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    A Dark and Twisted Tide

    Written by Sharon Bolton

    Narrated by Lisa Coleman

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    About this audiobook

    Former detective Lacey Flint quit the force for a safer, quieter life. Or that’s what she thought. Now living alone on her houseboat, she is trying to get over the man she loves, undercover detective Mark Joesbury. But Mark is missing in action and impossible to forget. And danger won’t leave Lacey alone.

    When she finds a body floating in the river near her home, wrapped in burial cloths, she can’t resist asking questions. Who is this woman, and why was she hidden in the fast-flowing depths? And who has been delivering unwanted gifts to Lacey? Someone is watching Lacey Flint closely. Someone who knows exactly what makes her tick.

    A Random House UK audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateAug 7, 2014
    ISBN9781473525115
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    A Dark and Twisted Tide
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    Sharon Bolton

    SHARON BOLTON is a Mary Higgins Clark Award winner and an ITW Thriller Award, CWA Gold Dagger and Barry Award nominee. Her books included the Lacey Flint novels: Now You See Me, Dead Scared, Lost, and A Dark and Twisted Tide. She lives near London, England.

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    • 5/5
      I very seldom give a 5 star rating, even for books I thoroughly enjoy. Usually there will be a couple of things I would change, thus it's not perfect for me. There's not one thing I would change about this book. It is gripping suspense, some creepy characters and chilling situations. There is no fluff, no page after page of gratuitous romance or boring irrelevant back stories. Don't know how I missed this author but now that I've found Sharon Bolton, I do want to read the first 3 in the Lacey Flint series. I highly recommend for suspense fans.
    • 4/5
      Lacey Flint is living alone on her houseboat when she finds a body wrapped in burial clothes. So she starts to ask questions. It not only helps that Mark Joesbury is missing in action.My Thoughts:This is the fourth book in the series featuring Lacey Flint, and as always I like to read them in order. This book could for me wouldn't have worked without me knowing the characters history.For me out of the four books this is the weakest. I didn't like the story much and I wasn't gripped like I have been with the previous books. For me the book was all about Lacey and Joesbury. I like their budding romance and it reminds me very much of the early Alex Kava novels with Maggie and Nick. Joesbury isn't about much as he is undercover byt does pop up occasionally in the book. I think it was his presence that I was missing.Lacey herself is a great spunky character who I like very much and still has so much to offer in further books. She isn't without a story herself as she has her visits to a prison which for me has me wanting more about.So although I didn't enjoy the crime of the story much it doesn't really matter as I enjoy Lacey and Josebury and what is happening in their lives away from work.I know that S J Bolton is a brillant author who I will always seek out but for me this book didn't have that usual kick and it was the characters that kept me reading
    • 5/5
      I'm sure I have read an S.J. Bolton title before but not in the history of this blog apparently, hence the "new-to-me" label.So I broke into this series so to speak and there were references to events in Lacey Flint's past that I really needed a bit more background to.Nevertheless the novel really worked quite well for me. Plenty of tension. References to recent political events such as the war in Afghanistan, people smuggling, IVF etc. The setting is the River Thames and Lacey Flint has come to work with the River Police. She finds a body floating in the river near her home, wrapped in burial cloths. It links with an event in the past where she was nearly drowned, when her team apprehended a boat smuggling a woman late at night. Parts of the story are also told from the point of view of a couple of the women who have been brought in from overseas. It is unclear for most of the story why these women are being brought into Britain but some of them are turning up as corpse.
    • 4/5
      Lacey is content with her new job in the Marine Unit, though the swimming in the river might be a bit dangerous, living on the river suits her and it's not a bad deal. Then she finds a body and it looks like it was prepared specially, she knows in her heart of hearts that it's a murder and she's going to get sucked into the investigation.There's also a sub-plot with Lacey's boyfriend who is undercover, which was a bit of a distraction from the story.I was sucked in too, to the detriment of my sleep. Lacey does need to deal with her angst a bit better. I did want one of the characters to survive, but it wasn't to be. The reason for the murders and the end was somehow unsatisfying, but overall not a bad read.
