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Bye Bye Baby

DCI Jack Hawksworth, Book 1

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Bye Bye Baby

By: Fiona McIntosh
Narrated by: Jerome Pride
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A spate of seemingly unconnected murders in southern England prompt a high-profile taskforce to be formed and led by DCI Jack Hawksworth, one of the Force's new rising stars who combines modern methods with old-school instincts.

The victims appear as disparate as their style of death; the only link that Hawk and his team can pull together is that the murdered are all men of an identical age. The taskforce has nothing but cold cases of decades past to comb through in the hope that they might find a clue to who is behind the savagery.

A heart-stopping tale of brutal revenge with a chilling twist by a powerhouse Australian author.



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Complete your Fiona McIntosh collection today!

Bye Bye Baby: DCI Jack Hawksworth 1
Beautiful Death: DCI Jack Hawksworth 2
Mirror Man: DCI Jack Hawksworth 3
Dead Tide: DCI Jack Hawksworth 4
Foul Play: DCI Jack Hawksworth 5

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©2019 Fiona McIntosh (P)2019 Penguin Random House Australia Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Exciting Heartfelt

Critic Reviews

"McIntosh breathes so much life and detail into the storyworld." Better Reading
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I loved this book, lots of twist and turns. Great narration. Fiona McIntosh is my new favourite author.

Brilliant!!

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i absolutely loved the second half of this. i had listened to Mirror Man first (which is mistakenly described by Amazon as book 1 in the series), and so already knew the outcome of Bye Bye Baby - but i still found it riveting.

I do agree with reviewers complaining about Kate fawning over Hawksworth who is portrayed as a cliched romantic hero. The thing i disliked most in this book and Mirror Man is how Kate is described as beautiful and 'intuitive'--and therefore a brilliant detective, whilst the DS is plain and hard working, lacking Kate's supposed flair. Every time the DS does something brilliant, Hawk is surprised and Kate is vindictive. That sideshow was a bit tedious, overplaying gender stereotypes, but then the pacy thriller elements came together and i was fully engrossed.

The story isn't flawless but it's pretty clever and more exciting than most.

Engrossing...but...

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Story had me turning on my audible when cooking , walking dogs and laying in bed. It captured me from the start. Lots of twists and turns. I have a dislike of male voices trying f to sound like females particularly when emotional and crying. Didn’t work. But otherwise the characters where well presented by the reader

Captured me from the start

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This was a really good book from start to finish plenty of twist to keep you wanting more. found it hard to put down. Narration excellent

Really good.

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I throughly enjoyed this story Fiona should definitely write more suspense.
Will look forward to another gripping mystery.

Riveting story

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Well written and read. A few weep holes in the plot but they didn’t detract from the enjoyment

Engaging

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Loved this book engaging and enjoyable the narrater was excellent and completed a great read

Great writing great narration perfect pairing

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Loved the twists and turns of characterization and plot.
Just about returned the title though, after listening to others of Fiona Mcintosh's ( which I loved), I did not enjoy this narration. I think her normal narrator, Kate, does a far superior job with accent and inflection .

Enthralling story, grim and addictive

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Absolutely enthralling. Spent hours early mornings until finished.
Naration was perfect. Well written for audio.

Thrilling

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It took me a while to get into this story. Although the narrator did a relatively good job, I did find his voice grated on me however, I perservered becoming use to his voice as I ventured further into the storyline. The story was enjoyable and made for a good read. Most of the characters were believable and likeable. Some doubt about the complexity of Anne's character and whether she would have been able to carry out all of the activities especially surviving it all however, it is fiction and I guess the writer's poetic licence to write as she did. Having said all of that I still enjoyed the book. Can't say it was the best story I read but not too bad considering my above-mentioned comments.

Good read

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