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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 6 Ripley Avenue Author: Noelle Holten Narrator: Rebecca Courtney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: ONE HOUSE EIGHT KILLERS NO WITNESSES Jeanette is the manager of a probation hostel that houses high risk offenders released on license. At 3am one morning, she receives a call telling her a resident has been murdered. Her whole team, along with the eight convicted murderers, are now all suspects in a crime no one saw committed… Don’t miss the first nerve-shredding standalone thriller from Noelle Holten, author of the Maggie Jamieson series. What readers are saying: ‘This is hands down one of the best books I have read this year so far’ Claire, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘This book was FANTASTIC! Like seriously, it kept me glued to the edge of my seat the entire time’ Tiffiny, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘I read this book in a couple of hours. It’s a mystery that absolutely left me astounded’ Lynn, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘OMG this is going to be a tough mystery thriller to beat this year!’ Alyssa, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘Another absolute belter of a read… Holten has definitely left her mark in the crime thriller genre with this book and her DC Maggie Jamieson series, and she is right up there with the best of the best!’ Marnie, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘A gripping story line that had me so hooked I found it hard to put down… Definitely one to be read again’ Sandra, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘Had me hooked from the first page. I'm looking forward to reading more by Noelle’ Hayley, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘A cracking read and one that I would definitely recommend’ Yvonne, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘If you’re a fan of her writing, you will love this one, and if you haven’t read her work yet, then you definitely need to’ Jacob, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘One of the best books I’ve read this year’ Nigel, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘This is a cracking good read. It’s both a brilliant whodunnit and a very interesting look at the workings of the probation service’ Ann, 5* NetGalley reader review ‘A masterpiece’ Surjit, 5* NetGalley reader review

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hard Truth: Detective James Hardy Book 4 Series: #4 of Chief Inspector James Hardy Author: Jay Gill Narrator: Richard Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 22, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: From the UK bestselling author Knife And Death, comes the next instalment of the Detective James Hardy series. James Hardy has walked away from Scotland Yard and has found love again, making a fresh start in a small seaside town. With his new career as a consultant taking off and the demons of the past behind him, Hardy's life couldn't be better. But the peace is about to be shattered. When a series of shocking murders take place in the seaside town, Hardy is contacted by local detective for advice. Hardy learns the disturbing crimes have all the hallmarks of a serial killer linked to his past. Knowing it will take something monumental to catch his attention, the killer raises the stakes and abducts someone Hardy loves more than life itself. Is Hardy about to lose everything he's fought so hard to keep? 'Hard Truth is the best DCI Hardy book so far! The series gets better and better.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Body in the Stairwell: DCI Craig Gillard, Book 10 Series: #10 of D.C.I. Craig Gillard Author: Nick Louth Narrator: Marston York Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: You can run. You can hide. But you can't escape… Jonathan Hale is terrified. The wealthy property lawyer and money launderer is back home in Surrey after a nightmare experience in a U.S. jail. The police have him under secret surveillance. But Hales's fears lie elsewhere. His plea bargain has earned him the enmity of The Reptile, a notoriously cold-hearted gangster, now confined for life in a maximum-security jail in Arizona thanks to Hale. He's taken precautions, moved house, hidden his identity and installed security for his wife and family. But still… what if The Reptile escapes? For DCI Gillard it should be just another week at work. But before long he is involved in a desperate manhunt that will test him to his very limits. Be prepared. Strap yourself in for an intense and unforgettable crime thriller that won't let go, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Cara Hunter and Mark Billingham.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder in the Church Series: #5 of The Arnold Landon Series Author: Roy Lewis Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 20, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: St Michael’s Church may be derelict but it’s not deserted. Someone still comes here to worship on nights when the moon is full. Arnold Landon should know. He’s seen the grisly evidence for himself. Blood among the roses. The butchered remains of a man, tangled in the undergrowth. The victim was a traveler. How did he come to be in the churchyard? Arnold has a theory that leads back centuries, all the way to the cult of the Raging Wolf. Everyone tells him it’s impossible, that the cultists are dead and buried. But the devil wears many faces—Arnold’s worked in planning long enough to know that much for sure. Can he unmask the modern-day killer before anyone else pays the price? Originally published as The Devil Is Dead.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A View to Murder: The DI Jack Knox mysteries Book 5 Series: #5 of DI Jack Knox Mysteries Author: Robert Mcneill Narrator: David Monteath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Cases come in thick and fast for the veteran crime solver… A student meets an untimely demise when she falls from Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park. Was she pushed? Whilst DI Jack Knox is picking through the lies of the victim's friends, he is called upon to help the narcotics division on the other side of the city. A drug dealer is dead and the squad is setting up a deadly sting. But without Knox and the clout he has among the criminal fraternity, they're unable to move against rival gangs. But is all as it seems? Can Knox juggle the two inquiries and bring home the bacon? A VIEW TO MURDER is the fifth book in this bestselling series by Robert McNeill.