Remain Silent

A Manon Bradshaw Novel

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Susie Steiner: Remain Silent (Paperback, 2021, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Random House Publishing Group)

Paperback, 320 pages

Published March 2, 2021 by Random House Trade Paperbacks, Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-525-50999-8
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4 stars (2 reviews)

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reviewed Remain Silent by Susie Steiner (Manon Bradshaw, #3)

3 stars

3 stars

Definitely not as good as the first one, or even the second one in the series, and the treatment of the son and the sister was a bit forced (won’t go into details). Manon is still compelling, but the hyper-realistic writing with the details of marriage and kids was getting old and even boring. The actual police work part is great and kept me reading.

reviewed Remain Silent by Susie Steiner (Manon Bradshaw, #3)

Maybe my favorite police procedural

5 stars

A police procedural set in Cambridgeshire England, with DI Manon Bradshaw. The character still grates on me because she is so unhappy in her own life. She alternately wants to be free of her relationships and family and desperately wants them to never go away. I found myself frequently thinking "stop waffling and commit" because of how much time the text spends inside her head.

However, I love her as a police detective, and I loved this particular crime-solving tale. Lukas and Matis are undocumented Lithuanian immigrants to England, living in squalor in effective slavery. The townsfolk hate them because they think the Lithuanians are taking their jobs and women. The neighbor particularly hates Lukas because he has been sleeping with his wife, and another hates Matis because he's spent time with his impressionable daughter. The Lithuanian bosses use them ruthlessly and are apt to disappear them if trouble arises. …