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	Black Water Rising 3.97 avg rating — 356 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Off Dead 4.21 avg rating — 111 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Off Dead: An unmissable Liverpool-set police procedural novel from a rising star in crime thriller fiction (DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers Book 2) 4.50 avg rating — 36 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water Rising: A tense and gripping Liverpool crime thriller (DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers Book 1) 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Place Left (DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers Book 3) 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better off Dead: DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers, Book 2 by Sean Watkin (Goodreads Author), Jane Hamlet (Narrator) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water Rising: A tense and gripping Liverpool crime thriller (DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers Book 1) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Within it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Place Left: A chilling detective novel from a new voice in British crime fiction (DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Last Thing to Burn

by Will Dean

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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)

by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

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Sean Watkin is currently reading The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sean Watkin made a comment on Barbi’s review of Better Off Dead " I agree, I definitely do write novels for people with long attentions spans. It’s always good to start from the beginning of a series, so you can full ...more "
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Sean Watkin wants to read No Place Left (DCI de Silva Crime Thrillers Book 3) by Sean Watkin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sean Watkin made a comment on Courtney Collins’s review of Black Water Rising " Thanks for this honest feedback. You’re bang on the money, this novel was definitely written for people looking for a little bit more than the standar ...more "
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