The Dog Walker
- Author
- Lesley Thomson
- Narrator
- Richard Attlee
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 November 2026
- Run Time
- 18 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Stella and Jack must reawaken the secrets of the past in order to solve the mysteries of the present.
January, 1987. In the depths of winter, only joggers and dog walkers brave the Thames towpath after dark. Helen Honeysett, a young newlywed, sets off for an evening run from her riverside cottage and disappears.
Twenty-nine years later, Helen's body has never been found. Her husband has asked Stella Darnell, a private detective, and her side-kick Jack Harmon, to find out what happened all those years ago. But when the five households on that desolate stretch of towpath refuse to give up their secrets, Stella and Jack find themselves hunting a killer whose trail has long gone cold.
Critics Review
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Lesley Thomson is now firmly established as one of our leading crime writers
Elly Griffiths
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A really exciting read
TripFiction
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A haunting and gripping novel
Your Dog, Book of the Month
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The author has a great gift for atmosphere. I still felt the chilly, damp and haunted towpath long after I closed the book at the end of the last chapter
Mystery People
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Cleverly plotted with plenty of tension, drama, and warmly drawn characters
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Details
- Author
- Lesley Thomson
- Narrator
- Richard Attlee
- Duration
- 18 hours
- Release Date
- 12 November 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035927906
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
<b>Don't miss THE SHRINE, the brand new Detective's Daughter mystery - available now</b><br><br><i>Stella and Jack must reawaken the secrets of the past in order to solve the mysteries of the present.</i> <br><br>January, 1987. In the depths of winter, only joggers and dog walkers brave the Thames towpath after dark. Helen Honeysett, a young newlywed, sets off for an evening run from her riverside cottage and disappears. <br><br>Twenty-nine years later, Helen's body has never been found. Her husband has asked Stella Darnell, a private detective, and her side-kick Jack Harmon, to find out what happened all those years ago. But when the five households on that desolate stretch of towpath refuse to give up their secrets, Stella and Jack find themselves hunting a killer whose trail has long gone cold.
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