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Witch Hunt

DCI Liam Doyle Crime Thrillers, Book 2

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Witch Hunt

By: BD Spargo
Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons
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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 listeners on the edge of their seats.

If you have enjoyed books by authors such as Val McDermid, MW Craven, JD Kirk and Alex Smith, you won’t want to miss Witch Hunt.

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Great story and perfect narration

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Following on a few months after the dramatic events in book one, Cut Short, there’s a new investigation for DCI Liam Doyle’s Lancashire Major Crimes team of DI Geoff Hayes (The Pearl), DS Anna Morgan and DCs Derrick Nelson (Birdseye) and Zach Washington (Gadget) along with intelligence analyst Shaima Asif. This time they relocate to a station in Nelson where the body of a young woman, Mia Wright, has been found at Pendle Hill with a cut throat and a mutilated stomach. The local CID are keen to keep the case for themselves and a swift battle ensues before Doyle emerges triumphant, but then it starts to look unlikely that their initial suspect, a schizophrenic man with an obsession with the 1612 Pendle Witch trials and who had told Mia she should be hanged as a witch during one of his episodes, is actually responsible. When another dead body turns up, Doyle realises these killings must be firmly rooted in the present and not the past, but could the truth lie closer to home than anyone would wish?
Having already read the print book, I was excited to have the opportunity to listen to it on audio and certainly was not disappointed! Just like book one, the narrator did a fantastic job of really bringing the various characters to life and made listening to this story a real pleasure. All the detectives were great, Doyle, Gadget and Birdseye and the two local officers being particularly likeable. Even their boss “Mr Burns” can be relied upon when it counts. Despite problems at home with his autistic young son Harry, Doyle is a good and caring leader and his relatively new team work well under him. An excellent and well written police procedural, full of twists and turns with a little humour thrown in for good measure, I very much enjoyed this second story in the series which has less action but just as much suspense and intrigue as the first. It was easy to dive in and stay gripped right through to the end and I’m looking forward to more!

Super book 2!

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