DEAD SILENT a gripping detective thriller full of suspense

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I just found some explainations a little irritating as it was just over done. Apart from this, I enjoyed the plot. I can't quite put my finger on what was missing from this read for me. And I have pondered it for the past 24 hours.....Whatever it was, it won't put me off reading more from Helen Durrant. It appears that this was her first book, and for that stellar effort I have awarded her the extra half a star! As I mentioned above, figuring out the who and the where was easier for me than in some of the other books, but the why I struggled with more. We get a mention of some things that happened in the past, and we get a very unsatisfying reason - but I don't really feel like it made sense for the killer to make the jump that he did. I was also very annoyed with one of the couples mentioned that they didn't think something was worth reporting - perhaps had they done so this would have been wrapped up sooner. I do like the players in these books: Ruth, Imogen, Rocco. I don’t like Lydia or DCI Jones. Lydia is just slutty and Jones is a cheap-skate, too concerned with saving money than solving crimes.

Dead Silent” is the second book of a new series of detective thrillers featuring D.S. Ruth Bayliss and D.I. Tom Calladine. I started this immediately after finishing the first book which was called 'Dead Wrong”. In this second book, Calladine faces personal tragedy and startling revelations, and Ruth’s relationship with Jake Ireson develops. Having read and enjoyed the previous novels in the series I am pleased to report that this is another good, absorbing read. One of the stars of the series is Ruth Bayliss, who is in her mid-thirties, and loyal yet a plain-speaker. One of her wishes is that she had more time to hit the gym and a love for life. She uses the demanding workload as her excuse for not trying too hard with the guys she meets. The estate is well described & you get a real sense of the hopelessness & resulting violence that flourishes in an environment of poverty & lost dreams.

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There is a good introduction to the 'flawed' characters that will be around in this series and I am sure we are going to learn a lot more.

Dead and Buried” is the fourth novel in the “Calladine and Bayliss” series, which was released in the year 2016. Forty years ago, something horrible went down in Annie’s new house. Nothing comes easily to Calladine, his private life is taking a turn for the worst, his professional life is in jeopardy an his personal safety is in the balance. This is the fourth book in the Calladine and Bayliss series. I've read and enjoyed the previous three, and this one was equally good. I started a new series today. Yup… another one! A British police procedural (my favorite kind) set in the Pennine foothills of northern England on the outskirts of Manchester. The setting is the village of Leesdon, but the author has taken some artistic liberties to enhance the novel.

Although this is the second in the series I would say it works perfectly well as a stand alone book and you wouldn't have needed to have read the first in the series Dead Wrong.