Life Ruins
- Author: Danuta Kot
- Narrator: Anna Bentinck
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
- Duration: 12:26:09
Synopsis
'A powerful, thought-provoking story, which perfectly evokes the bleak Yorkshire landscape ... a vital read for any crime fan?' Kate Rhodes, author of Hell Bay
Life Ruins combines haunting landscapes with a gripping plot that will appeal to readers of Peter May and Ann Cleeves.
Three very different people, connected by a thread of violence ... and hope.
Kay, recently widowed and coming to terms with life on her own, feels she has hit rock bottom. For years she and her husband fostered difficult children – including Becca, whom trouble follows like a stray puppy. And now Becca seems to be in the worst trouble of her life.
A girl has been attacked so savagely she can’t be identified. She’s alive, but only just. Becca, tossed out of university and just let go from her dead-end job, is certain she knows who the victim is. But no one will believe her.
A body, briefly glimpsed at the bottom of an abandoned mineshaft, vanishes when the police investigate. Jared, recovering from an almost fatal injury and addicted to painkillers, knows he saw something terrible in that mine… but he has no evidence, and fears he’s losing his grip on reality.
And then Jared and Becca meet. Becca, strong-minded and fiercely independent, is confident they can figure out what’s going on. She pulls Kay into the mix, knowing they’ll need all the help they can get … because the police don’t believe them. And more girls are vanishing ...
Can these three help each other to rebuild their lives from the ruins of the past?
'Life Ruins has all the elements I love in a novel - complex characters, an insidious underlying menace, and haunting landscapes. This dark story will suck you in from the first page' Stephen Booth, author of Fall Down Dead
'Explores real issues, from the perspective of real, damaged people, and told with a real warmth and understanding. Danuta Kot raises the bar for all crime writers' Michael Jecks, author of Pilgrim's War
Chapters
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001 Chapter1 Life Ruins
Duration: 02min -
002 Chapter2 Life Ruins
Duration: 10min -
003 Chapter3 Life Ruins
Duration: 08min -
004 Chapter4 Life Ruins
Duration: 16min -
005 Chapter5 Life Ruins
Duration: 12min -
006 Chapter6 Life Ruins
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007 Chapter7 Life Ruins
Duration: 07min -
008 Chapter8 Life Ruins
Duration: 11min -
009 Chapter9 Life Ruins
Duration: 11min -
010 Chapter10 Life Ruins
Duration: 08min -
011 Chapter11 Life Ruins
Duration: 09min -
012 Chapter12 Life Ruins
Duration: 14min -
013 Chapter13 Life Ruins
Duration: 07min -
014 Chapter14 Life Ruins
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015 Chapter15 Life Ruins
Duration: 11min -
016 Chapter16 Life Ruins
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017 Chapter17 Life Ruins
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018 Chapter18 Life Ruins
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019 Chapter19 Life Ruins
Duration: 10min -
020 Chapter20 Life Ruins
Duration: 11min