Bring Her Home is a gripping story that follows Jessie Boyle, a criminal behaviourist. Jessie returns to her native Ireland to help catch a serial killer who is abducting and murdering young women. Jessie soon discovers that the killer is using ancient Irish myths as a twisted inspiration for his crimes, and that she may be his next target.

The author, S.A. Dunphy, creates a vivid and atmospheric setting in the rural and coastal areas of Ireland, where folklore and history blend with modern life. He also crafts a complex and compelling protagonist in Jessie, who is haunted by her own past and struggles with her personal and professional relationships. The plot is fast-paced as Jessie and her team race against time to find the missing women and stop the killer.

Bring Her Home is a well-written and well-narrated audiobook that will appeal to fans of crime fiction, especially those who enjoy a touch of mythology and mystery. The narrator, Shelley Atkinson, does a great job of bringing the characters and the story to life, using different accents and tones to convey the emotions and personalities of the characters. She also captures the tension and suspense of the story, making it an engaging and immersive listening experience.

I would highly recommend Bring Her Home to anyone looking for a captivating audiobook.

I really like Boyle and Keneally series and although I ended up buying the paperback version, I recommend this audiobook as well. A good solid police procedural with fascinating characters and a gripping plot.

Jessie Boyle is a criminal behaviorist who once had a successful career in London. However, Jessie experienced a horrid tragedy and had planned on leaving policing behind. However, her oldest friend Dawn contacts her and reminds Jessie of a long overdue debt, and soon Jessie realizes that she has two short weeks to work on a case. Jessie simply cannot say no to Dawn.

As mentioned, Jessie is pulled into a time-sensitive case. The victim is Penny O'Dwyer who has been kidnapped. With a prominent father, Penny's case is a demanding one. It has becomes more than evident that her kidnapping is not the first of its type in Ireland. Jessie is not doing this on her own. She is working alongside Seamus Keneally, a decorated detective. There is a third person on this newly created team, and she is Terri Kehoe, who has a unique skillset that will prove valuable in the search for Penny.

This case is not easy for more than one reason for Jessie. Forced to face her previous partner‘s killer at the mental facility where he will spend the rest of his life is necessary in order to try to find information on what happened to Penny. This is a chilling thing for Jessie and she would rather be anywhere but she knows she must find her. How can someone under 24-hour guard have anything to do with the kidnapping? Jessie can see the link but not the how he has at least some knowledge of what happened to Penny. Therefore, Jessie and Seamus work feverishly together to try and find Penny before the clock runs out.

The case is complicated, and somehow involves Celtic mythology and old Irish myths. Slowly, things begin to unravel that lead to other kidnappings and murders of several women, and one thing after another brings them ever closer to the killer. However, how close is too close and how does Jessie play into the killer's plans?

Jessie and Seamus make a wonderful team, despite how strikingly different they are. They face danger with aplomb, and as they do the tension is raised higher and higher. In fact, there was a point in this book that I just all but held my breath. Danger and tension, mixed with a sudden course of action meant that everything could be lost.

As this exciting story was being told, snippets of all of the characters lives were blended in. This was an excellent way for us to meet all the the primary players that we will see in successive books in what promises to be a thrilling series. I was reviewing Bring Her Home as an audiobook and let me tell you, the narrator, Shelly Atkinson. did a superb job! I loved her Irish accent, and she did all of the voices remarkably well. This took an already fabulously written story to new levels and pulled me even deeper into it even more than I already was.

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

I did not know I needed another Irish police procedural in my life, but Dunphy has created engaging characters that I look forward to encountering again.The narrator's voice was imperative to my enjoyment of this one and I look forward to listening to future volumes.

Jessie Boyle has arrived back in Ireland after a traumatic incident in the UK. Her friend is now very senior in the Gardai and asks for her help in an assignment. Penny, daughter of a very prominent politician, has gone missing and they are under pressure to find her before she is hurt. A small team of Jessie, detective Kenneally and an unorthodox computer whizz are drawn together to find her.
I really enjoyed this story and cannot wait to hear more from the team.

I loved this one. Penny, a young woman, was kidnapped in Ireland and just given ten days to live. Detective Jessie Boyle was a great character and this was certainly gripping!

This book was just okay. Interesting that it is the start of a series. I will probably not be reading it.

Thank you Netgalley for the audio copy in exchange for a honest review. Criminal behaviourist Jessica Boyle returns to Ireland folowing the murder of her partner. She is soon caught up with the hunt for abducted Penny. As the investigation unfolds it is suspected Penny has been abducted by a serial killer. Will they bring her home before it is too late?

This is a new author to me and I was elated to find out this was the first of a new series. It's introduced us to the characters in a great way which has laid the foundations for the next books in this series. I adore the Irish setting and the inclusion of mythology. I can't wait for the next one

*I received a free copy of this novel from NetGalley for my honest review.*

Jessie Boyle is recovering from a tragedy when an old friend calls in a favor and she is headed back to work too soon. With a new partner who is still wet behind the ears, Boyle sets out to untangle the newly missing from a serial killer's grasp.

This was a great novel for a new series set in Ireland. There was enough of an Irish Myth brought in to make it interesting, but not overwhelming with folklore. There is a lot of room for the characters to be fleshed out in future books. And it doesn't hurt for the narrator to have the lovely Irish lilt.

An interesting start to a mystery series that shows some promise, but did not quite wow me. Will try book 2!

I always say this ... the narrator *makes* the audiobook. The narrator in this book was good. She was engaging. In terms of the story itself, it was a little bit long and it took a bit too long to get to the end. Once the author got there, things wrapped up nicely. And, she cleverly set up a second book ...