    • 3/5
      I love the character Lacey and I love BOLTON'S series, but this was not one of my favorites. Easy to read, there is so much going on that the pages almost turn themselves, but I think that was part of my problem. There is just too much going on. I didn't feel connected to the characters like I usually do in these novels, the depth just wasn't there for me. Also I think it is time to give Lacey a break, every case doesn't have to become personal for her, putting her mental state at further risk.So while I liked this one, I didn't love it.ARC from Netgalley.
    • 5/5
      Best Flint book yet.
    • 4/5
      It's here...book #4 is finally here!
      After three tough cases, Lacey Flint has stepped down, back into uniform with the Metro Marine Unit in London & her life now revolves around the water. She works on it, swims in it & lives on a small houseboat tied up in Deptford Creek.
      This is a softer, more fragile Lacey than we're used to seeing. She clings to the structure & routine of her days, side stepping the cases that almost destroyed her as a detective. Her colleagues watch her carefully & even DI Dana Tulloch has declared a truce.
      And then there's Mark Joesbury. After all the challenges, they're finally a couple. Well...sort of. Mark went undercover a few months ago, pretending to be a bent cop & no one has heard from him.
      So Lacey waits, spending her time cruising the Thames with her crew & wild swimming with Ray, her neighbour. But it seems she's a magnet for damaged souls & we know before she does that someone is watching her every move. The little gifts left on her deck aren't so bad. But the shrouded body is down right creepy. As is the next one.
      Aaaand we're off. The main plot concerns the illegal smuggling of beautiful immigrant women, some of whom suffer a terrible death at the hands of a twisted individual. A flurry of red herrings obscure your view of the killer as there are several excellent candidates. Before long, even Dana is in danger as the case bleeds over into her personal life. She & Helen have taken the next step in their relationship & now it's all at risk.
      In separate passages interspersed with the investigation we meet the women being brought to London & learn of their sad lives in other countries. There are also chapters told through the eyes of the killer as they watch Lacey & these are truly creepy.
      The eerie quiet of her morning swims, the oppressive summer heat & sudden flashes of movement under water all make for a gripping & atmospheric read. The tension builds slowly to become palpable as we watch Lacey go about her business, unaware the killer has her in their sights.
      There are many returning characters such as Mark's Uncle Fred, Toc & other members of the force from previous books. Newcomers include Lacey's neighbours on the creek but don't get too attached...some of these people are not whom they seem.
      As fans have come to expect, this is a fast paced, engrossing book full of suspense. If I had to nitpick, I'd complain about the small role given to Mark in this instalment. He pops up now & then, especially toward the end but we never get to enjoy any substantial time with them together or eavesdrop as they even have a lengthy conversation. Puh-LEEZE, Ms Bolton...you're killing us. The ending is nebulous & could be interpreted as the end of the series. Just give us at least one more book where they share some quality time. They & your readers have earned it.
    • 3/5
      For some reason, that I can't quite identify, I just didn't like this novel.Constable Lacey Flint lives in a boat moored in a creek off the Thames, regularly swims in the river, and works on it as part of the Metropolitan Police Marine Unit. As the novel opens she is swimming early one morning, before her shift, and she finds a dead body. Closer inspection shows that it had been wrapped in a shroud and tied to a pier joist. It is only later that Lacey realises that it wasn't there when she first set out on her swim, the inference being that the murderer had wanted her to discover it and had, in fact, been following Lacey's own movements.I think that one of the reasons that I never properly came to terms with the book was that there just seemed to be too much going on. Sub-plots proliferate, but rather than adding depth and verisimilitude to the main story I found that they just clogged up proceedings. To be fair, the book seemed well-written, and gripped my attention. I just felt slightly disappointed that such a heady mix of plot ingredients and feisty characters never quite gelled into a cohesive book.
