The Breaker by Minette Walters

The Breaker

Minette Walters with Simon Prebble (Narrator)

11 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1998 (view editions) user-added

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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The Breaker is ideal for readers who enjoy intricately plotted psychological thrillers that delve into the dark undercurrents of relationships and the suspense of unraveling a murderer's secrets.

Description

Twelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore on the south coast of England, her traumatized three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away, alone and apparently abandoned. But why was Kate killed and her daugh...

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Community Reviews

3.35
based on 315 reviews

Moods

dark: 81%

mysterious: 81%

tense: 18%

sad: 9%

Pace

9% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
36% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

66% of readers chose Plot
33% of readers chose A mix
Plot
A mix

Strong character development?

12% of readers chose Complicated
87% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

37% of readers chose Complicated
62% of readers chose No
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

14% of readers chose Yes
85% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

83% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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