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Dead Nasty

Calladine and Bayliss, Book 6

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Dead Nasty

By: Helen H. Durrant
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Summary

A girl’s body is found in a dustbin. 'Dead Meat' is written on a note found with her.

The girl was part of a group of bullies from the local school. But DI Calladine recognises the MO of Craig Donnelly, a killer he thought he’d put away forever. And coincidentally Donnelly has just been released from prison. But when Detective Calladine charges in, he finds out that Donnelly has a watertight alibi and is under the protection of the local vicar, who thinks Donnelly is a changed man.

When another girl goes missing from the same group of friends, Calladine must look elsewhere for the killer and comes across a sinister online predator who was in touch with all the girls. DS Ruth Bayliss is back from maternity leave, but even her skills and common sense can’t crack the case.

In a race against time, they must stop the killer, someone who may even be close to home, before he continues his vicious killing spree.

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I have enjoyed the Calladine & Baylis books so far but I get irked by protagonists calling police officers ‘copper’ and saying ‘do one’ when they want someone to leave. It’s all rather 1970’s The Sweeny and detracts from the narrative. I agree with other reviewers that some of the murder scenes are rather overly graphic but on the whole the books are good and the narrator does a good job with the voices .

Still good……….but

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I have loved the changing voice for all the characters, throughout this series, So believable! Jonathan is fantastic at bringing the characters to life. I dislike the length of the books. It would be great to listen for a few hours more.

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A good story and full of tension. The description of cruelty prior to the deaths I found too much. Apart from the torture scenes I liked the book and it was well told.

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I found this book very hard to stop reading, this case is full of twists and turns galore.

DI Callandine is back in his element because DS Ruth Bayliss his loyal straight talking sidekick is back from maternity leave.

Tom’s mood is changed after hearing that a known criminal Craig Donnelly has just been released early. Then a young school girl has been murdered in the most gruesome way and the MO is very similar to Donnelly’s.

Donnelly is being protected by a vicar who showed him how to be a model inmate in order to be released. Tom’s hunch is that ex con is in it right up to his neck. The problem is proving it. In the end Tom is forced to look elsewhere and another suspect is in the frame but it does not feel right.

How will they crack the case? Also a member of the team is in grave danger

*Gut Wrenching*

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Forward by the top narration. It was a strange story to many elements not slotting together as easily as normally and all the side tracks and twists were confusing but not causing any excitement or suspense as usually just a method to arrive at the final chapter. Not sure why I didn’t get this maybe it was just the return of more violent acts which the story did t really need for my liking. But I’m still intrigued enough to go on to the next story.

A bit disjointed but carried

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