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The Boy Who Fell

By: Jo Spain
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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Kids can be so cruel.
They'll call you names.
Hurt your feelings.
Push you to your death.

In the garden of an abandoned house, Luke Connolly lies broken, dead. The night before, he and his friends partied inside. Nobody fought, everybody else went home safely. And yet, Luke was raped and pushed to his death. His alleged attacker is now in custody.

DCI Tom Reynolds is receiving the biggest promotion of his career when a colleague asks him to look at the Connolly case, believing it's not as cut and dried as local investigators have made out. And as Tom begins to examine the world Connolly and his upper class friends inhabited, the privilege and protection afforded to them, he too realises something.

In this place, people cover up for each other. Even when it comes to murder.

©2019 Joanne Spain (P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited Crime Thrillers Fiction International Mystery & Crime Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense Murder
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i am completely addicted to this series. Firstly, i love everything Jo Spain writes. Aside from the characters and great stories, she always has a strong social justice angle and the books always say something about the culture. And then there is Aoife who does something magic with these books. Her range is incredible, and i love the mix of Dublin and Kerry accents. Most amazing is the quite seductive Tom Reynolds. It's notoriously difficult for female readers to pull off credible male characters and vice versa. Often they're just passable -- but honestly, i am completely swept away by Tom :)

Jo Spain +Aoife McMahon = sublime storytelling!

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Very good story and keep you on the edge and wondering all the way to the end.

Spellbounding

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I am quickly working my through the audio books in this series. The narrator - Aoife McMahon - is wonderful and adds an extra element to my enjoyment of what is a rollicking good police procedural. This was no exception. The Boy Who Fell was easy to read / listen to, engaging with an intriguing plot and nice twisty ending. I also appreciate the ongoing character development and the team work approach Jo Spain takes - as opposed to the often represented 'lone wolf' trope in the genre.

Wonderful narration

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Jo Spain keeps bringing her excellent story telling and gripping new mysteries with the backdrop of the developing stories of the Detectives and their lives. The ending was a plot twist. The excellent narrator has ruined me for others !!

Excellent story telling. Gripping.

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Unexpected ending. Jo Spain is my new favourite author and Aoife as narrator does a wonderful job.
On to book 6 now.

Loved this book

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Author Jo Spain and narrator Aoifie McMahon never disappoint and this is no different. Great characters and plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing, I really enjoyed it.

Always great

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Jo Spain Ahmad a way of writing and I enjoyed the latest instalment in this series. Aoife McMahon as usual narrates it brilliantly.

Great story

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I enjoyed this one the best so far . The ending was just so unexpected . I love how the characters are developing, Tom Reynolds is such a great leader.

Fantastic !!

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I have really grown to love the DCI Tom Reynolds series. While I didn't enjoy the previous book in the series (The Darkest Place) as much as the first three, The Boy Who Fell has more than restored my addiction. Intriguing, puzzling, and rich with believable characters - I can't wait to listen to the next book.

Aoife Mcmahon's narration is superb.

Brilliant! The best in the series so far.

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can’t wait to listen to the next book … it’s nice to feel formally with the characters

never disappoints

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