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Kill the Father
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
'The rock cast a sharp, dark shadow over a shape huddled on the ground. Please don’t let it be the boy, Colomba thought. Her silent prayer didn't go unanswered. The corpse belonged to the mother.'
When a woman is beheaded in a park outside Rome and her six-year-old son goes missing, the police unit assigned to the case sees an easy solution: they arrest the woman's husband and await his confession. But the Chief of Rome's Major Crimes unit doubts things are so simple. Secretly, he lures to the case two of Italy's top analytical minds: Deputy Captain Colomba Caselli, a fierce, warrior-like detective still reeling from having survived a bloody catastrophe, and Dante Torre, a man who spent his childhood trapped inside a concrete silo. Fed through the gloved hand of a masked kidnapper who called himself 'The Father', Dante emerged from his ordeal with crippling claustrophobia but, also, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and hyper-observant capacities.
All evidence suggests that 'The Father' is back and active after being dormant for decades. But when Colomba and Dante begin following the ever-more-bizarre trail of clues, they grasp that what's really going on is darker than they ever imagined.
Kill the Angel, the sequel to Kill the Father, publishes in May 2018.
This unabridged audio version is read by Cassandra Campbell.
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- mrs.d
- 28-12-17
Great
Classy thriller with lots to it - never bored me once and lots of unpredictable moments and events which kept it fresh. A fairly deep look at trauma in some ways as well, which is refreshing compared with books where people seem to suffer appallingly and bounce back with a few sleepless nights and a booze problem.
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- julie skade
- 26-10-17
very good book
this book is very well written and excellently read the change of voices the the reader does is very good. I would throughly recommend this book to be listened to
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-03-18
Disappointing
I found this story very long winded - it went on for far too long and I lost interest in the conclusion in the end.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-03-17
Brilliant!
The crime/thriller genre in absolute perfection.
Finished it in less than two days, and left still wanting more. Addictive through to the end.
Great translation, retaining some typically Italian turns of phrase. Really accomplished performance (once you get used to the north American accent in a European setting).
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- MAGGS
- 07-05-17
Kill the Father - Not bad not good
Kill the Father - Not bad not good
The storyline was different hence the 3 stars but the female detective who was suppose to be tough sounded weak, this was because I think the narrators voice was too weak sounding
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- mj
- 08-04-18
Hard work
I don’t like to be mean, but after 2 hours I had to send it back .
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- Thomas
- 26-05-18
like the best TV series, unputdownable!
Kill the father has got so many twists and turns it was just like watching a great TV series. it has a lot of suspense, great characterisation and a plot that thickens without ever becoming cumbersome and the pace is just right.
I found the narrator excellent with a great range of voices, she really made the book. I had tried to read the physical book before but I much preferred listening to it than reading it. I would recommend this to anyone who likes thrillers.
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- George
- 06-04-18
Awful .
If anyone were to be looking for examples of the cliche , look no further , this is nothing but a dictionary of cliche's , it fails in every way . It's a typical token foul mouth female detective supposedly very tough , but , she is nothing but an incompetent , emotional basket case having panic attacks at every vital moment . It just goes on and on boring the listener to tears , it did me anyway . Can't believe this was offered for sale , I will return for a refund , save yourself the time , life's too short to be listening to this rubbish .
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- Gillian
- 13-11-23
Interminable.
I thought this book was never going to end. I found the narrator’s characterisation of Columba to be insipid and I just couldn’t relate to her at all. The story had so much promise but it was so long and drawn out. I found myself looking for excuses not to listen when I’m usually engrossed from start to finish. My nonexistent knowledge of the Italian police force and legal system probably didn’t help. I won’t be listening to more from this author.
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- Lee
- 08-10-22
Kill the father
Sadly couldn’t get into this as I found it all mixed up. Narration put me off too. Did finish it but instantly forgot it.
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