Between Two Evils
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Between Two Evils
Narrated by:
David Thorpe
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Narrated by:
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David Thorpe
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Eva Dolan
LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
As the country bakes under the relentless summer sun, a young doctor is found brutally murdered at his home in a picturesque Cambridgeshire village.
Is his death connected to his private life – or his professional one?
Dr Joshua Ainsworth worked at an all-female detention centre, one still recovering from a major scandal a few years before. Was he the whistle-blower – or an instigator?
As Detective Sergeant Ferreira and Detective Inspector Zigic begin to painstakingly reconstruct Dr Ainsworth’s last days, they uncover yet more secrets and more suspects. But this isn’t the only case that’s demanding their attention – a violent criminal has been released on a technicality and the police force know he will strike again: the only question is who will be his first victim…©2020 Eva Dolan (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic reviews
A new read from Eva Dolan is always a pleasure and her latest is as dark and gritty as ever … Dolan puts troubling contemporary themes at the heart of her fiction, creating a compelling mystery about the treatment of vulnerable immigrants in a secretive establishment
Yet again, Eva Dolan has produced a compelling and often dramatic whodunit that tells you more about the state of the nation than a sheaf of newspapers
Smartly plotted and intriguing
Dolan depicts the breakthroughs and drawbacks of an investigation, the feint and parry of interviews, in engrossing detail and with great skill
A real state of the nation novel (Barry Forshaw)
Dolan infuses old-fashioned police work with contemporary issues to paint a disturbing picture of our times
Gripping from the first page, this is crime fiction with heart, a social conscience and an ending that packs a powerful emotional punch. I was a fan before. Now I’m in awe (Paul Burston)
Anyone wanting smart and compelling crime fiction with razor-sharp social comment should read Eva Dolan. In fact, EVERYONE should read her (Praise for Eva Dolan, Mark Billingham)
A master of pace ... [Dolan writes] richly imagined, cleverly plotted and socially aware stories, which will also have you turning the pages well into the small hours (Praise for Eva Dolan)
Dolan is expert at the orchestration of tension (Praise for Eva Dolan)
Eva is a brilliant storyteller and the stories she tells are as compelling as they are important. She's a star (Praise for Eva Dolan, Will Dean)
Enjoyed it but less compelling than previous books by author
7/10
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The two evils are a recently released rapist who's been released due to an issue with the evidence in his case and is already making threatening appearances to DS Ferreira, and whoever murdered a doctor who had worked at the local Immigration Detention Centre.
It starts hard, relentlessly drives you through the story towards a very satisfactory ending (which some have called predictable but I was delighted by).
David Thorpe was a pleasure to listen to as always.
It's absolutely marvellous, buy it now ...
Absorbing
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