HELL TO PAY
Narrator: Alison Campbell
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Publisher: Saxon Publishing
Sub-Genres: Mystery, Police Procedural
Narrator: Alison Campbell
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Publisher: Saxon Publishing
Sub-Genres: Mystery, Police Procedural
When a road traffic accident on a dark autumn night uncovers a disturbing conspiracy, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter's investigation exposes a ruthless serial killer exploiting vulnerable young women.
With her enemies unmasked and her career spiraling out of control, Kay's determination to seek vengeance for the victims brings her dangerously close to those who want to silence her.Undeterred, she uncovers the real reason behind a plot to destroy her career and sets in motion a terrifying chain of events.
She now wields a pen instead of a plectrum and writes crime fiction and spy novels, including the Dan Taylor espionage novels and the Detective Kay Hunter series.
Originally from the UK and currently based in Brisbane, Australia, Rachel cites her writing influences as Michael Connelly, Lee Child, and Robert Ludlum. She’s also a huge fan of Peter James, Val McDermid, Robert Crais, Stuart MacBride, and many more.
She’s a member of International Thriller Writers and the Crime Writers Association, with the Italian foreign rights for her debut novel, White Gold sold to Fanucci Editore's TIMECrime imprint, and the first four books in the Dan Taylor espionage series contracted to Germany’s Luzifer Verlag.
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HALL WAYS REVIEW: Audio
Book Review. In Hell to Pay, author Rachel
Amphlett has again crafted an intricate story full of tension, drama, and
suspense. Following a now familiar formula (this is the fourth book in the
Detective Kay Hunter series), the book starts with a bang. What initially seems
innocuous is actually criminal, and as Detective Hunter digs deeper, she finds
herself in the midst of a dark and sordid world. Readers discover the magnitude
and horror of the scheme about half way through, so it turns from a whodunit to
a race for law enforcement to stop the crimes from continuing. Hell
to Pay is grim, and once the revelation about Kay's nemesis, the
super creepy Jozef Demiri, is fully revealed, the story goes next level. Readers
have been waiting three books for Demiri to make his move, so there is HIGH
tension here.
Hell to Pay could
stand alone, but I really don't' recommend it that way. Readers who start here
will miss the subtle and not so subtle connections back to the prior books in
the series. There has been a steady, highly interesting backstory threading
through all the books, and all the parts come together and seem to culminate here. Start
with book one and binge read (or read with your ears) straight through. That's
what I have done and have no regrets!
There are a bunch of new characters
introduced in this book, and politics within the police force plays a big part
of the story -- especially in setting up where Amphlett is going to take
readers in the next installment.
And
let me tell you, there is no shortage of jerks. The familiar characters return
too, but the ever-sour Larch ("He's just one of life's career
a**h*les") is suspiciously, mostly absent, and adorable vet Adam isn't as
prominent. Both characters are missed. Amphlett casts some shadows around a few
of the familiar, which muddies the line between the good guys and the bad ones.
"Her
bright red shoes hurt Kay's un-caffeinated eyes."
One of the things I've repeatedly
mentioned in my reviews of this series is how much I love that it's so
completely British. I love how problems are best solved with a steaming cuppa
and that caffeine is critical to operations. I can relate. There are terms that
I don't understand as well as a few that took me a while to get, but they
didn't detract. (Sadly, I can't share some of my favorite
words/quotes/phrase because Amazon and Audible will block my review.)
Suffice
it to say that even some insults sound delightful when uttered with narrator
Alison Campbell's accent.
Speaking of Alison Campbell -- she
NAILED the narration. Again. Campbell is one of the best narrators I've
listened to and really gives personality to multiple characters. She is perfect
as Kay, but her affinity for voicing UBER creepy and disturbed males again
shines through in Hell to Pay.
I highly recommend Hell
to Pay and all of the books in this engaging police procedural
series. While I am sad that the blog tour ends with this installment, happily,
Amphlett has just released a fifth book in the series, Call to Arms! I am saving my $$ so it can be my next audio
book download.
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