I’m a big fan of Helen Fields and have followed her series featuring DCI Turner and DI Callanach. I find that series absolutely gripping and the last book leaves a real cliffhanger. I wasn’t sure what to expect from The Last Girl to Die, but the blurb was intriguing. I received the Audi version and I’ve listened to it in under 24 hours. In a nutshell, it’s a huge departure from Fields other books. Initially, I found the Canadian narration a little odd, but after an hour or so, I put comparisons with the Turner series to one side and went with the flow.

This is a mystery story, more than a crime thriller. Set on the Isle of Mull, a young American girl is found dead and her family bring in a Canadian investigator to look into things. She has a very different approach to the Scottish police and soon ruffles feathers. But she delves and finds another cold case with similarities. Then the trouble really starts. This is a story full of weird and wonderful characters. The family has something to hide, the locals aren’t welcoming to incomes and there’s more than a hint of paganism and ritualistic killings.

It’s a haunting story, very well constructed with numerous plot twists and it does build to an extraordinary conclusion. It’s beautifully written and kept me listening well into the night. Very different and I enjoyed it.

My thanks to the publisher for a review copy via Netgalley.

I was gripped since the first page and could not stop listening. The best book I've read in a long while, could not recommend this one highly enough.
Thanks for the opportunity to access this audio ARC.

Mysterious Clark family from America was lived on Isle of Mull, a remote island of Scotland with traces of pagan history and witchcraft. When their daughter, Adriana missing for days and local police not take it seriously they called PI Sadie Levesque from Canada to help. She found Adriana's body in cave, decorate with seaweed and mouth full of sands. Sadie must did all investigations, gather clues, even when she must take challenge from locals and police.

Well this is my first book from author but I heard lots of good recommendations from fellow readers about her work. For me this audio copy is amazing to listen. The narrator doing very good job. Her narrate is clear, thick with accents and she put efforts to give different voice for each characters. This totally complimenting the story. Part of male nararation as "the island" is good and clear, but I think his voice is too kind and lack those mysterious and dark vibe as natural entity.

The writing style itself is flawless. The pace kinda slow for my taste but still acceptable. The plot and twist fill me with so much emotions, tension, confusion in paranormal clues and suspense.
Sadie as MC, her reckless actions make me so frustrated. But I appreciate her persistent to always find ways to sort the clues.The ending give us conclusions but isnt my type of favourite end and I think uneccesarily

Thank you Netgalley and Avon from Harper Collin Audio UK for provided my audio copy. I am truly grateful and my thoughts are my own.

If you understand this is a work of fiction, and are able to suspend a bit of belief you will find a mystery book worth picking up. I was looking forward to a mystery story based on the Isle of Mull. This book has a strong underlying story of historical murder, racism, paganism, and lots of twists and turns to keep you entertained. There are lots of interesting suspects to choose from. I’ve not read any of Helen Fields’ other books, so can only judge this one. But I was ultimately disappointed. For me the book felt underdeveloped and in particular the caricature and simplistic portrayal of Scottish Policemen in an island community, the way the Canadian investigator interacts with them and the suggestion that an ‘outsiders’ disappearance would be ignored by the Scottish Police grated with me. (I’m Scottish and that’s maybe the reason.) Thank you to Harper Collins Uk Audio and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

Sadie Levesque is a Private Investigator from Canada and her services have been called upon by an American family living on the Island of Mull in Scotland. Their daughter, 16 year old Adriana Clark, has gone missing and it is Sadie”s job to find out what has happened to her. Sadie tries to get close to the locals but they are not very forthcoming, to see what information she she can find out. She ends up getting into some hair raising situations to say the least ! This book !! I could not put it down - I had no idea who the ‘baddie’ might be , the setting was atmospheric and ethereal and there were so many shock horror moments. Great narration from Jaimie Barbakoff and Robin Laing - a a great performance from them! This audiobook is out on the 1st of September. Thanks to Harper Collins and to Netgalley for my copy.

I was unable to complete this audio book - I tried to persevere but I found the style of writing very slow and for me was the American drone of the Narrator did nothing to appeal to me. On this occasion I am unable to provide positive feedback but thank Net Galley for the opportunity - the book itself might be a good read but as an audio book it just didn’t appeal.

As a fan of Helen Fields' works, I wasn't expecting anything less than a gripping story with great characters that you wouldn't want to put down and that's exactly what I got. Plus great narration and the appearance of a character from the Callanach series... I absolutely loved this and couldn't recommend it more!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to listed to this wonderful ARC.

I really wanted to love this book. I thought the plot sounded right up my street so was delighted to receive the audiobook ARC. However I couldn’t get into it at all I do t know if it was the narrator or the plot itself but I couldn’t get past the first few chapters. I will try with the printed book when it’s published as I felt the plot has great potential .