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The Dying Light

Detective Matt Ballard Series, Book 3

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The Dying Light

By: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
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Whisper Fen Holds Dark Secrets

As the mists roll over the fens and enigmatic lights twinkle in the distance, only the locals know their way along the hidden paths through the mysterious watery terrain of one of England's most beautiful and sometimes dangerous places.

Detective Matt Ballard may have retired but there's still plenty going on in the fens to keep him busy.

Someone trashes an old lady's garden and daubs her isolated cottage with hateful graffiti. Emilia Swain seems to be totally harmless, so why is she being targeted?

Matt's best friend Will and his wife Kate moved to Holland House to put their past behind them. But Kate's mental state is deteriorating and she's obsessed with the tragic history of the house and an old doll she finds in the garden.

And why is Kate suddenly friends with a loner who haunts the fens? Has the dreadful past come back to haunt the present owners?

Former detectives Matt and Liz want to help their friends and neighbors. But how can you help people who don't want to be helped?

©2020 Joy Ellis (P)2020 Tantor Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigators Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Emotionally Gripping Netherlands

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The story is good and enjoyable, but the every time the performer has to do an accent it is atrocious! It spoils the book quite a lot, which is a shame as I love Joy Ellis’ work.

The performer’s accent work is awful.

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Twists & turns & never would have got the ending!!
Not what I expected at all.

Amazing! book holds twists & turns galore.

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Good character and location descriptions with a story that builds nicely. A little predictable with the final conclusion but well developed plot that gets there.

Good twisty story

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as usual, we'll written, gripping you from the start! Hard to put down. Have started the next book straight away.

Gripping Story

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Not a bad book but not one of the best. Narration was good was OK

The dying light

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Brilliant as ever & really enjoyed it. The characters new private detective work was a nice change too, with old faces popping in & out of the storyline. Now for the next one which is waiting patiently to be listened to.

Another great book

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Very well written. A really excellent unexpected ending. I really enjoyed it and did not see the end coming

Excellent

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This is very unlike the James Patterson and Lee Child’s books I normally read or listen to. I am surprised how much I enjoyed listening to every chapter and the twists and turns to the story.

Loved it

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I love everything that Joy Ellis writes but this book was outstanding! I love anything with a bit of the supernatural thrown in and so loved the spookiness of the story, which gave me goosebumps. This was helped by the vivid descriptions of the Fens. There were twists and turns galore, and a quite unexpected ending. The characters are all fantastic and I love that Joy's books are all set in the same locality, so characters from previous books crop up from time to time.

The book is wonderfully narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.

Brilliant!

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Again a most intriguing read, absolutely love these Matt series of books describing the fens and the mysteries surrounding them is pure genius

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