Normally I don't go for this as I like to follow the investigation through the facts to its logical conclusion but it works well in Dead Silent so hats off to Ms Durrant for pulling it off. He has starred in Doctor Who, played the Angel of Death in Hellboy II and is an award-winning reader who has recorded over 100 audiobooks.

I am really enjoying this series, getting to know the characters and enjoying how they solve the murders.

The only saving grace is then are shorter than the average novel but therein lies a further problem.

Born in Edinburgh to an English father and Scottish mother the family settled in a Pennine village between the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Soon, another decomposed body of a young woman is found in a hearse – mouth sewn shut and a tag on the earlobe.Don't be put off by the fact that it is a series of books as it works perfectly as a stand alone thriller. Dead Silent by Helen Durrant is this month’s read over at the Kindle English Mystery Club on Goodreads. She seemed to be more of a sounding board and a conscience telling him what to do in his personal life.

There are three story-lines in the book, two of which are satisfactorily concluded (including the main one) but one ends on a cliff hanger. I've gradually picked up on the fact that DS, DI, and DCI are police officials of increasing rank, they work out of a "Nick," and they would rather catch the bad guy before he decides to "do one. The author has some character-based twists and turns to kick things up a notch and keep readers guessing. I've listened to MANY mysteries/thrillers and really enjoy this author's writing skills in this genre.I enjoyed the police procedure aspects of this book, but the complex inter-relationships within the private lives of the detectives also provided an interesting background to the plot. Also available are four books in the 'DI Greco' series - Dark Murder, Dark Houses, Dark Trade, and the latest - Dark Angel. All this and a missing child and mysterious, horribly tortured body found at the scene of an auto accident. A good detective story that moves on at a reasonably fast pace that involves a man with fanatical emotions towards a woman that he loves and idolises but which are not reciprocal.