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Title: Slaughter Park
Subtitle: The Belltree Trilogy, Book 3
Author: Barry Maitland
Narrator: Peter Hosking
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-03-16
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective
Publisher's Summary:
The final audiobook in Maitland's critically acclaimed Belltree Trilogy.
Harry Belltree's obsessive pursuit of justice has cost him everything - his job in homicide, his marriage and his newborn child. He has nothing left to lose, or so he thinks. Then his estranged wife disappears, leaving their baby daughter behind.
The police think Jenny has murdered a man. Harry thinks she's in danger. When severed limbs are found dangling from the branches of trees in a suburban park, Harry's former colleagues are pulled off Jenny's case. It's up to Harry to track his missing wife down on his own. And to lay bare, at last, the extraordinary conspiracy that led to his parents' murder.
Critic Reviews:
"This is crime fiction at its very best." (Sydney Morning Herald)
Members Reviews:
Breathtaking climax to a trilogy of crime novels.
Barry Maitland - Slaughter Park
This is the third and final novel of the Harry Belltree series by author Barry Maitland. And âSlaughter Parkâ takes us to the heart of the mysteries that were never concluded in the first two novels - âCrucifixion Creekâ and âAsh Islandâ.
Harry Belltree is no longer an active member of the NSW Police Force Murder Investigation Team. In this novel he once again links up with reporter Kelly Pool to investigate a series of horrific murders in Slater Park - nicknamed by the media as âSlaughter Parkâ. They are both also trying to find out why Harryâs wife, Jenny has seemingly abandoned their baby daughter with her sister, why she has disappeared and why she is a suspect of a murder in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. It isnât long before there are indicators that the Slaughter Park murders, Jennyâs disappearance and suspicion of murder, and the suspicious death of Harryâs parents in a car crash are all linked.
By reading the first two novels in this trilogy we know that Harry, as an ex-Special Forces soldier who served in Afghanistan, will cross the line into criminal acts if he thinks it will help him solve other crimes. In this novel there is one crime that Harry carries out to protect innocent people that beats all the earlier ones.
This is another exciting, eye-boggling, page-turner of a novel by Barry Maitland. Harry confronts and is confronted by corrupt politicians, corrupt police, more bikies, vicious killer dogs, the mysteries of a plane crash as well as that of his parents, Aboriginal issues around stolen generation activity, and much more. Stand by for a roller coaster ride.
In the end Maitland satisfactorily resolves all the outstanding mysteries and crimes. In my opinion this is a brilliant trilogy of crime fiction writing. But as I did in my review of âAsh Islandâ, let me encourage you to read these books in order - first âCrucifixion Creekâ, then âAsh Islandâ before âSlaughter Parkâ, or else it will be like coming in halfway through the film with no idea what has already happened or how each character is involved.
Brilliant
A long time since I have enjoyed a book in Australian setting. This was riveting from the start, all characters easy to relate to.