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Before the Dawn

Detective Karen Hart, Book 8

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Before the Dawn

By: D. S. Butler
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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Only one person can help crack this case—but he’s also the prime suspect.

DC Sophie Jones was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Viciously bludgeoned one night in a dark alley, she is left fighting for her life in hospital, leaving no clues as to why she was there or what might have motivated the attack.

For Detective Karen Hart, fiercely protective of her young protégée, this is already deeply personal: an attack on Sophie is an attack on the whole team. When a car workshop near the crime scene is linked to local mobster Quentin Chapman, the man Hart has spent years trying to bring down, it’s hard not to jump to the most obvious conclusion.

But Chapman not only denies any knowledge of the incident—he asks for Karen’s help. Someone is killing his associates, and he fears he might be next. With little else to go on, Hart has no choice but to rely on her sworn enemy and his underworld connections for valuable information. Can she trust Chapman to tell her the truth—or will this shady collaboration be the last case of her career?

©2024 D. S. Butler. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime

Critic reviews

“The eighth novel in author D. S. Butler's 'Detective Karen Hart' series…is masterfully narrated by Henrietta Meire and will have a particular attraction to dedicated mystery buffs. Offering a compelling 'theatre of mind' experience…a highly recommended pick.”—Midwest Book Review

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The author does a good job with DC Karen Hart and her team. This time, her over eager trainee took a risk that got her seriously injured, and no one knew what she was working on and why she was in such a precarious place.

Good Story

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The narration is problematic, but it is not so bad I could not finish it. As long as it was free from Kindle Unlimited I could listen to it. if I had paid for it I would have gotten my money back. I don't like that the author continues to write Sophie in escapades because in a real police squad she would not still be doing anything other than research and anything to do in the office. She does not do the field things properly. She says and does the wrong thing far too often so she would not have as many chances as she gets in these books. I was sorry she was hurt but she was not doing things the right way.

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I love this series, I did miss the presence of the one character in this one but still great book.

awesome

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I forgot how slow paced this series was. It was soothing and full of details. Although I found it hard to believe that a seasoned gangster would show fear to a cop. Other than that, this was a good addition to the series.
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Good Addition to the Series

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Karen Hart is known for her dogged determination in her pursuit of truth and justice. Now she is determined to find the perp attacked her mentee, PC Sophie Jones. Good story.

Another good story

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