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600292 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were Young Author: Dawn Goodwin Narrator: Angela Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 14, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Four best friends. One of them is dead. Are their secrets safe? Uni friends Stacey, Paula, Bev and Valentina used to be inseparable until one weekend before graduation when nothing was ever the same again. Thirty years later, reunited at Valentina's funeral, Stacey receives a letter written by her late friend asking for one last wish... that the three friends go back to where things fell apart and finally bury the hatchet. As they revisit their old haunts of their uni days and follow a series of clues left by Valentina, their friend's death begins to look suspicious and it is up to them to find out what happened – but they all have secrets to hide. They say good friends are hard to come by, but when there is so much at stake and someone is lurking in the shadows, how do you know who is a friend and who is a foe?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder on the Vine Series: #3 of Tuscan Mysteries Author: Camilla Trinchieri Narrator: Danny Deferrari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: On a late October Sunday morning in Gravigna, Tuscany, Maresciallo Perillo is having breakfast with former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle when he is called back to the station in Greve. Hotel Bella Vista’s young manager, Laura Benati, is worried. Her eighty-year-old bartender, Cesare Costanzi, has been missing for three days.The next morning, Jimmy, co-owner of Gravigna’s local café, runs out of gas on his way back from Florence. When Nico meets him to help, Nico’s dog, OneWag, reacts to the smell coming from Jimmy’s trunk. Inside Nico finds a body wrapped in plastic: Cesare Costanzi, stabbed several times in the chest.It is unclear why anyone would want Cesare dead, but that doesn’t stop the Gravigna grapevine from spreading rumors at lightning speed. With numerous suspects on his list, Perillo has no other choice but to turn to Nico once again for help with the investigation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Invitation to Murder Series: #1 of The Oldminster Mysteries Author: Norman Russell Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Oldminster, a quaint little town where there’s always a mystery to be solved. Frank Renfield, Baron of Renfield Hall, will stop at nothing to save himself from ruin. Even if that means marrying his daughter off to a rich American. Unfortunately for him, she is already in love with a penniless nobody named Alan Lavender—to the glee of Alan’s greedy uncle Guy. He’s been nosing into the Renfields’s murky past, and he says he’s uncovered a secret. Something so shocking it casts a shadow over Frank’s entire legacy. Tensions run high at the hall, until Guy Lavender turns up dead. A convenient coincidence for Frank? Detectives French and Edwards are on the case. But in a town full of secrets, the truth can be hard to find. And Guy’s won’t be the only body to fall before their work is done … Who will be next to die under the Renfields’s roof?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After She'd Gone Author: Alex Dahl Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 8, 2022 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Unsettling, gripping and darkly glamorous, After She'd Gone is a timely psychological thriller about the danger of beauty, the lure of power, and the fierce love of a mother for her son. Liv loves her son, Adrian. That's why she keeps a low profile in Sandefjord, Norway: just another tired single mother, trying to make ends meet. She has never told her son about the secrets she carries or the life she lived before he was born. She will do anything to keep him safe. Anastasia's life is transformed when she moves from Russia to Milan and starts modelling. Suddenly, she's rich. She's desired. But then she begins to see the dark side of her new life: the high-pressure catwalk shows; the glamorous, drink-fuelled after-parties; the sun-baked Italian palazzos owned by powerful men. She will do anything to escape. Selma is a feature journalist in Oslo. She's horrified to uncover an unsavoury and dangerous underworld when she writes an article looking into the modelling industry. Then, a woman goes missing in Sandefjord... Reviews for Alex Dahl: 'A true Scandi-noir thriller' Daily Mail 'It will leave you gasping for air' Rachael Blok 'Tense and twisty' Woman's Own

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back to the Garden Author: Laurie R. King Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The Gardener Estate is one of the most storied and beloved sites on the West Coast. Its owners thought their secrets were buried forever—but when cold-case investigator Raquel Laing arrives, secrets are all she sees.A magnificent house, vast formal gardens, a golden family that shaped California, and a colorful past filled with now-famous artists: The Gardener Estate was a twentieth-century Eden.And now, just as the Estate is preparing to move into a new era, restoration work on some of its art digs up a grim relic of the past: a human skull, hidden away for decades.Inspector Raquel Laing has her work cut out for her. Fifty years ago, the Estate’s young heir, Rob Gardener, turned his palatial home into a counterculture commune of peace, love, and equality. But that was also a time when serial killers preyed on innocents—monsters like The Highwayman, whose case has just surged back into the public eye.Could the skull belong to one of his victims?To Raquel—a woman who knows all about colorful pasts—the bones clearly seem linked to The Highwayman. But as she dives into the Estate’s archives to look for signs of his presence, what she unearths begins to take on a dark reality all its own. Everything she finds keeps bringing her back to Rob Gardener himself. While he might be a gray-haired recluse now, back then he was a troubled young Vietnam vet whose girlfriend had vanished after a midsummer festival at the Estate.But a lot of people seem to have disappeared from the Gardener Estate the summer when the commune mysteriously fell apart: a young woman, her child, and Rob’s brother, Fort. The pressure is on, and Raquel needs to solve this case—before The Highwayman slips away, or another Gardener vanishes.