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Damaged

By: Martina Cole
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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Summary

The new audiobook from Sunday Times number-one best seller Martina Cole sees the return of her iconic heroine DCI Kate Burrows. If you liked The Ladykiller you'll love Damaged. The 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and the biggest selling female crime writer in the UK, Martina's unique, powerful storytelling includes Dangerous Lady, The Take, Betrayal and many more.

When the bodies of missing schoolgirls start turning up, former DCI Kate Burrows is dragged out of retirement.

A new Grantley serial killer is in town and DCI Annie Carr turns to Kate for help. She welcomes the distraction from her home life with former gangster Patrick Kelly, whose long-lost son has turned up out of the blue, bringing trouble with him.

It soon becomes clear the killer is on their doorstep and as the body count grows, Kate and Annie face a race against the clock.

But they have no real leads...and there's more to these murders than meets the eye. Can Kate take the killer down before another schoolgirl dies?

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"Kate is the hard-but-fair 'filth', who also likes to brush (romantically) with the wrong side of the law." ( London Lite)

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Loved it!

Best narration ive experienced on an audiobook so far, story a little predictable but it was so well written i thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Waste of time

Same old same old! No real story, boring, narration and ridiculous voices terrible. My thoughts on the ending....Erm.... dull!

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Best writer hits the spot again

Another fantastic read from Martina Cole finished the full book in a day could not put it down

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Damaged Martina Cole

Brilliant book and well read, totally enjoyable and hard to put down. Looking forward to the next one

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Bloody Fantastic!

Couldn't put it down. Excellent narration. Lived and breathed it from start to finish. Brilliant.

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Good read..

the reviews for this book wernt very good so i was reluctant to spend a credit on it but it was a good book..it was a bit repetitive of other cole books but I did did enjoy it..was good to hear from old charecters kate burrows and pat Kelly. love them two...overall a good read and brilliantly narrated by Annie aldington

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Brilliant

excellent loved listening to the narrator and enjoyed the twist at the end would recommend to my friends and family thank you

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amazing!!!!

Great book and loved the narrator of the story. Will be buying a new Martina Cole audio book next month.

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Predictable. Guessed the killer fairly on.

The last three books of this series have been enjoyable but I guessed the killer in each one early on in the story.

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Can Kate Burrows get more sanctimonious?

I love this narrator (brilliant job Annie!) and have loved all the books in this series but I’ve been getting increasingly irritated by our “heroine”. I actually liked that she was fallible and not perfect in the beginning but I increasingly feel that Cole missed the point on this and Kate has become such a self righteous know-it-all and truly believes that she is “a legend in her own lunchtime”. I found her behaviour deplorable at times, I think Cole genuinely thinks she’s create a strong powerful female protagonist but there is nothing strong about women who bring other women down. This book was relationship heavy and the thriller side of the story is sidelined.

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