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  • The Girl in the Grave

  • Beth Adams, Book 1
  • By: Helen Phifer
  • Narrated by: Alison Campbell
  • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (111 ratings)

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The Girl in the Grave

By: Helen Phifer
Narrated by: Alison Campbell
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Silence falls as the coffin is lifted out of the ground, yesterday’s rain cascading from it like a waterfall. Glancing into what should have been an empty grave, everyone gasps at the sight of blueish-white fingers exposed in the soil below....

When the body of a teenage runaway is found hidden inside someone else’s grave in a small-town cemetery in the Lake District, an urgent call is made to forensic pathologist Beth Adams. Still traumatised by a recent attempt on her own life, one look at the beautiful girl’s broken body is enough to bring Beth out of hiding for the first time since her attack. She’s the only one who can help her trusted friend, Detective Josh Walker, crack the most shocking case of his career.

Beth struggles to believe it’s a coincidence that the gravesite was scheduled to be exhumed, exposing the evidence. Does this twisted killer want to be caught?

Throwing herself into her work Beth discovers traces of material beneath the victim’s fingernails that sets the team on the killer’s trail. But this critical lead comes at a dangerous price, exposing Beth’s whereabouts and dragging her back into her attacker’s line of fire once again.

With Beth’s own life on the line, the investigation is already cracking under the pressure. Then another local girl goes missing.... Can Beth stay alive long enough to catch the killer before he claims his next victim?

An absolutely gripping new police procedural that will grab fans of Patricia Gibney, LJ Ross and Angela Marsons and leave them gasping for breath.

©2019 Helen Phifer (P)2019 Bookouture

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Good Story

Easy reading good story line excellent narrator ...
lots of twists I couldn't put it down

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Great story line!!!

Helen Phifer has written a great murder, mystery. Love her work! Narrator Alison Campbell tells the story well!

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love love love

love everything about this author and her stories!! can't get enough. looking forward to the next one in the series

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Another great book by Helen phifer.

Another great crime thriller book by Helen phifer. And I always enjoy Alison Campbell's narration. The only issue is the long gaps of silence between chapters, it gets quite annoying.

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Ignore the slow narration at the beginning

I wanted to return this book when it first started as the narration speed was painfully slow. However the narrator soon picked up and this book is great!

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Couldn’t get past the first chapter... narration is dreadful

No idea whether this book is any good. The soporific tone of the narration makes all the characters sound like simpletons...unbearable...

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Really enjoyed this one

Great story AND great narration. Looked forward to my commute! Kept me hooked and wanting to continue listening after arriving home. Looking forward to listening to Beth's next installment.

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Enjoyed

it took a little while to get into the book once into story really enjoyed. narration was easy to listen to

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A no fromme

The characters are not believable or likeable I found myself eyerolling and humphing at the police officer’s utter wussyness. I think I sympathised with the murderer.
The narrator was great - would really work well for chick lit, romance, travel cozies but didnt work for what was supposed to be a psych thriller.
I had to return it unfinished 😕

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Excellent Book, Excellent Narration

The story was nail biting, I loved the characters and did not guess the ending.
I will definitely listen to more books by Helen Phifer and love Alison Campbell’s narration, she is spot on.

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