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Jack-in-the-Box

By: Pat Black
Narrated by: David Monteath
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Home can be the most dangerous place.

They had cameras, alarms, lights, even guard dogs. They had storm doors and locks on their windows. They knew martial arts, they had knives to hand, and one of them even had a gun. And he still got in . . .

A terrifying killer is haunting Glasgow's affluent suburbs – invading homes and smothering people left on their own. The tabloids have a name for the murderer based on his method of folding the bodies into tiny spaces, as well as his uncanny knack of seemingly springing out of nowhere: Jack-in-the-Box.

Inspector Lomond has an impossible case to crack. The houses involved have state-of-the-art security systems and were all securely locked at the time of death. There is no evidence of forced entry, and video footage shows no sign of any intruders. How is he getting in? How is he getting out? And who will be next?

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The setting was realistic and the characters linked well to provide a few interesting twists along the way.
But in between there was lots of padding which suggested a work of short fiction interspersed with irrelevances to make up the word count.

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As l said, the voice of David Monteath creates a good atmosphere, though I am not sure even his voice could have brought more substance to this plot or erased the sense of unease. At least it could soothe you if you found yourself unable to sleep.

Narrator David Monteath always a pleasure

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