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Title: Breaking Dead

Subtitle: Sophie Kent, Book 1

Author: Corrie Jackson

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-16

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

For fans of Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane, this compelling thriller uncovers the dark side of high fashion.

Newspaper journalist Sophie Kent is hanging by a thread following her brother's suicide, her personal life in chaos. When the mutilated body of a Russian model turns up in an upmarket hotel on the eve of London Fashion Week, Sophie recognises her from a recent interview and knows she could have saved her.

Eaten away by guilt, she throws herself headfirst into the edgy, fast-paced world of fashion with one goal in mind: to catch the killer. Only then can she piece her grief-stricken self back together. As she chips away at the industry's glittery surface, she uncovers a toxic underworld rife with drugs, secrets, prostitution and blackmail.

Battling her demons and her wealthy, dysfunctional family along the way, Sophie pushes her personal problems to one side as she goes head to head with a crazed killer; a killer who is only just getting started....

Critic Reviews:

"A superbly shocking ending...." (The Sun)

Members Reviews:

A must read!!

I couldn't put this book down!! My mom and best friend read it too!!

Four Stars

Compelling read

Breaking Dead

This is the first novel in a new crime series, featuring investigative reporter Sophie Kent. Sophie works for The London Herald and, from the beginning, we are thrust into the very underbelly of London life, with her being called to the murder of a young boy on an estate. While looking for witnesses, Sophie meets a young, Russian model called Natalia. It is obvious that Natalia has been hurt by someone and Sophie, unable to get her to talk, arranges to meet her later. Eventually, Natalia admits that she has been raped, but refuses to name her accuser.

It is London Fashion Week and, when a model is found murdered in a hotel room, it turns out to be Natalia. Already grief stricken over the death of her brother a few months previously, Sophie sets out to find out who killed the young woman she tried to help. What evolves is a trek through the less than glamorous fashion world, with the pressure of staying thin and getting thinner, getting jobs and climbing out of debt and the constant spectre of drugs.

This is a debut novel and it is obvious that the author is finding her feet and that of her character. Sophie is a determined, but damaged character. From a wealthy family, she has rejected the world of her parents and struggles to the death of her brother to the point of despair. At times, this constant, visceral grief made for uncomfortable reading; although it made better sense near the end of the novel. Also, sometimes the author is in danger of adding more when a little less would work better. So, the sun is âbuttery,â the air, âfizzes with promise,â and Sophie takes a, âlong, golden breath.â That said, the story and setting is good enough that you can forgive the author wanting to throw everything at a first book and I feel sure that I will continue reading this series. Lastly, I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, for review.

Exciting Start of New Series

Sophie Kent is a journalist in the middle of a crisis. Her beloved brother

committed suicide and she's still trying to have some kind of closure. She's

having an affair with a married man .. her boss, no less. And she's smart enough

to know this is not doing her job any good.