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TO DIE ALONE: A Gripping British Detective Murder Mystery (Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris Book 3) Kindle Edition

by John Dean (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Murder, animal cruelty, and vigilante justice drag DCI Jack Harris out of his quiet rural idyll.

The hunt for a missing man turns up a body deep in a forest in northern England, but it is difficult to establish whether he was killed by a falling tree, or murdered. When the victim’s dog is also found dead, Detective Jack Harris is called in to investigate.

The man’s links to known criminals immediately raise suspicion about his death, especially when one of the names is that of a notorious villain with whom the detective has had several previous encounters. But Harris’ obsession with bringing Danny Radford to justice might well distract him from the facts of the case, and with the superintendent insistent on results, the atmosphere in Levton police station is as fraught as it has ever been.

Can Harris put aside his personal feelings and focus on the facts before him? Or will his desire for revenge let a resourceful killer off the hook?

If you are looking for a clever murder mystery with lots of twists and turns, you’ve found it!

Like the previous books, DEAD HILL and THE VIXEN’S SCREAM, TO DIE ALONE is set in the fictional town of Levton Bridge, nestled among The Pennine Hills, a remote landscape in the north of England. A traditional murder mystery but with contemporary themes of wild-life crime, DCI Jack Harris is joined once more by his sidekick Matty Gallagher, ever longing to escape the rural idyll to his beloved London, and Alison Butterfield, the eager, young, but ever-bungling junior detective.

The full list of books is, in order of publication:

1. Dead Hill
2. The Vixen's Scream
3. To Die Alone
4. To Honour the Dead
5. Thou Shalt Kill
6. Error of Judgement
7. The Killing Line
8. Kill Shot
9. Last Man Alive
10. The Girl in the Meadow
11. To Catch a Lie

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071JFLFKJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ THE BOOK FOLKS British best-selling murder mystery detective fiction publishers; 1st edition (June 1, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4385 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 259 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1521598134
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John Dean is a former journalist who worked on regional newspapers for 17 years before going freelance in 1997. As a freelance, he wrote for regional and national newspapers and for many magazines on subjects as diverse as crime, wildlife and business before retiring in March 2020 to concentrate on his crime fiction. He also runs creative writing courses. John lives in South West Scotland. His website is http://johndean.ning.com/

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Susan Green
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2023
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Another interesting and complicated investigation by DCI Jack Harris. I am really enjoying this series.
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Lenny
4.0 out of 5 stars RECOMMENDED
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2017
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John Dean"s DCI Jack Harris is cut from the same cloth as Bruce Beckham's DI Skelgill. The both are sharp, witty and curmudgeonly characters, deeply wed to the environment. With each, their wit is subtle and occasionally unkind, but always amusing. They each are happy with a solitary existence, but manage to have an endless list of friends. My preference is Skelgill, primarily because the narrative is at a level which escalates the works beyond the normal who done it. However, Dean's work is a close second and very entertaining.
In "To Die Alone" the reader is confronted with dog fighting, exotic animal trading, ruined relationships and old fashioned gangsters. It is a fun and fast reading novel.
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Thomas La Roche
5.0 out of 5 stars John Dean does it again!
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2022
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Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris is one of the best characters in the British police procedural investigative genre. He, and his Sergeant, Mattie are an unstoppable team. This novel has a fully developed, rich script, which has enough twists and turns to confound the most avid reader.
Action, adventure, love, betrayal, and of course, murder most foul.
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Westie
3.0 out of 5 stars A quick read and a reasonable plot
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2017
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Liked the remote location that was almost a "closed room" drama. Likeable characters although the criminal outsiders were hard to accept.
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Jajadeh
4.0 out of 5 stars Cozy
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
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To Die Alone is a cozy. Oh, I know it really isn’t, at least not like Agatha Christie, but the tale projects the same kind of warm feeling for the characters, It feels like a cozy. I like the officers and the small town attitudes. The Dean didn’t call all the suspects to sit on a plush sofa to explain the guilt and motive, but it felt like that. I’ll read another of this series.
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Jili Power
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but a little slow...
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2019
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This was a fairly well written, edited and proofed book. It definitely has a northern British twist. There is quite dry humor throughout and good character development. I always love stories with dogs although (spoiler alert) the dogs in this book meet a tragic end except for the protagonist’s sidekick and the one he adopts on the final page!
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msjodi777
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2018
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Have to admit when we found a dead dog at the beginning of this book, I was prepared to dislike it, but the story line was pretty good, and well thought out, so I ended up liking it after all. First of a series, so I will probably continue with it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kept me interested throughout the story.
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018
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I am a big fan of British crime novels and this one is excellent. This is the first one I've read by John Dean and I will definitely read more in this series.
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Deewun
5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing story
Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2021
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Jack Harris is a complex character, impulsive, yet thoughtful and thoroughly unpredictable. Wrapped up in puzzling situation is a trail of interesting characters. I look forward to more of Harrie & Co.
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I Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Another belter of a book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2021
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John Dean delivers another great read in a series I'm enjoying working my way through from the beginning. It could easily be read as a standalone too. As a reader there are times when I need to go to an author whose books I know I will enjoy reading without having to read the blurb or any reviews. John Dean is one of these who delivers with every novel he writes.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read.
Reviewed in Australia on September 13, 2019
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Pity that who ever decides the advertised order of books couldn’t get it right because I don’t imagine for one minute that the author got is so wrong.
Book 2 - The Vixen Scream, has Jack Harris having acquired a second dog, Archie, and yet in this book....supposedly number 3 he still only has his one dog, and visits a dog sanctuary where he sees Archie....and finally acquires the dog in the epilogue.
Pathetic continuity but apart from that, I enjoyed the book.
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Bob Hurley
4.0 out of 5 stars Jack's Revenge
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2022
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I like all of John Dean's books, Jack Harris is an old style cop, got fed up with life in the City for a number of reasons and moved to the countryside. He thought it might be a bit quieter but now he has realised quiet is not what he wanted. He and his team are tasked with finding the killer of a local dog walker? The tale brings together a number of suspicious characters including some from Jack's past. Well written, enjoyable to read and leaves you wanting to read further Lack 'Hawk' Harris adventures.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in Australia on September 29, 2017
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Bit shallow for my liking. Lots of he said this and they did that but all fairly surface level. Gripping was definitely the wrong description. More like sleepy hollow! The outcome became obvious as the author eliminated all the obvious suspects. I persevered to the end because of a great review I read but it turned out to be disappointing. Shows how you just can't rely on a glowing review.
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