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  • Splinter in the Blood

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  • Written by: Ashley Dyer
  • Narrated by: Piers Hampton
  • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Splinter in the Blood

Written by: Ashley Dyer
Narrated by: Piers Hampton
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A propulsive debut suspense novel, filled with secrets, nerve-jangling tension, perplexing mystery, and cold-blooded murder, in which a police officer on the hunt for a macabre serial killer is brutally attacked, and only his partner knows the truth about what happened - and who did it.

After months of hunting a cold-blooded murderer that the press has dubbed the Thorn Killer, Detective Greg Carver is shot in his own home. His trusted partner, Ruth Lake, is alone with him. Yet instead of calling for help, she’s rearranged the crime scene and wiped the room clean of prints.

But Carver isn’t dead.

Awakening in the hospital, Carver has no memory of being shot, but is certain that his assailant is the Thorn Killer. Though there’s no evidence to support his claim, Carver insists the attack is retaliation, an attempt to scare the detective off the psychopath’s scent, because he’s getting too close. Trapped in a hospital bed and still very weak, Carver’s obsession grows. He’s desperate to get back to work and finally nail the bastard, before more innocent blood is spilled.

One person knows the truth and she’s not telling. She’s also now leading the Thorn Killer investigation while Carver recuperates. It doesn’t matter that Carver and the rest of the force are counting on her, and that more victims’ lives at stake. Ruth is keeping a deadly secret, and she’ll cross every line - sacrificing her colleagues, her career, and maybe even her own life - to keep it from surfacing.

Utterly engrossing and filled with masterfully crafted surprises, Splinter in the Blood is a propulsive roller-coaster ride, filled with deception, nerve-jangling tension, perplexing mystery, and cold-blooded murder.

©2018 Ashley Dyer (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

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Those last couple of chapters, though... The was fine, but unsatisfying as it left the villain's motives a mystery beyond "they're an evil sociopath." How frustrating! It was all wrapped up very neatly, but with very few actual answers. But up until that point, it was good. Moved at a good pace, characters who, to be honest, were almost totally unlikable but not totally irredeemable, a few fun, silly gimmicks, and a surprising (but frustratingly random) switcheroo.
I'll listen to more from the author.
Also, I appreciated, for the most part, how little we knew about the protagonist. She was there to solve the crime, period. Apart from teasing some dark secrets to be revealed in another book, and brief mention of your standard traumatic backstory, that was it. It was a refreshing change of pace.
Oh, one more thing. One annoying character was written so incredible well that I wanted to reach into the book and backhand him. Oof!

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