The Seventh Victim

By: Michael Wood

Narrated by: Joanne Froggatt, Mathew Horne

On Sunday, February 3rd 1990, seven-year-old Danny Redpath disappeared from his home. Four months later, his body was found in the nearby forest, washed clean of all evidence. Over time, more bodies were discovered; more families devastated forever.

Apprehended while attempting to abduct another child, Jonathan Egan-Walsh was charged with the murders of thirteen boys. Convicted on all counts, he received life in prison and went unrepentant, still refusing to reveal the whereabouts of one of his victims, Zachery Marshall.

Twenty-five years later, Zachery’s mother Diane is still searching for his body. When Jonathan dies in custody, she realises she will never know its location – until she receives a letter he left in his cell, in which he admits he was guilty of all the crimes of which he was accused, except the murder of her son.

Diane tracks down the woman in charge of the case at the time, former DI Caroline Turner, and together with Jonathan’s biographer Alex Frost they start to investigate. Could this be the killer’s final twist of the knife – or is he telling the truth at long last? Sooner or later, this secret buried and undisturbed for a quarter of a century will come to light.

©2020 Michael Wood (P)2020 Audible Studios

Mr. Wood, you’ve devastated me again

I just have one ask, please make hard copies of all of your work. I need them all.

Good, if a little predictable

I liked this story and enjoyed listening to it. Unfortunately the reader does use the wrong character name in a few sections which isn't great and I guesses the ending a bit early.

interesting

good story line.
draws you in and might surprise you!
not too much gore, more mystery and not a lot of bad language (bonus for me!)

Seriously? Why the good reviews?

I couldn't tell one character from another... man from woman because the narrator didn't change her voice even a little. She also sounded rushed.
The premise of the story was also highly improbable. A retired cop and author of the book about this serial killer get together and try to find who killed missing victim #7 because the killer insists on his deathbed it wasn't him. Where for me it goes off the rails, is when we realize the killer is distantly related which explains the clothes the police found in his house with the other victims. Uhm, flimsy explaination. There are so many trite remarks and silly plot holes not to mention dialogue. It's weird to have a high soft voice as a man too. The first part explanting there mothers grief is very good. The search for the real killer is predictable and amateurish. The rave reviews shock me now that I'm in it. I'll finish but I'm skipping to the end. To be honest it's a bit of a mess.

loved this book so much

enjoyed this book so much... will read this again..... you will not regret the credit. All Michael Woods books are great..