In the Blood

De: Ruth Mancini

Narrado por: Kelly Adams

Duración: 10 h y 7 m

Resumen del Editor

In southeast London, a young mother has been accused of an unthinkable crime: poisoning her own child - and then leaving him to die. The mother, Ellie, is secretive and challenging - she's had a troubled upbringing - but does that mean she's capable of murder?

Balancing the case with raising her disabled five-year-old son, criminal defence lawyer Sarah Kellerman sets out in desperate pursuit of the truth. But when her own child becomes unwell, Sarah realises she's been drawn into a dangerous game.

Unsettling and compulsive, In the Blood is a chilling study of class, motherhood and power from a new star in crime fiction.

©2018 Ruth Mancini (P)2018 W.F. Howes Ltd

Great plot

Really liked this plot line. Kept good pace and subtle hints along the way. Well narrated. Recommend

Incredible

A modern book touching very modern issues. You warm up to it until you cannot stop listening.

Fantastic! A unicorn of a book...

That one book you need when you have genre fatigue. The narration is stellar... i could find no flaws in this book. No major plot holes or leaps of logic i had to ignore. It starts strong and stays strong. It's about a mother with a profoundly disabled son. She is a lawyer although i guess she would be a solicitor since the book takes place in England.
Her work is demanding and she has no family no husband to gali her. My heart went out to her trying to navigate her career and be there for her son's needs.
She gets a case of a young woman accused of almost killing get baby with salt poisoning.
She takes the case and through her days of dealing with obstructive people who refuse to talk to her and a demanding boss wanting more billable hours were feel her exhaustion. She is easy to empathize with especially for those of us who are mothers.
She meets " the perfect man " who loves her child, is kind to her, and it seems like at least her personal life will be looking up.
That's all i can tell because this book is not a psychological thriller but there is twist which is just the cherry on top of a great read.
Hope you enjoy as much as I did.
I also read "woman on the ledge" it was also great. Looking forward to reading more from this author who by the way is a solicitor in real life.
Thank you for reading.

Couldn't stop listening!

Wow! Great story.Unusual plot and characters--not the same old thing. Satisfying ending. I highly recommend this author.

This has all the things readers want in a book!

The narrator is the best I’ve heard! The storyline is so good I was hooked. I’ve never read anything from her, but now I’m going to. The characters are great, and I just got lost in their lives, in the story, and I didn’t want it to end. All the stars!!

Great story with lots of twists

Liked everything the narration and the story really excellent overall
Would highly recommend and will read other books by this author

Excellent legal suspense thriller

This is a great story and the narration was impeccable. It really added to the overall feeling of immersing oneself in a wonderful novel. The plot was interesting and I was drawn in from the very beginning. The ending was very satisfying but it felt like there were a lot of close calls, closed doors, and then ingenious legal work by our protagonist Sarah Kellerman. This is the first in a series and I look forward to devouring the rest of Mancini’s excellent work. Highly recommended!

Narrorator was everything

This was a very well written story on it's own. But the narrorator... she bumped up the thrill to the absolute max with her brilliant voice acting!! I bet she could read an obituary and have you hanging on the edge of your seat. I really appreciate a book that gets right to it without a lot of fluff. I need to be hooked pretty fast or I'll just move on. I thoroughly enjoyed this one!

Fantastic book!

I'm blown away! What a fantastic plot. I almost don't even have words. I thought I had the ending figured out a couple times, but I was wrong. The narration was spot on as well. Wow! I definitely highly recommend this book!

Loved the narrator..

love the story: all around great listen. looking forward to more by this Author and narrator.