The Girls Upstairs

· Detective Maddie Ives Book 9 · Bolinda · Narrated by Antonia Beamish
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Emmy and her little sister Dani are sleeping in their bedroom upstairs. Their parents are in the kitchen. A knife is jammed to their mother's throat. Their father has a stack of kitchen plates balanced on his back. The intruder rasps, 'Don't be breathing too hard now. I reckon smashing plates is the sort of noise that'll wake a child. Have them coming down to see what's going on. There can't be witnesses ...' What Detective Maddie Ives will find in that nice family kitchen will horrify even this most hardened cop. And she knows the victim ... Content warning: Contains strong violence and/or strong language. Listener discretion advised.
Emmy and her little sister Dani are sleeping in their bedroom upstairs. Their parents are in the kitchen. A knife is jammed to their mother's throat. Their father has a stack of kitchen plates balanced on his back. The intruder rasps, 'Don't be breathing too hard now. I reckon smashing plates is ...

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Charlie Gallagher was a serving UK police officer for 13 years. During that time he had many roles – starting as a front-line response officer, he became a member of a specialist tactical team and finally a detective investigating serious offences. Gallagher left to concentrate on writing full-time. His bestselling crime and mysteries include the Maddie Ives series, the Joel Norris series and the George Elms series.

Antonia Beamish is a London actor and voice artist. She travelled extensively with Circus Archaos before becoming the Spencer Tracy Scholar at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC. Highlights of her narration career so far have been recording Angela Carter’s review of The Water Margin, The Philosophy of Sarah Bakewell and more recently the life of Zandra Rhodes. Antonia is a prolific narrator and has recorded over 250 audiobooks.

Charlie Gallagher was a serving UK police officer for 13 years. During that time he had many roles – starting as a front-line response officer, he became a member of a specialist tactical team and finally a detective investigating serious offences. Gallagher left to concentrate on writing full-ti...

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