Only the Innocent Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Rachel Abbott (Author), Sarah Coomes (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher)

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When philanthropist Hugo Fletcher’s dead body is discovered tied to a bed in his London home, Chief Inspector Tom Douglas determines right away that he’s hunting a female killer. Though Fletcher made countless enemies through his work with Eastern European prostitutes, the crime scene reeks of sex and revenge. This murder was personal. Douglas knows Fletcher’s unhappy wife, Laura, should be his prime suspect. She’s definitely hiding something. Something big. But he isn’t convinced it’s murder. Besides, she’s not the only woman with a motive to kill the manipulative billionaire. So he digs deeper, into a tangled web of secrets and lies, unraveling the sordid life Fletcher lived outside of the media spotlight.

What he uncovers is shocking, forcing the veteran cop to ask himself: With a man like Fletcher, should the guilty be punished? Or should the innocent be protected?

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15 hours and 7 minutes
Author

Rachel Abbott
Narrator

Sarah Coomes
Audible release date

Feb. 5 2013
Language

English
Publisher

Brilliance Audio
ASIN

B0711NR621
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
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Listening Length	15 hours and 7 minutes
Author	Rachel Abbott
Narrator	Sarah Coomes
Audible.ca Release Date	February 05 2013
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0711NR621
Best Sellers Rank	#88,573 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #789 in Traditional Detective Mysteries #3,081 in Crime Fiction #5,404 in British Detective Stories

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JP McLean

A Twisted Unravelling

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 26, 2014

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Only the Innocent is a whodunit that unravels the mystery of who killed Sir Hugo Fletcher, a seemingly beloved philanthropist. The compromising position in which his body is found leads Chief Inspector Tom Douglas to believe the murderer is a woman.

The background details surrounding Hugo, his charity and the relationship he had with his first and second wives and family are largely disclosed through a series of letters written by Lady Fletcher to her childhood friend, Imogen Kennedy.

I enjoyed this story, despite at times wanting to throttle Hugo’s second wife, Lady Laura Fletcher. Though I didn’t always understand their motivation, Abbott made her characters interesting and colourful enough to want to find out what made them tick. I thought Abbott did a good job of unravelling the mystery, dropping nuggets here and there while she developed the characters.

I’m not in love with the ending, but can’t deny that I enjoyed the journey. Tom Douglas is a character I’d like to see more of sometime down the road.

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lauren

I enjoyed reading this book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 20, 2016

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I enjoyed reading this book. The characters had depth, and it is an example of how someone can keep a noble public persona, but are evil in their personal life. The story demonstrates how insidious emotional abuse is, and how the victim does everything in their power to keep the abuser calm, and how the victim begins to doubt their own sanity. It also demonstrate the misunderstanding people have about what it is like to be a victim of abuse- for example, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Douglas asks her " what I don't understand, Laura... why did you stay with him? And why the hell did you marry the bastard in the first place?" This is a common question to a victim of abuse and it keeps the abused isolated and confused.

At first Laura is not a likable woman, but, as the story unfolded, it is obvious she is remarkable and unselfish. I liked how the story unfolded in small amounts, and I liked how it ended.

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j piers

gripping tale

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 24, 2014

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The characters seems eel developed. The storyline disciplined. I found it good to have "good" policemen and women. The main characters , especially the wife and the husband seem very real. Mental cruelty and verbal abuse so much more difficult to get away from and so hard to prove especially when the husband is such a public figure. The complete destruction of a person by innuendo and exercise of power. But exploitation of his own child and the people he is supposed to be helping.. the misuse of power all of this made for an exciting read. I am looking for more from Rachel Abbott.

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An enjoyable murder mystery

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 16, 2019

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I enjoyed the writing style and the plot line was complex enough to create interest in each chapter. The ending was not quite what I was expecting and I am glad there was a surprise at the end. I would read books from this author again.

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Vivian Ludlow

Rachel, if you're reading this, you'll 'realize' I'm right

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 2, 2015

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Pretty good read....but the repetition of the word 'realized' drove me crazy! Practically every other page, at least one of the cast of characters realized something. I would encourage the author to use Find All to see how many times this verb is used. It's sloppy and annoying.

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T. Lee St Denis

Loved this book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 18, 2020

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I found the story compelling from the beginning. I really didn't expect the mystery around who the killer was and who it ended up being.

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lypsiladdict

Good book.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 25, 2016

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This was a good read. I had basically figured it out before the end but I still wanted to finish it to make sure I was right. I would recommend it.

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Virginia Shiver

The tension keeps building in this chilling book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 8, 2019

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Very well written and keeps the suspense building.
Every now and again it does get repetitive but by the next page another important clue is given. Unfortunately some of these things do happen in real life.

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Linda

Absolutely Loved This Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2016

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I had already read The Back Road which is number two in this series and really enjoyed it so thought I would start at the beginning with book number one. It was brilliant to get some back story on DCI Tom Douglas which filled in some gaps that I had previously encountered.