    • 5/5
      Title - A Dark and Twisted TideAuthor - S J BoltonSummary - Book 4 in the Lacey Flint series finds Lacey leaving the up and coming career she was establishing for herself in the murder squad for the quieter life as part of the river police. The prior events of the last few years have left her beaten and scarred. Lacey needed a break from the trauma and darkness of the city and retreats to life on the Thames and the simpler duties of a patrol policeman.But life does not work that way for Lacey as on one of her ill advised morning swims in the river Lacey bumps into the linen wrapped body of a young woman. What Lacey doesn't realize is that this is no coincidence and that she has not gone unnoticed. Someone has been watching Lacey. Watching her living on her houseboat, swimming in the river and patrolling the Thames on duty. Someone put the body where she could find it.Lacey is no longer a detective but she finds herself drawn into the investigation as clues are left for her by the killer or someone else. The bodies begin to grow and Lacey understands that this is no normal serial killer. That all the girls have much in common. Who they are, where they come from and how they came to be in the river. Lacey begins to see that the young women are part of a much larger group of young girls and she must be quick if she is going to prevent any more girls from drowning in her river. But the greater question comes to be, not can Lacey save these girls, but can Lacey save herself?Review - Lacey Flint should be dead. Or in a psycho ward somewhere. Or at the very least convalescing in a home where no sharp items are around her. Seriously. Through three books Bolton has beaten her, shot her, raped her and pretty much torn her mentally, emotionally and physically apart. You almost have to wonder if Bolton has an anger issue when it comes to her most popular protagonist.Book four begins nice enough. Lacey, thinking back on all that has passed over the last few years, swimming in the dangerous and polluted Thames river. Okay not exactly the actions of a sane person but the swimming seems to be the only thing that gives her the therapeutic release from all that happens to her. Nice and calm. Almost relaxing. Oh except for the dead decomposed, bobbing up and down body she bumps into. And then just like that. SJ Bolton turns a sweet little mermaid Disney moment into the dark and bloody noir she is known and loved for. There is the usual cast of characters. Even the serial killer sister that Lacey keeps hidden from the world pops in to offer insight into the murder investigation.Lacey is a complex character. But her survival gene is in overdrive and her recklessness, masked as a desire to solve the case and help the helpless, is suicidal at times. But still she goes on and we should be thankful she does.Lacey Flint is one of the most enticing and entertaining characters running around the mystery thriller genre today. There I said it. Because its true. SJ Bolton or Sharon Bolton, depending I guess on which side of the pond you buy your book on, is one of the most talented and visceral storytellers you will ever read. And you need to read her. You really, really do.Bolton weaves murder, mermaids, illegal immigrants, clandestine surgeries and obscure culture and medical oddities into the blood and despair that is a Lacey Flint mystery. It is intense. Very intense. If you are looking for Miss Marple this is not it. Bolton pulls no punches and as soon as you think she won't she does.Another excellent mystery in a series that is still picking up speed.
    • 5/5
      With Sharon Bolton being my favourite author, I couldn't believe my luck when I was granted the opportunity to read an ARC of her latest Lacey Flint novel, courtesy of both the publishers and NetGalley. I'd like to give my deepest thanks to them both for the opportunity.Convinced she'd put the treacherous events of the past behind her, Lacey Flint feels at home now living on a house boat in a little creek off the Thames, working once again in uniform but now for the "river police", as described within the book by a particularly colourful character. And yet if you know Lacey Flint at all, you will know that trouble always finds her. This book is no exception.I've said it before and I will say it again, Sharon Bolton is the absolute supremo of psychological thrillers. Her novels throw you around left and right, up and down, and every direction in between, until you no longer know which way you'er even meant to be standing. I think, for me, the thing that makes her novels the most terrifying is the fact that they're real. They could genuinely happen. And the fact that they could happen quite plausibly makes the thought of the plot absolutely spine chilling. Throw into this