Audio Download- Listening Length: 10 hours and 7 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Bookouture
- Audible.co.uk Release Date: 12 Feb. 2016
- Language: English
- ASIN: B01BI7GE2Q
Synopsis
Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice…She is not the only one.
When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation.
The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound, and dumped in water around London.
What dark secrets is the girl in the ice hiding?
As Erika inches closer to uncovering the truth, the killer is closing in on Erika.
The last investigation Erika led went badly wrong…resulting in the death of her husband. With her career hanging by a thread, Erika must now battle her own personal demons as well as a killer more deadly than any she’s faced before. But will she get to him before he strikes again?
Review
After my blog about audiobooks and their pros and cons, I am delighted to share my first audiobook review. For my first audiobook I chose a crime thriller as I wanted something that really grabbed my attention and would grip me from the beginning, and I am happy to say I chose the right book. The Girl in the Ice is the first in the series featuring Detective Erika Foster, newly moved London after the death of her husband, a fellow police officer, whilst on a case in Manchester. I loved Erika as a character, she is troubled but has a grim determination about her and is willing to bend the rules slightly to get to the truth.
The narrator is really important in audiobooks, and Jan Cramer is fantastic at bringing the characters to life. She has clear annunciation and gave different voices for each character. Her voice was relaxing and very natural and I found listening to her narration an enjoyable experience and an easy listen.
The plot was fast paced and gritty, with plenty of twist and turns along the way. The characters all seemed very natural in their relationships with each other. I found it easy to follow the plot line, there was plenty of detail and I became completely engrossed and wanted to keep listening.
The Girl in the Ice was a brilliant choice for my first audiobook, the combination of brilliant story, interesting characters, and a wonderful narrator combined to make this a fantastic experience, and now I always have an audiobook on the go along side my normal reading. Robert Bryndza is a fabulous author and I am hooked to his Detective Erika Foster books, I can’t recommend them highly enough.
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