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The Broken Places

A Novel

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The Broken Places

By: Mia Sheridan
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Will Damron, Leon Nixon
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In this twisted journey into the shadows of the Golden Gate, an inspector and an FBI agent must track down the source of an unknown drug, but their attraction and their own secrets keep getting in the way.

The streets of San Francisco aren’t as sunny as the city pretends they are. Inspector Lennon Gray has learned this the hard way, and it’s starting to wear on her. When a new case plunges her into the depths of the transient community, Lennon must once again face ugly truths about humanity.

Her new partner makes things a little easier, though.

Agent Ambrose Mars is charming—innocent, somehow, despite his own hard years in the field. The combination leaves Lennon fascinated and disturbed at the same time, and she’s even more drawn to him for it.

As they investigate the hallucinogenic drug that’s forcing homeless citizens into bizarre and dangerous role-plays, Lennon and Ambrose find their relationship intensified with every new twist. But when these revelations begin to uncover secrets she wasn’t prepared to know, Lennon will have to decide how much more she can take…before something important is taken from her.

©2024 Mia Sheridan (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Mystery Police Procedurals Romantic Suspense
Twisty Suspenseful Plot • Thought Provoking Storyline • Wonderful Character Portrayals • Dual Pov Structure
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My tags for this thriller: realistic / original / page-turner / unpredictable / entertaining

Overall: 4 stars!
Story: 4.5 stars!
This detective novel had a very good gritty mystery with strong characters. I was on the wrong track for who the killer was, doh!

Learning about issues facing San Francisco's vulnerable members, the impact on the community, the special project that inspired the killer, and the sincere efforts of many sincere community members to help some of those hurt individuals heal was interesting.

Performance by 3 narrators:
Will Damron - 5 stars! He was very good at representing both male and female characters.
Nicol Zanzarella - 4 stars! Her acting was good overall, and I liked her style of doing both female and male characters. However, I found the rhythm of her delivery dragged oddly to my ears and that even listening on 1.5x didn't change that much. I'm not sure how she could fix this on future books, but I hope that she does somehow.
Leon Nixon - 5 stars! I really enjoyed his cameo style addition to the voice cast. It was a really cool decision to have a different actor play his part, bravo!

Final verdict: I highly recommend this one if you're looking for a good thriller to read.

Very good gritty detective mystery!

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I LOVE books by this author. Archers voice renewed my love for reading. her writing is flawless in my eyes. This story captured me off the bat.

the story became predictable in the most delicious way

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4 ⭐ 1 🌶️ 4 🎧

I absolutely love Mia's romance stories, so when I saw she wrote a thriller with a touch of romance I basically ran 🏃‍♀️ This was so good. Twisty, suspenseful, with a touch of spice and some really thought provoking plot lines.

It took me a minute to get into the story with the third person narrative and there were moments I found myself backing up thinking I'd missed something, which is why I gave it 4 stars, but ultimately this was still very very enjoyable and an exciting read. I really enjoyed the whodunit aspect and had fun making my guesses along the way, only to have my jaw falling to the floor in the end.

The audio was great. Nikol Zanzarella, Will Damron and Leon Nixon all did wonderful jobs with these characters and this story and I'd highly recommend a listen.

Thrilling Story

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love Mia sheridan, but this was hard to get into the I did enjoy the middle part and then at the end it was difficult to listen to. It's got a lot of sadness and it's kind of brutal too. Or it's totally brutal. I have had a lot of experience with the people that are described in the book so maybe that's why it impacted me more deeply. either way, I guess it's good for people who haven't seen this side of life to understand it so in that respect it's positive. But it was a challenging book though the message was important.

love Mia sheridan

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I really didn’t know what to expect going into this one. I just saw something new from
Mia Sheridan and clicked. What I got was an excellent story. Murder mystery, secrets and of course, a love story. I can’t imagine the research that went into plotting this out. Chapter 36 completely gutted me, which I wasn’t expecting. I’m a sucker for a good epilogue and this one had a beautiful one.

Excellent

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I usually love this authors books but I struggled to get through this one. The way the story unfolds is odd and confusing at times. The narrators were ok.

Not my favorite

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It wasn’t the best book ever, that was decent. Toward the end, the narrators and tone got a little too whispy, and cringy. More of a romance than a come thriller

It kept my attention…

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I don’t how the author comes up with the plots but please 🙏 do not stop. Great writing

Twists

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It started a little slow but once it grabs you, it's got you hooked! The narrator did a great job and Mia Sheridan wrote a great story!

Great story!

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I didn’t dislike anything about this book it was narrated perfectly and the story actually gave me food for thought. It’s not my usual type of story but I stumbled upon this story and it was pleasantly different.

Broken places

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