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  • The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle

  • DI Jan Talantire, Book 1
  • By: Nick Louth
  • Narrated by: Mandy Weston
  • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle

By: Nick Louth
Narrated by: Mandy Weston
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Summary

Fifty years. Two deaths. One detective to solve an impossible case...

DI Jan Talantire is called to a cottage in Ilfracombe, where the female occupant is found dead, impaled with a crucifix. The woman, who had been renting the house for a few months, is well known locally, but the documents at the house indicate her real name is Ruth Lyle. The name means nothing to the young PC who found her, DI Talantire knows this cannot be the body of Ruth Lyle.

Because fifty years earlier, sixteen-year-old Ruth Lyle was murdered—stabbed by a crucifix, in exactly the same location. It is impossible for this to be the same Ruth Lyle, and yet the records are a match. DI Talantire must solve the ultimate riddle: how can a woman die twice?

A twisty and binge-worthy crime thriller. Perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Kate Ellis.

©2023 Nick Louth (P)2024 W.F. Howes Ltd

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In two minds

I listened to it.

I found the plot weak, the depiction of the local police as misogynistic and racist annoying and the lead detective rather ineffective.

Obviously living in Devon that might have had something to do with it, like most stories there seems to always be an element that fights between the depiction of a lot of green fields and tourists and a dark sinister side that underlines this county.

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Less would be better

An excellent plot. some lovely asides but somewhere it went off track too often or things explained with more words than needed. I would have enjoyed it more if it had been at least 1hr less

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This kept me on the edge of my seat! One of the best I’ve listened to in a long time! Please let this be the first of many - so many plot twists that really kept me guessing! Brilliant!

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