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Broken Silence (DI Jack Brady) [Kindle Edition]

Danielle Ramsay
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Who killed Sophie Washington?

Early one cold November morning in the run-down seaside resort of Whitley Bay, the body of a young girl is discovered. Found abandoned five minutes walk from her home, her face has been mutilated beyond recognition.

DI Jack Brady, just back on active duty after recovering from a vicious shooting incident, is on the edge. Struggling to deal with his marriage break-up and his tortured past, his problems intensify when long-standing friend and colleague DI James Matthews confidentially reveals that he was with the victim the night of her murder.

Brady's loyal deputy, the clean-cut, Detective Sergeant Harry Conrad and the attractive and highly-respected police psychologist, Dr Amelia Jenkins are assigned with Brady to solve the victim's murder. But the investigation becomes increasingly compromised as Brady realises that Matthews is holding something back from him that could be vital to the case.

As Brady delves ever deeper into Sophie's life, he comes to realise that the three men who should have protected her during her short life are the chief suspects in her murder: her teacher, her step-father and a police detective.
Brady finds himself unravelling a metaphorical thread that eventually makes him re-evaluate not only the seemingly blameless life of the victim, but more disturbingly, Matthews's motivation and ultimately his own.

About the Author

Danielle Ramsay is a proud Scot living in a small seaside town in the North-East of England. Always a storyteller, it was only after initially following an academic career lecturing in literature that she found her place in life and began to write creatively full-time. After much hard graft her work was short-listed for the CWA Debut Dagger in 2009. Always on the go, always passionate in what she is doing, Danielle fills her days with horse-riding, running and murder by proxy.


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76 of 78 people found the following review helpful
By Tim from Surrey VINE™ VOICE
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Broken Silence

I really enjoyed this book, and found that it was difficult to put down after I started reading it.

The book is primarily centred around Whitley Bay, and the author paints a very grim picture of life in that small north east town, close to Newcastle Upon Tyne. Indeed, there is nothing really positive about life in Whitley Bay. So, when a murder happens, the Police aren't expecting to obtain a result due to the local people there. The victim is a young school girl, who is an exceptionally well mannered and dutiful child to her parents. But her parents have no idea what she really is like.

Who murders this young girl? All the clues are forthcoming throughout the book, and it appears that a Police Officer may be directly involved in the death.

The investigating officer - Detective Inspector Brady - is a close colleague of the suspected Police officer, who goes missing. As Brady investigates the murky criminal underworld of Whitley Bay, he knows that facts which will emerge may just further implicate his colleague.

It is the Brady's first case when he returns from being seriously injured many months' ago, and his senior officer would like to see him removed from the force, and replaced by one of the junior members who he favours instead. Brady has to use all his skills to investigate this horrific crime, as well as keep his job, and to try to find out whether his colleague is involved or not.

Danielle Ramsay has created a brilliant novel, which is fast moving, full of detail, and with lots of excitement. A very enjoyable read.
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Promising but flawed 25 Nov 2010
By Sid Nuncius HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
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There is a lot to enjoy in this book but I think Danielle Ramsay has tried just a bit too hard to make an impression with her first Jack Brady novel, so that it suffers rather from overkill both in plot and prose style.

Good things first: it's a very decent story, well plotted and paced. I thought the killer's identity was well and quite fairly concealed until late in the book and the denouement was believable and well done. It is much to Ramsay's credit that she spares us an implausible Cornered Killer Climax; the interview scenes in which the truth finally emerges are among the strongest in the book and provide a gripping climax of their own. I certainly think that there's enough substance here to warrant a second book and possibly a series.

My reservations have been mentioned by several other reviewers. Firstly, in her keenness to give us an interesting detective, Ramsay lays on the personal complications with a large trowel. As well as having a monumentally complex and dysfunctional personal life, Jack Brady seems to be emotionally or professionally compromised (sometimes both) in his relationship with almost everyone involved in the case: a major suspect, the suspect's wife and daughter, the defence solicitor (his recently ex-wife, for heaven's sake), his sidekick, his boss, an arrogant sergeant, the local mafia boss... and so on and on. It really did get a bit much and I began to wonder whether a character would ever appear with whom he hadn't slept or fought or shared a shady past.

Secondly, the style (he coolly introduced). Ramsay cannot just let characters speak for themselves (he briskly stated) but has to pile on the adverbs (he firmly asserted) and clumsy synonyms for "said" (he curtly attacked). After 100 pages or so I found the cumulative effect of this incredibly irritating and it really distracted me from the narrative. Mercifully, in the climactic interview scenes this almost disappears and they are tense, tightly written and really engrossing, showing that Ramsay is able to write really well when she allows herself to flow in an unaffected way.

I think Danielle Ramsay just needs to relax and tell the story, and I hope she will do that in future books. I couldn't in all conscience give this book four stars, but I hope it will be the start of a more mature series, which has the potential to be very good.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Princess Mononoke VINE™ VOICE
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The story itself wasn't bad, but it was just so badly written. Predictably the hero of the book is riddled with personal problems (his wife left him and he's now a heavy drinker hell bent on destruction), in fact he drank so much throughout the book I'm surprised he could even stand up straight let alone solve a crime! He grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and his best mate from childhood is now the local gangland boss, and to top it all he likes classical music - hints of Morse there. His boss can't stand him and would rather one of the university entrants replaced him, rather too like Frost.

The style of writing was, for me, too descriptive and explanatory. I felt that when she ran out of ideas she just threw in a load of adjectives to pad it out; I particularly found the product placement style of wrting annoying (he didn't just pick up his phone, he picked up his Blackberry - he didn't open the fridge door, he opened the Smeg fridge door) - unnecessary and annoying. And what is her beef with Whitley Bay? Yes, every town has it's dark side, but I've been to Whitley many a time and didn't recognise it from the descriptions in this book. Overall it was a disappointment and I won't be looking out for any more in the series. Sorry.
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Broken silence
Only half way through but thoroughly enjoying as I live very close to Whitley bay and recognise names etc, one thing, some of the places named are not as bad as the author is... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Lindajerv
Brilliant
Brilliant creative book had me gripped from start to finish I love jack Brady as a character and look forward to more books
Published 4 days ago by Lish
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When I bought this book I knew nothing about the author and only vaguely the outline content about the book. I made an excellent choice. Read more
Published 6 days ago by oscar
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This was a very good read kept you glued to the book. I will read more of this author
Well worth the money
Published 7 days ago by J. S. Mills
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I am presently reading london calling but after reading two novels by danielle ramsay ,namely vanishing point and broken silence,I am finding my current choice rather slow going... Read more
Published 8 days ago by bookworm
Good First Novel
I do feel that many of the reviewers have been incredibly harsh about this book. Yes - the plot is tried and tested - maverick cop, tangled personal life, troubled background etc,... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Kindle Bookworm
Not Happy
I am unable to review this purchase as my kindle has broken due to an inherent defect and Amazon are currently refusing to provide a replacement
Published 15 days ago by SuzieQ79
A really good book.
This is a really good read. Once started I could not put it down, not perhaps for the feint hearted or squeamish but never the less a good book. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Mr. Derek Biles
A canny story
A decent story that keeps your interest. Not in the league of more well known crime writers but still a decent enough plot and characters to make you want to keep reading
Published 17 days ago by sue-hexham
Great read
Read this in 2 days.Lots of twists in the story.Cant wait to read more from this author.Very evocative descriptions of the north east.Great read.
Published 18 days ago by J. Cherry
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