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The Baby-Snatcher

Inspector Ramsay, Book 6

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The Baby-Snatcher

Written by: Ann Cleeves
Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
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Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again

The Baby-Snatcher is the sixth and final mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

Marilyn Howe’s and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn’t come home . . .

Fifteen year old Marilyn turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay’s doorstep so he takes the young girl home to the isolated coastal community known as the Headland. And in the Howes’ dark and cluttered kitchen they find Kathleen safe and apparently well, though acting rather mysteriously. Six months later, Ramsay has more or less forgotten the strange incident, busy as he is on the trail of a local child abductor. Until he receives news that Mrs Howe has disappeared once more. And for the second time he is drawn into the strange relationships of the families living on the lonely Headland.

Then a woman’s body is washed up on the beach . . .

 Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Crime

What the critics say

A fine writer
Cleeves is quietly carving out a reputation as the new Queen of Crime
Ann Cleeves is a skilful technician, keeping our interest alive and building slowly up to the denouement. Her easy use of language and clever story construction make her one of the best natural writers of detective fiction
Nobody does unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves (Val McDermid)
Ann Cleeves has an enviable talent . . . I love these books
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Really enjoyed this listen, kept me guessing until the end. The book was worth the wait, would love another on this series.

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For me the end was a surprise. Now l’m hooked on Inspector Ramsay. So I know what I will get with my credit.

Very twisty

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I did find the performance lacked a bit of flow occasionally. Loved the journey the story took us on.

Loved the story

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