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This is the first I have enjoyed by this author but definitely not the last! This one takes place in Ireland and surrounds a missing young woman. Jessie Boyle has moved back to Ireland from London after her partner was brutally murdered and now the commissioner calls in a debt and she is called in on a case of a prominent citizen who has gone missing. Her newly appointed partner is very young but very competent officer and together they piece together this mystery along with another young woman who is an internet whiz. This story was full of twists and turns and Irish myths. It had me guessing and looking over my shoulder and wondering right up to the end! Definitely a recommendation from me and I will be coming back for more of this series!

**Received this ARC for review in audio from the publisher via NetGalley**

Bring Her Home by S.A. Dunphy and narrated by Shelley Atkinson Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins, This is the first book in the new Boyle & Keneally series and also a new author for me as well. This new book series was a brilliant and I loved the audio book. I was hooked from the very beginning till the end. Especially as it was full of great twists and turns throughout.

I highly recommend this new book.....5 Star book and the narrator was excellent as well,

Big Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture and the author S.A. Dunphy for my ARC of Dancing With The Dead in exchange for an honest review.

Really enjoyed the premise and the story, characters were likeable and the book ran at a good pace and kept me engaged. Think the only thing that put me off was the overuse of the word said.

After the brutal murder of her partner William Briggs by a killer called Uruz, criminal behaviourist Jessie Boyle who has worked for MET returns to her homeland Ireland to grieve in private only to have her old friend Dawn Wilson, the Police Commissioner of Ireland, seek her out to solve a kidnapping case of a young woman Penelope O' Dwyer. A tape arrives where the kidnapper talks about performing a ritual murder using Penelope as sacrifice. Teamed up with two other officers, Detective Seamus Keneally and tech geek/historian Terri Kehoe, Jessie begins to investigate the case only to discover that it is not as straightforward a case as they expected it to be and Penelope is not the first woman to be kidnapped under similar circumstances.  What they encounter is an age old Irish/Celtic legend/myth being brought to life involving Balor who in Irish mythology is leader of a group of malevolent supernatural beings called the Fomorians. The team only has until Samhain to save Penelope and prevent Balor and his followers from unleashing their fiery wrath.

A brand new police procedurial/crime thriller involving age old archaeological finds, Celtic folklore/mythology and serial killers.... yes please!! A well written, gripping, fast paced thriller with a cast of great characters, this book is an excellent start to the series and I loved it! listened to the audiobook version of the book and Shelley Atkinson has done a great job with her narration considering how fast paced the book is with a lot of different characters and a lot of different things happening together at the same time. I also loved the quotations by different serial killers and criminals the author used before the start of each new part.

My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher Bookouture Audio and the author S. A. Dunphy for the audio ARC of the book. Can't wait to read (or listen) to the next book in the series!

This is my first book by S. A Dunphy. The story unfolds in London and then follows the main character Jessie Boyle to Ireland, where her university friend and head of the gardai Dawn Wilson, enlists her help to save a politician's daughter who has been abducted.

They find more than they bargained for with multiple victims and twisted minds trying to resurrect evil.

I loved this book. Well fleshed out characters, with troubled pasts and complicated presents. A good pace throughout. I'll definitely be reading more from S. A Dunphy.

Penny O’Dwyera is lovely blonde woman with piercing green eyes like her father. Unfortunately, this beautiful girl has disappeared from Cahirsiveen, a small town in the west of Ireland. The local police scour the streets and hills, but there are simply no leads.

Jessie Boyle is grieving the death of her partner and she vowed she’d never return to Ireland. After the abrupt end of her London Met career, she can’t say no to the case that has besieged her homeland. Good at her job, it’s not long before Jessie uncovers something everyone else has missed: Penny isn’t the first girl to go missing.

Going back decades, many women have been taken from Cahirsivee. Their bodies have been located on ancient burial mounds. A reference to a little-known Celtic myth buried in her messages convinces Jessie that Penny is the latest victim of this same killer. Folklore can be a powerful influence on a small community in the remote mountains. Now, Jessie suspects she’s dealing with the most twisted mind of her career.

All eyes of Ireland are on Jessie and her new team. Her boss wants this case solved and out of the limelight. They are expected to live and breathe the case. Jessie is haunted by her own demons, and it is beginning to become apparent in her dealings.

Time is running out. Jyst when Jessie thinks she’s found a vital clue linking the victims to a remote farm, she realises she could be the next dead girl. It is now a race to save Penny’s life, or will the killer get to Jessie first?

A mystery thriller that is a must for readers of this genre. Jessica is a detective who will stop at nothing to find justice.

Great audio narration. You will enjoy the accents that will immediately take you to Ireland.

So fast paced and engaging! I love that’s its dark & twisted. It has the perfect blending of characters & their backgrounds as the story unfolds.
I love this so much.

Bring Her Home is the first title in what promises to be a thrilling new crime series. Set in Ireland, I thoroughly enjoyed the spattering of Celtic history, mythology and Irish folklore. Each chapter starts with a quote from a real life serial killer setting a sinisterly chilling tone while evoking a disturbing sense of authenticity to the narrative. The dark and twisted opening grabbed my attention but then the pace slowed a bit too much but this allowed time for the reader to learn the back story of each of the characters as their relationship dynamics evolve. The end was satisfying and the epilogue gives hint as to the direction the series will take. Shelley Atkinson does a terrific job with the narration and I’m really looking forward to the next installment.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @Bookouture Audio for the chance to listen to this title in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts are my own.