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  • The Fifth to Die

  • A Detective Porter Novel
  • By: J. D. Barker
  • Narrated by: James Alexander
  • Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (93 ratings)

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The Fifth to Die

By: J. D. Barker
Narrated by: James Alexander
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Summary

Murder. It’s a family affair.

In the midst of one of the worst winters Chicago has seen in years, the body of missing teenager Ella Reynolds is discovered under the surface of a frozen lake.

She’s been missing for three weeks...the lake froze over three months ago.

Detective Sam Porter and his team are brought in to investigate, but it’s not long before another girl goes missing. The press believes the serial killer Anson Bishop has struck again, but Porter knows differently. The deaths are too different. There’s a new killer on the loose.

Porter, however, is distracted. He’s still haunted by Bishop and his victims, even after the FBI have removed him from the case. His only leads: a picture of a female prisoner and a note from Bishop: ‘Help me find my mother. I think it’s time she and I talked.’

As more girls go missing and Porter’s team race to stop the body count rising, Porter disappears to track down Bishop’s mother and discover that the only place scarier than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.

Perfect for fans of Helen Fields, Val McDermid and Jo Nesbo, this gripping and twisted thriller will have you wondering, how do you stop a killer when he’s been trained from birth?

©2018 J. D. Barker (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Critic reviews

"J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sanford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes." (James Patterson)

"Not since Hannibal Lecter had a friend for dinner has a serial killer been so skillfully rendered on the page." (Taylor Elmore, writer/producer of Justified and Limitless)

"Gritty, masterful suspense. A dark ride into the mind of a genius killer, and those tasked with stopping him for good. Impeccably written with Barker’s trademark wit and penchant for killer detail. Lee Child, you've met your match." (Tosca Lee, New York Times best-selling author)

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A poor narrator but perseverance is rewarding.

First the 1st book is the best audio book I have ever listened to, along with the best stories I have heard. Unfortunately the narrator in the 2nd book is terrible it's like an audition for a film trailer voice-over. The positive is the quality of the actual book and the characters. The story picks up 4 months after the 1st and the start of a murder spree that becomes apparent is linked somehow to 4 MK. The quality of the narrative is as well written as the 1st and despite the narrator I have to recommend this as essential listening. Just a warning this is the 1st of a 2 part tale and ends with to be continued.

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Great story, bad narrator

great book but the narrator really made it a bit of a struggle to get through. Just too dramatic where it doesn't need to be. If you can get past that and you've read the first book then def worth a listen.

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Excellent follow up , almost ruined by narration

Ok firstly I just wanted to say that this is an excellent story that I really enjoyed. If you liked 'The Fourth Monkey' then this is required reading. However, I have to say that the narration is pretty awful and gets worse as it goes along. The guy actually says 'anythink' instead of anything which is pretty atrocious, he also seems to think that if .he.pauses.between. each. word. it adds dramatic effect. IT DOESN'T. I'm not entirely sure that I've ever found the narration so annoying, it's only because of the quality of the story that I stuck with it.

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The narrator for this book is awful!

I haven’t even finished, trying to push through as I’m enjoying the story so far, but the narrator is that bad that I’m not sure I can finish!

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Good story spoiled by narrator

Listened to first book and loved it, narration of the second is just awful, incredibly slow and very bad intonation. Sadly it appears the same person is narrating the third so I’m afraid I shall be reading that one myself....

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Fantastic

Could not stop listening to this book and will be downloading the next one as soon as I post this

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Loved it.

Loved the story a lot, however the narrator was really boring and slow. Wished they kept the narrators from the first book.

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Good story but awful narration

Having loved the first book (The Fourth Monkey) and its narrators, I pre-ordered The Fifth To Die and eagerly counted down the days until it became available. Usually I devour audible books but this has taken me nearly a month to finish. Please don't get me wrong - the story is good. Unfortunately, however, I really didn't like the narrator and found him to be painfully slow (even when reading out chapter numbers!). It has been a real struggle for me to finish this audible book and I sincerely hope that any future books in the series have a better narrator (sadly, I won't be listening if Mr Alexander narrates them). On a more positive note, I enjoyed the story. Some parts stretched credibility but I can live with that and I look forward to (reading) the next book in the series.

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Wish I had read it instead

Riveting story but the narrator was very hard to listen to that it took away from the book.

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Hideous robotic narration

Narrator turns into a robot pausing mid word for no reason other than to annoy the listener…skewing the flow to a point where I wanted to stop and delete. The story however is good. I definitely could have read it better and so could my boxer dog in between licking his genitals …narrator mugged you off JD Barker

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