Set in the northern English town of Heighington in Lincolnshire, Bring Them Home is a detective mystery with a feminist slant. It is the first featuring Detective Karent Hart. It starts with the abduction of two 10-year-old girls, features a case of persistent domestic abuse of a woman, and links to another case of a 19-year-old woman who disappeared several months ago. Butler is a prolific writer who churns out detective novels under several different names. The book has a hastily written feel and the characterization is pretty weak. The plot has some major gaps of plausibility. But listening to the unabridged audiobook performed by Henrietta Meire is quite soothing: she is good at the variety of northern accents.

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