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The Breaker [Audio Download]

by Minette Walters (Author), Kevin Whately (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 2 hours and 43 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Abridged
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
  • Audible Release Date: 12 Jun 2007
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SPZEZ6
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore on the south coast of England, her traumatized three-year-old daughter is discovered 20 miles away, alone and apparently abandoned.

But why was Kate killed and her daughter allowed to live? More curiously, why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea?

Suspicion centres on a young actor, a loner who lies about his relationship with the woman, and whose sailing boat, Crazy Daze, is moored just yards from where the toddler was found.

As the investigation proceeds, attention shifts towards the murdered woman's husband. Was he really in Liverpool the night she died? Is he sure that Kate was the "respectable woman" he claims? And why does their daughter scream in terror every time he tries to pick her up?

© Minette Walters; (P) Macmillan Publishers Ltd
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
She's written better 8 July 2000
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I have read all of Minette Walters' earlier books and thoroughly enjoyed them, and I was looking forward to reading this one as it sounded very interesting. I was a bit disappointed by it though. It was very readable but as earlier reviewers have pointed out, it was hard to care about any of the characters. The ending of the book was a bit of an anti-climax, as there were no real surprises and no compelling motive for the killer. I would recommend someone new to Minette Walters to start with another one of her books.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A huge disappointment 29 Mar 2001
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Plot wise I thought this book was very weak indeed. It just didn't hang together well enough to convince me that it was real. In some ways it reminded me of a bad rehash of the film "Dead Calm". I was extremely disappointed as I enjoyed her first three novels hugely. I thought "The Dark Room" was quite weak too and I was really hoping for a return to form here. Usually her characters are quite interesting although the dialogue is not always convincing, but the strength of the plot usually carries it off. Here, not only was the dialogue poor, the characters were fairly unsympathetic and the plot was silly. Nothing to recommend it.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Dire 6 Nov 2002
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book is just terrible. It reads more like a journalistic account of events than a novel and, although police reports and other 'source' material can add to a book's authenticity if done properly, this simply read like a dreary bundle of evidence. The characters were poorly developed and I thought that if I read the phrase, 'he smiled wryly' once more, I would throw the book out the window. Avoid this one at all costs.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A non-event
Am I missing something here? I've read several of Ms Walter's novels, and most seem to be complete let-downs. I appreciate she's a competent writer, but her plotting is abysmal. Read more
Published on 25 April 2010 by Dr Garry
Great at first then flopped at the end!
This is the first book I've read by this author and I did enjoy it to begin with. But then it just sort of dragged on without the usual surprises that leave you wanting to read... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by M. Islam
FIRST TASTE OF MINETTE WALTERS
This was the first novel that I had read of Minette Walters, and like all new authors I have not read before I purchased my copy from the charity shop, so I did not waste too much... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by bibliophile
Not terrible but by Minette Walters' standards not very good
I am a big fan of Minette Walters, but this book disappoints.

Essentially, she needs her killer to be both sexual predator (for some threads of the plot) and sexual... Read more
Published on 3 April 2008 by Isafish
One of her best
Once again Minette Walters gives her fans a rollicking good yarn. As usual a thriller that never stops holding the reader's interest. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2007 by P.M. Wood
Feels researched
A young woman's body is washed up on a beach. The pathologist quickly establishes that it was murder.

There are two basic stories:

One story is the story of the investigation. Read more

Published on 11 Sep 2004 by Francisco
Dull and snobbish
I have to second the sentiments of everybody else who found this very dull. It didn't grip me at all. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2002
If you want a good holiday read, look no further.
Are people ever what they first appear to be? It would seem not from reading this gripping tale of murder, lust and greed. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2002 by Busy Busy
Thriller? No, a very boring read.
I begrudge this book even one star. Poorly drawn characters so that you forget who's who halfway through the book, a lack of plot and complete absence of suspense make me wonder... Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2002
What sort of men really commit crimes like rape?
I found this book to be very good. A womans body is washed up on a shore. The books explores the crime of rape. The prologue is an extract from the mind of a rapist by Helen Barry. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2001
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