She's Leaving Home

Written by William Shaw

Narrated by Cameron Stewart

London, 1968: The body of a teenage girl is found just steps away from the Beatles' Abbey Road recording studio.

The police are called to a residential street in St John's Wood where an unidentified young woman has been strangled. Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen believes she may be one of the many Beatles fans who regularly camp outside Abbey Road Studios. With his reputation tarnished by an inexplicable act of cowardice, this is Breen's last chance to prove he's up to the job.

Breen is of the generation for whom reaching adulthood meant turning into one's parents and accepting one's place in the world. But the world around him is changing beyond recognition. Nothing illustrates the shift more than Helen Tozer, a brazen and rambunctious young policewoman assisting him with the case. Together they navigate a world on edge, where conservative tradition gives way to frightening new freedoms--and troubling new crimes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Release date: Feb 11, 2014
• ISBN: 9781478979449

Reviews for She's Leaving Home

[nick · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book was hard. I loved the accents but it stretched on too long.

[Mary Bajcz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good character development and story. I will look for more work by this writer.

[VictoriaSalas · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

it could of definately moved along a bit faster but overall it kept my attention. the narrator made it difficult to distinguish personalities, couldnt tell when serious or not. good plot but nothing mindblowing.

[Darla McCune Harrington · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the book. I liked how the characters were developed. I would recommend this to anyone who like mysteries.

[Paco Bear · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It’s slow going at the beginning but I’m happy I stuck with it. Interesting snapshot of the issues and divisions in the late 60’s.

[glsent · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have never read anything by this author before. This book kept my interest at all times and I looked forward to having time to listen to it, neglecting some of what needed to be done to do so. There was an interesting cast of characters with good character development and enough twists and turns in the plot to keep me guessing. Even after the culprit was known, there was more suspense and the book didn't end with a pat, predictable and necessarily happy ending.This book takes place in England in the 60's. I don't recall hearing the language that is so prevalent today as much as it is used in this book. However, everything else about that time period was spot on. I also learned a lot about police procedure in England at that time.I wish more books by this author were available on Scribd as this debut mystery by this author promises that I would most likely enjoy his subsequent books.

[AlocerVancouver · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is really well-narrated, with spot on accents and a believable flow. The narrator made it a special point to vary cadence such that it did not drone on. As for the mystery itself, this is definitely a first book in the sense that anyone can figure out the murderer by the second time (and astute observers know the first time) the character is encountered.