mix an ending that you will never in a million years see coming, not because it's not plausible but because you've been thrown so many red herrings that you could never work your way through them, and you have an absolute gem of a thriller novel.Over the course of the four books, Sharon's characters have come to life for me and I actually consider them real people. I laugh when they laugh, I cry when they cry, and I flinch when they flinch. Never do the characters act against their nature or abilities or act out of character. They all have strengths and weaknesses, and all of them have that fine line between good and bad. Just one wrong move and they can switch, which I think is a major theme for these novels.As always, the book is well written. Bolton really knows how to manipulate the English language well and to her utmost advantage. It's easy to read, I believe the real definition of a page turner, and I could not put the novel down. It is a delight to read. I read the whole book in a day. Just one day. Almost 24 hours exactly, actually, but I digress...As a series progresses, a lot of authors lose the magic that the first book held, but not Sharon Bolton. Her books are just consistently good. Thrilling plots, awesome characters, spine chilling revelations, and all around wonderful writing. Sharon Bolton is truly the master, and I am honoured to have been able to read this diamond of a novel.
    • 4/5
      Lacy Flint,our protagonist in this series of books is a feisty maverick copper. In this one she has left the CID and returned to uniformed branch and now works for the 'River Police' on the Thames.It is difficult to see how her superiors could put up with her,as she is a complete 'loose cannon'.This being said,this is not a bad read so long as you completely suspend belief.
    • 4/5
      One of the best parts of Sharon Bolton's Lacey Flint series is her main character's growth. From someone adept at masking her true self, a self who doesn't play well with others, Lacey is slowing growing and learning to become part of a team. She has flashes of true brilliance as a homicide detective, but her prickly, standoffish nature has made most (but not all) of her fellow detectives unwilling to work with her. In A Dark and Twisted Tide, Lacey almost fits in with her fellow detectives, and it will be interesting to see the progress she may-- or may not-- make in the next book.There's not another writer today who can make the River Thames a living, breathing, and at times malevolent character the way Bolton does. I've learned so much about the river, its behavior, and its history from following Lacey. I've also learned that the Thames can be so eerie and menacing that it can make chills run down my spine. Combined with her two main characters-- Lacey and the Thames-- Bolton adds a tightly woven plot with plenty of twists and turns. Moreover, although there are dead bodies, women in extreme danger, and those scenes that make you jump out of your skin if there's the slightest noise behind you as you read, Bolton doesn't create her tension with graphic violence, torture, or gore. There are quite a few writers who could learn a lot from her.A Dark and Twisted Tide can be read as a standalone, but to appreciate fully the character of Lacey Flint, I'd suggest that you begin at the beginning with Now You See Me. If you do, I'll envy your being able to meet this extraordinary character for the very first time.
    • 4/5
      The character of Lacey Flint is brave and impulsive…loyal and secretive. She is running from her past and avoiding her future. While I enjoy the character it is my hope that when and if Lacey does return…ms. Bolton chooses to begin a new characterization for her protagonist. Lacey often comes off as directionless…and careless in her actions and decisions. Almost seems that she has a death wish. While I know that this is part of who she is… it doesn't feel as if she is growing any from book to book. I hope to read about Lacey for many years to come but, for me, if she doesn't grow the series will become stale. There is so much more that these characters can contribute and many more stories to be told. I hope that Ms. Bolton will allow Lacey, Joesbury, Dana, Helen and the others live to tell more suspenseful tales.
    • 4/5
      This instalment was more focussed on Lacey herself than the last one, which was good, but there were too many confusing chapters from the perspectives of other women; at the point in the text they appeared their meaning was opaque and by the time they would have made sense they were long gone. The ending was quite drawn out, and while the final twist was a good one, I skimmed the 'fight scene' which was difficult to visualize. I thought the plot was good, although one character's true identity (not to be spoilery) was hard really to believe in.