No Peace, No Quiet: A Crime Thriller

Written by Harper Shaw

Narrated by Rachel Perry

Jessica Morrison’s parents were murdered sixteen years ago. Now the killer is coming for her.

Looking back, Jessica had a picture-perfect childhood, but that was all ripped to shreds when her loving parents were killed. Eventually, the case went cold and Jessica realized the police barely investigated. She was too young to do anything about their inaction, so she concentrated on growing up as fast as possible under the care of her uncle.

But life had never been the same after that day and her uncle never opened up about the details of her parents death.

And he never will because now he’s dead.

Jessica recognizes that the killer used the same signature as her parent’s death. It has to be the same killer and once again the police don’t want to investigate. There’s something suspicious going on and Jessica begins to understand why her uncle never talked about her parent’s murders–to protect her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Jun 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094459288

Harper Shaw

Harper Shaw is an emerging author of thrillers living in central Florida. Her hobbies include watching crime thrillers on TV. She watched Gone Girl and was hooked on writing thrillers except work and family always got in the way. Then she realized that if she spent an hour writing after dinner every night she’d have a book in no time. Nowadays she waits until her family goes to sleep to begin to write her psychological thrillers with twisty endings. She doesn’t let her kids read what she writes so as not to scar them for life.

Reviews for No Peace, No Quiet

[Joanne Gatchell · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Had a hard time with the voice of the narrator. To dramatic bit good story line

[linagenre900 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It has a little bit of everything I love in a suspense book. Mystery, crime, romance, action. Everything was blended well. Would continue to read more from this author!

[Barbara Mueller · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I found the word usage odd. Research lacking. Wondered if a human wrote it. Narrators voice was pleasant though.

[Casey Gray · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The narrator was great, but the book finished so poorly. Was it based on a true story? I kept waiting for a twist or turn that never came. I may have missed certain parts, but I have no clue why the uncle was killed? And why hadn't the "bad guys" sold the technology years ago and just moved away?? Very disappointed.

[Daphne Wohlrab · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I didn't think the main character was very likeable and she was too dramatic. Storyline was just okay.

[Remi Hoerr · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this story and the writing! The romance had real chemistry that built over time! I do wish the characters were stupid sometimes keeping secrets but alas

[Nikki Woodward · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Don't bother.
Story was so so. Too much repetition. There's better books to listen to.

[Jessica Mock · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story was interesting but the writing was mediocre and redundant.

[Janice Martin · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The narrator was terrible. I forced myself to get through half the book & could no longer listen. The main character not to great. I think the story might have been ok. I should have read the reviews first.

[Savannah Fleeman · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This book is one of the worst I have ever finished. It's cliche after cliche after metaphor after metaphor. Is it suspenseful? No. Is it a teenage romance novel? Maybe. Is it a mess? Absolutely.

I've liked other books by Harper Shaw, but this is an utter disappointment.

[emma · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I'm honestly not sure if I have heard a worse story told so badly. Terrible plot, characters introduced and then dropped, issues trying to be suspenseful that are never explained, and a writer who did not know when to stop writing at the correct time...but just went on and on.

[William Wolff · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This feels like it was written by an AI bot. Filled with pros that make you think the person writing was extremely excited to use the thriller pros AI bot they just found but didn't proof read to see it it makes sense to use those pros in this context! I hope she gets better in the future!

[Cilica · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

1/2 the book is full of the whinny loser of a protagonist is all I could listen to. She has no friends, no one else in the whole world Over Dramatised writing where i wanted to smack Jessica back to reality. Every word is overdone. The narrator is just as over the top nausea. I think a bot wrote this book

[Eedge Eeva · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

No Peace No Quiet by Harper Shaw was a nice action thriller with a good amount of twists. It was a good, fast-peace thriller but something didn't click with me for a while. I think it was a little repetitive at the start. By some point it stopped and the book became more enjoyable.
In some ways it felt more as move that book.
This book is about a girl whose parents and now her uncle have been murdered and she decides to find out who the killer is. She takes investigation in her hands and unwrapping layer by layer of this misery.

[Terri Keehan · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

We get it, her parents died when she was 12 and it traumatized her. The dialogue was lacking. And this “science” weapon was never explained. Shady labs? Twisted cops? Police officer is what the want to be called yet the cops said they were cops. Just stuff like that annoyed me.

[Cherie West · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Good story Could have been a short story, very slow

[Patricia Johnson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved the love story part of it the most. The thriller part of it was irritating

[cherylan · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Drags and repetitive... Boring. I do not recommend this book.

[Jodi Horsley · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Very repetitive. Also, no character development. Have no clue of Andy’s past! I only continued to listen because I did want to hear how the story ended, but started skipping through the repetition.

[Bill Hair · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story itself was ok but not very memorable. The villain reveal came a bit early and the loose ends took a while to wrap up.

[Sherri Ramirez · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The writing, the reader, as everyone else has said. Awful. I lasted 1.5 chapters. The main character was grating, and after the first chapter, I didn't care who it was that killed anybody at that point.

[Alma Cruz Gonzales · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not sure what it was, that just didn't keep me interested enough to binge. It was almost boring at some points. I listened to it all, hoping it would get better. Some of it was predictable, especially the language. It was okay, but I liked one of her other books better than this one.

[Sheila Wilson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Don’t waste your time. I kept listening hoping it would get better, but it dragged on and on, and the main character was annoying. Nothing tied together and the plot was unsatisfying. The last few chapters was a scramble to bring it all together, but failed horribly. I’m mad at myself for sticking with it.

[sandra brown · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Not much of a thriller more romance novel and tedious””

[Micky McDonald · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I deserve a prize for finishing this. Terrible. Never explained details of the crimes. Boring dialogue and unrealistic inappropriate dialogue. Ugh!

[Karen · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Too much repetition... Jessica, Jessica, Jessica. Her parents and uncle had been murdered, she was alone and was destined to remain so blah blah blah. I can usually let things play in the background and tolerate a lot but this was just too irritating. Listened as far as chapter 8 at 1. 5X speed but I just can't go on and have to give up?

[Whitney Snead · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I couldn’t finish it properly. The mystery was boring. The reader and the words printed were too repetitive. And the reader kept trying to make it interesting with breathless, whispered dialogue. It was awful.

[Amelia Holloway · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I wish I'd read the reviews first. I desperately tried to get into this book but gave up by the 5th chapter. The repetition was exhausting.

[Elaine Posey · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I couldn’t get through it. There was so much repetition in the first 5 chapters. I feel like it could be a good book but I just couldn’t listen to any more.

[Jolande Lyle · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Irritating.
How many times can you repeat the same thing.
Hoped it would get better further into the plot. Not to be!