The story itself was both fascinating and extremely horrific and was very well told from the point of view of each of the characters. I have to say the ending was a twist that I was not really expecting although I had my suspicions but those had been dismissed several times as the story unfurled.

I will certainly be reading the next in the series - Sleep Tight - which I have already purchased and I highly recommend this author if you are a fan of suspense and crime thrillers.

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Nik

Not a thriller, not fast paced and basic story line

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 31, 2017

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Having read the back road which I enjoyed, thought i'd try another from this author.

The first few chapters for me seemed to start well. Once downloaded, it nose dived for me, flipping from what was happening in the present to going back and reading letters written, which sounds odd but they didn't come across as letters, more a recall in the first person, however really disliked the letter part.
I guessed early on who did what, too many clues at the start, which spoiled it for me. It was very drawn out, doesn't seem like it is a thriller, just a recount of past events,

It isn't fast paced, griping, basic story line, husband dies, who has done it, but to me it was obvious.

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Stephen Clynes

I did not like any of the characters in this novel.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 13, 2021

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Extremely wealthy Sir Hugo Fletcher is found murdered in his posh London home. Can DCI Tom Douglas catch the killer and bring them to justice in the first book in this series?

This is the first Rachel Abbott book that I have read and I thought I would give it a go as she is popular with many of my friends on Goodreads.

Only the Innocent is not a standard British police procedural novel. I did not like the format of this book. The reader knows far more about what is going on than any police officer working on the case. Most of the novel is centred around Laura Fletcher, the victim’s wife. Annoyingly she reveals selected parts of her back story through letters she wrote but never sent to her ex-sister-in-law, Imogen.

There are lots of nagging hints that things in Hugo’s life are simply not right. These doubts are drip-fed to the reader as this story rolls on. I found it irritating how the characters were extremely wealthy, throwing money everywhere without question and their snobbery was outstanding. They thought they were above everyone else and felt their wealth gave them the right to behave however they chose.

Slowly the many secrets surrounding Sir Hugo Fletcher were revealed with the reader always knowing more than the police. I found the plot okay with the surprises coming at the end.

I did not like any of the characters in this novel and found them all arrogant and pushy. Also the blatant eavesdropping annoyed me and the characters appeared so unfair.

Only the Innocent is an OKAY 3 star read with nothing to recommend about it to other readers. There were no golden nuggets to enjoy and the dialogue between characters lacked wit and humour. The best quote I can provide also illustrates the class of people involved and shows why I did not develop any empathy for Sir Hugo etc…

On one occasion, we were just passing a vaporetto stop as a boat pulled in. ‘Oh look, Hugo - can we just hop on this for half an hour, just to see where it takes us?’ ‘Laura, it’s a bus!’ he said. ‘Really, darling, I’m not in the habit of getting on buses, even if they do float and they are in the most beautiful city in the world. If you must take to the water, we’ll hire a launch and you can have a ride after lunch whilst I read the papers. How does that sound?’

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Luxuria

Starts off strong but then slumps and never recovers :(

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 8, 2020

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The tense and gripping prologue followed by chapters 1-4 had me hooked.
The remainder of the story promptly 'unhooked' me, though :(
More backstory than story.
Needs far more excitement and twists and these need to come in the STORY.
By the end, having grown thoroughly bored and caring little for the characters, I didn't give a toss 'whodunnit'.
Sir Hugo Fletcher is an expertly-drawn antagonist, though. If, like me, you are looking for an example of how to create evil characters, you can certainly learn from this book. That's the only benefit you'll be getting from it, though, in my view.
I like the human element of DCI Tom Douglas. He is a rarity in the crime fiction genre, I believe, as he is a police officer who happens to be a regular guy - nothing dysfunctional about him. He is portrayed as handsome too - another rarity! :)
In sum, thrilling start (with an equally thrilling synopsis), but rapidly becomes a bore.

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Kathy Jensen

Well worth a read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 28, 2018

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This is really a 4.5 star book, not quite worthy of the full 5. I got a bit confused now and again when something that had been revealed in a 'letter' was brought up several chapters later and it was hard to recall the detail - only of the downsides to reading on Kindle rather than an actual book where it is much easier to flick back through pages and refresh your memory. However, it was a good plot, building and assassinating various characters as it progressed and slowly revealing the full depth of depravity that is our murder victim - surely someone who deserved what he got. I did get rather frustrated by Lady Fletcher, feeling that she should have cottoned on to his Lordship long before they reached the alter - I'd have told him where to go after one or two dates and certainly would have abandoned ship immediately after, if not during, the honeymoon! I did like DCI Tom Douglas's quiet style and empathetic nature and, since he is the star of the series, I will try the next book. This one is well worth a read, though not the best thriller ever.

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