An Eye for an Eye

Written by Carol Wyer

Narrated by Henrietta Meire

A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control.

DI Kate Young is on leave. She’s the force’s best detective, but her bosses know she’s under pressure, on medication and overcoming trauma. So after her bad judgement call leads to a narrowly averted public disaster, they’re sure all she needs is a rest.

But when Staffordshire Police summon her back to work on a murder case, it’s a harder, more suspicious Kate Young who returns. With a new ruthlessness, she sets about tracking down a clinical, calculating serial killer who is torturing victims and leaving clues to taunt the police. Spurred on by her reporter husband, Young begins to suspect that the murderer might be closer than she ever imagined.

As she works to uncover the truth, Young unravels a network of secrets and lies, with even those closest to her having something to hide. But with her own competence—and her grip on reality—called into question, can she unmask the killer before they strike again?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Feb 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781713547020

Carol Wyer

Carol Wyer is a USA Today bestselling author and winner of the People’s Book Prize Award. Her crime novels have sold over one million copies and have been translated into nine languages. A move from humour to the ‘dark side’ in 2017, with the introduction of popular DI Robyn Carter in Little Girl Lost, proved that Carol had found her true niche. February 2021 saw the release of the first in the much-anticipated new series featuring DI Kate Young. An Eye for an Eye was chosen as a Kindle First Reads and became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia. Carol has had articles published in national magazines such as Woman’s Weekly, and has been featured in Take a Break, Choice, Yours and Woman’s Own and in HuffPost. She’s also been interviewed on numerous radio shows, and on Sky and BBC Breakfast television. She currently lives on a windy hill in rural Staffordshire with her husband, Mr Grumpy…who is very, very grumpy. To learn more, go to www.carolwyer.co.uk, subscribe to her YouTube channel, or follow her on Twitter: @carolewyer.

Reviews for An Eye for an Eye

[Jenna Hulsey · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It just wasn’t great. There are a few “mysteries” that are pretty obvious early on.

[lisamaria_c · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked this--but it's telling that looking over my shelves to decide what needs to go to liberate shelf space, this was one of the first books I drew down. Holzer is a competent writer--and that's not to be disparaging. It's easy to understand what caught the eye of film-makers in this story of a mother looking for revenge for her murdered daughter. The adaption with Sally Field and Kiefer Sutherland is a good, memorable film, as this is a good memorable book. Not that many books, that decades after reading it, I can call the basic plot to mind. But given that, there's just not enough in terms of either style or character or impact that makes me want to read it again and again--or watch the film again and again. So, bottom line, if this book comes your way, read it. I think you'll be entertained. But a keeper? No.