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The Seventh Victim

By: Michael Wood
Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Mathew Horne
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On Sunday, February 3rd 1990, seven-year-old Danny Redpath disappeared from his home. Four months later, his body was found in the nearby forest, washed clean of all evidence. Over time, more bodies were discovered; more families devastated forever.

Apprehended while attempting to abduct another child, Jonathan Egan-Walsh was charged with the murders of thirteen boys. Convicted on all counts, he received life in prison and went unrepentant, still refusing to reveal the whereabouts of one of his victims, Zachery Marshall.

Twenty-five years later, Zachery’s mother Diane is still searching for his body. When Jonathan dies in custody, she realises she will never know its location – until she receives a letter he left in his cell, in which he admits he was guilty of all the crimes of which he was accused, except the murder of her son.

Diane tracks down the woman in charge of the case at the time, former DI Caroline Turner, and together with Jonathan’s biographer Alex Frost they start to investigate. Could this be the killer’s final twist of the knife – or is he telling the truth at long last? Sooner or later, this secret buried and undisturbed for a quarter of a century will come to light.

©2020 Michael Wood (P)2020 Audible Studios Mystery Crime Suspense Exciting Scary Fiction Murder

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Michael Wood

About the author


Born and bred in Sheffield, Michael worked as a freelance journalist for The Star covering crime and the courts. He is part of the CrimeSquad reviews team and is an established writer of crime fiction, including the DCI Matilda Darke series.

Joanne Froggatt
Mathew Horne
Joanne Froggatt

About the performer


Joanne Froggatt is an English actress. She is well known for portraying Anna Bates in the period drama series Downton Abbey, and for this role she received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014.

Joanne is also known for playing Laura Nielson in the ITV crime series Liar.

Mathew Horne

About the performer


Mathew Horne is an English actor, comedian and narrator. He is best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey, The Catherine Tate Show, 20 Things to do Before You're 30, Teachers, Horne & Corden, and Bad Education.

Mat is also a series regular on comedy drama Agatha Raisin.

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I guessed the killer half a dozen times, yep got it right but changed my mind, again and again! Really enjoyed this book, so much so have downloaded one of his other books to read!
Good plot, characters well like in life some really nice others not quite so nice. Liked the dual narration- didn’t think I was going to but it worked well, and both narrators were very good.
Would recommend!

Kept me guessing to the last word!

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Joanne Froggatt is amazing!!! It was like 'watching' a film she was that brilliant! I didn't want it to end!

Fantastic!

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Best book I've listened too in a long time, & i listen to a lot of books

Brilliant

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Would recommend was gripped to this story from beginning to end. I loved the readers they both really brought it to life. This was the first book I've listened to by Michael Wood and now I'm looking to see which one of his to get next.

Loved it

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I enjoyed listening to this book, I’ve not listened or read anything by Michael Wood before, but I’ll certainly look out for some others.
The story is interesting and the characters are well defined and believable I thought.
Great performances from Joanne Froggatt and Mathew Horn.

Good listen

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really enjoyed this book. Kept me guessing and engaged. I think it covered a very sensitive topic well but can see how some people may think of it as controversial. If cruelty to children is something you cant stomach listen with caution as the books covers lots of aspects of paedophilia and rehabilitation of convicts. The way the story is written at 1st comes across more factual than fiction as it is based on a true case. All in all extremely well written, researched and voiced. Will be recomending

great read

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Well narrated an enjoyable listen found very captivating.
will look for more by this author

loved it

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A really good book, with a mother trying to locate the body of her little boy, missing for years, presumed dead at the hands of a convicted serial killer. The killer goes to prison for life for killing so many little boys, but he denies having anything to do with the disappearance of this particular boy. It was a good story with compelling characters and storylines. I enjoyed it. Very good narration. Worth a listen, especially on Audible Plus.

An excellent thriller

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I don't normally leave reviews but I feel as though I must with this audio . I was captivated from the sample and couldn't stop listening I rushed home from work to start listening again. The characters are very relatable , it was easy to follow and the narrators were brilliant . It's a difficult subject and sometimes upsetting but it's so good . I'd recommend you listen to this .

Couldn't stop listening!

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The whole thing worked very, the different voice actors were great.

The end interview was in my humble opinion, spoiled by the interviewer.

Very enjoyable story, the interview? Not so much

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