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  • Breaking the Dark

  • A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel
  • Written by: Lisa Jewell
  • Narrated by: Helen Laser
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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Breaking the Dark

Written by: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Helen Laser
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Publisher's Summary

In her most imaginative novel yet, number one New York Times best-selling author Lisa Jewell (None of This Is True) launches the Marvel Crime series of thriller books for adults with an original story starring the private detective Jessica Jones.

Meet Jessica Jones: retired superhero, private investigator, loner. She tried her best to be a shiny spandex crimefighter, but that life only led to unspeakable trauma. Now she avoids that world altogether and works on surviving day-to-day in Hell’s Kitchen, New York.

The morning a distraught mother comes into her office, Jessica would prefer to nurse her hangover and try to forget last night’s poor choices. But something about Amber Randall’s story strikes a chord with her. Amber is adamant that something happened to her teenage twins while they were visiting their father in the UK. The twins don’t act like themselves, and they now have flawless skin, have lost their distinctive tics and habits, and keep talking about a girl named Belle. Amber insists her children have been replaced by something horrible, something “perfect”.

Traveling to a small village in the British countryside, Jessica meets the mysterious Belle, who lives a curiously isolated life in an old farmhouse with a strange woman who claims to be her guardian. Can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for the Randall twins’ new personas? Why does the strange little village of Barton Wallop seem to harbor dark energies and mysteries in its tight-knit community?

A mother’s intuition is never wrong. And Jessica knows that nothing in life is perfect—not these kids, not her on-again, off-again relationship with Luke Cage, and certainly not Jessica herself. But even as she tries to buy into the idea that better days are ahead, Jessica Jones has seen all too clearly that behind every promise of perfection trails a dark, dangerous shadow.

Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura.

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Great story, great narrator

Can’t wait for more. I couldn’t stop listening. Loved it!!! Need more!! I’m so excited for more to come out! I hope soon! It’s so hard to wait!

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Surprisingly enjoyable

When I first started this novel and heard about marvel powers, I wondered how I would make it through, but surprisingly enough it was quite enjoyable.

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Can’t wait for the next one

I am a big fan of the Jessica Jones show so I had high expectations for this book but I was not disappointed. Really looking forward to more!

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Not the Lisa Jewell novel I’m use to !

I missed the quirky characters of Lisa Jewell novels ,I missed a British narrator,I missed the reality of her stories about real people ,real places . I am not a reader of fantasy novels ,this book was more like a novel that appeals to teenagers. I have read all of Lisa Jewell’s books and was looking forward to this new book ,disappointing for me ,but I wish her success with this series and look forward to perhaps a sequel to None of this is True in the not too distant future . Regards J.Sobie

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Predictable

Usually love this author’s work but this one was almost childish and predictable. Didn’t finish the whole book.

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Marvel ft Lisa Jewell

I’m a pretty big marvel geek and a huge fan of Lisa Jewell so when I saw that she was doing a book for Jessica Jones I couldn’t download it fast enough! The story was so fun and kept me so enthralled I nearly finished in one sitting. Hoping for more to come 😊

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