A Silent Death

By: Peter May

Narrated by: Peter Forbes

**FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
**'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM**
**PETER MAY: OVER 4.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE**

Set in Southern Spain, A Silent Death is the scorching new thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy, Cast Iron and I'll Keep You Safe.

A SILENT VOW

Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman.

A SILENT LIFE

Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world - and of Cleland's cruel plan.

A SILENT DEATH

John Mackenzie - an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator - is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt. He alone can silence Cleland before the fugitive has the last, bloody, word.

Peter May's latest bestseller unites a strong, independent Spaniard with a socially inept Scotsman; a senseless vendetta with a sense-deprived victim, and a red-hot Costa Del Sol with an ice-cold killer.

©2020 Peter May (P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited

Great story

This is one of my favorite Peter May stories. His character development is just excellent. I felt I knew all of these very unusual but special people in this great mystery!

Excellent on every level

My first Peter May book, can’t wait to read / hear the next. I know the area in which this plot is set very well, very accurate on every level.

Ineptitude Abounds

Even Peter Forbes’ superb narration cannot elevate this story above 2 stars. An arrogant, condescending, and very unlikeable British investigator is sent to southern Spain to bring back a British fugitive from Spanish custody. But, alas, the fugitive escapes from Spanish control before he can be handed over to the British investigator, and the inept (can you say “racism”?) Spanish policia ask the British investigator to help the inept Spanish female cop (can you say “sexism”?) re-capture the fugitive. All of the characters in this story are merely 2-dimensional, and it’s very hard to care about any of them or what happens next. There is a fitting portrayal of a deaf-and-blind woman who unwittingly gets caught up in the search for the fugitive, but she plays only a small part in the story, so don’t waste your time and money.

Implausible

Too many holes in the plot, stupid police decisions! No police protection when a family is threatened by a maniac?

Good International Crime

Great story if you like stories about cops and organized crime. There's a variety of characters with twisting storylines. Are there some loopholes? Yes. Are police generally incompetent? Arguably so. It's a book of fiction. Good way to escape reality.