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  • The Darkest Place

  • An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery, Book 4
  • By: Jo Spain
  • Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
  • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (325 ratings)

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The Darkest Place

By: Jo Spain
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
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Publisher's Summary

From the best-selling author of With Our Blessing and Sleeping Beauties comes a gripping new mystery.

'Island of the Lost was the isle's name long before the hospital was built. In winter, they say the fog falls so heavy there that you can't see your hand in front of your face. Storms rage so forcefully you can be blown from the cliffs. Once St. Christina's was built, the name took on a new meaning. Very few who went into that place ever left.'

Christmas day, and DCI Tom Reynolds receives an alarming call. A mass grave has been discovered on Oileán na Caillte, the island which housed the controversial psychiatric institution St. Christina's. The hospital has been closed for decades, and onsite graves were tragically common. Reynolds thinks his adversarial boss is handing him a cold case to sideline him. 

But then it transpires another body has been discovered amongst the dead - one of the doctors who went missing from the hospital in mysterious circumstances 40 years ago. He appears to have been brutally murdered. As events take a sudden turn, nothing can prepare Reynolds and his team for what they are about to discover once they arrive on the island....

©2018 Joanne Spain (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited

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love this author

I binged listened to this. Thought I knew the culprit... I did not! Can not wait for more from Jo

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Great story, kept me guessing until the end!

Another great murder mystery from Jo Spain, made all the better with awesome narration. Highly recommend, looking forward to book number 5.

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Another great Inspector Tom Reynolds mystery

This is another great addition to the Tom Reynolds series by Jo Spain. Jo Spain writes a great police procedural, compelling and twisty and turny enough to keep me turning the pages. The combination of a great yarn and decent long-term character development is wonderful and Aoife McMahon's narration kept my headphones on long after I should have moved on to something else!

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wow

another triumph from jo spain. I love these books. the end of this one was more of a surprise than usual. totally astounded by ending. excellent story wonderfully read, as usual.

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Yet again a great listen

As usual I’m going to say I loved this book. Great team of detectives and read story line. I just love these characters

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Great plot

What a story? Couldn’t figure it out for the life of me. Great ending and plot

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This is a Great book. Great story. Love the characters and the plot

Also well read

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Jo Spain, you e done it again!

Another brilliant story - great plot, interesting characters, unpredictable twists and turns right till the end. As usual- love Aoife McMahon’s narration- she makes characters of all ages and genders so believable.

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another successful case for Inspector Reynolds .

an interesting plot which maintained interest to the end.
The development of the regular characters adds to the books charm.
The narrator appears challenge by the number of male characterisations.
I didn't really enjoy her narration but I look forward to another Tom Reynolds book

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Another absorbing DI Tom Reynolds story

This is another wonderful Jo Spain story, with a plot that really holds the attention. It’s also very revealing of the practices that endured until quite recently in “insane asylums”. Fascinating, and the end is very dramatic!

As with all of the books in this series, I really enjoyed spending time with the characters. They are well rounded and fully three dimensional; they have come to feel like people that I would like to know.

The narration is brilliant, as with all of the books in the series read by Aoife McMahon - she voices the characters and their emotions perfectly.

Can’t wait for book 5!

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