantly plotted, utterly gripping thriller about the danger of making friends on holiday, Rush of Blood is Mark Billingham's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

Specially adapted for audio by the author©2012 Mark Billingham Crime Thrillers Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Suspense
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I have trouble hearing the dialogue when the narrator whispers because the character is whispering. The book is spoiled because I cannot hear the narration. Please stop the whispering in audio books

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I thought this book took a long time to get going. I didn't really bond with the characters and found that once the story was in full swing I didn't much care how it ended. The best bit for me was the last 5-10 minutes. Was it all worth the wait? Not in my opinion.

Slow start

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Fabulous, gripping book. Didn't want to switch off. I think this would be great dramatized, so many twists and the characters come alive with the minutiae details of their actions and thoughts. Loved the narrator's voice too!

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This book was a real page-turner from the moment it began. The prose flowed so easily enhanced by authentic dialogue, and the characters were drawn with such attention to detail that they were entirely credible and recognizable. I had to keep listening - putting aside all else to do so - sifting the clues and swapping potential killers in my mind as Mark so cleverly incorporated the red herrings. It was an excellent whodunnit - well-paced and thoroughly engaging. Toby Longworth was a splendid narrator, bringing the text to life for the listener with a strong sense of spontaneity and never intruding. It would be good to hear more of him. Altogether a great purchase.

First-class listening!

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A very slow wire boring stuff. Didn’t really start until half way through. I am a MB fan and have enjoyed all the previous books of his but not this one. The ending was fairly obvious with a quarter of the book to read. But it will not put me off future reads.

Not his best

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