Broadland

British Detective Tanner Murder Mystery Series, Book 1

By: David Blake

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Broadland is the first in a chilling series of serial killer books which will rapidly convert followers of Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and Damien Boyd into David Blake devotees.

When a girl’s body is found strangled, raped, and horrifically mutilated by a boat’s propeller, deep in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, newly arrived Detective Inspector John Tanner is asked to assist with the investigation.

At first, all the evidence points to a man who had a multi-million-pound reason to kill her. But when an alibi is produced from an unexpected source, and another body appears at the base of a slipway, Tanner finds himself turning to local girl Detective Constable Jenny Evans for help.

As a more romantic relationship develops between them, they find themselves facing a race against time to identify a lethal adversary, one with a lust for blood and a mind set on revenge.

©2019 David Blake (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd

Great Crime Plot, the Dated View of Women

Interesting plot, excellent performance. But is Great Brittan really so out of date? (I hope not!) I doubt female DCs get called by their little girl names (Jenny, Vicky), while the men are called by their last names. What a throwback to think a plot is enhanced when a pretty 20 something female DC and the 40ish senior detective start falling for each other by the second day. In the real world she'd think he's old and he'd think she's still a kid, he'd be hauled in by the HR department and then transferred out, and she'd lose all credibility as a cop.

Better than expected

I didn’t know quite what to expect from this new-to-me author. I was more than pleasantly surprised.

Tanner is an interesting character, having moved to the north from the Met in London. He had a tragedy in his past and the change of venue was probably necessary for him. But, of course, he’s looked at as the outsider and immediately forms a rivalry with one of his peers. They are forced to work together, sort of.

Now, I did not like the sexual attraction than developed practically at once between Tanner and his Detective Constable. She’s a bit forward (a bit??) and it seems a bit creepy. And, it really shouldn’t be happening in the work environment.

Other than that, the story was decent and I didn’t figure out the final resolution. The narration of the audiobook was very well done.

I loved this book and the performance

I like this quite a lot, look for forward to reading the next installment. Interesting characters, and an interesting place. Jonathan Keeble did his usual magnificent job

Excellent

A great British police procedural with engaging characters and strong plot development. Reminded me of Joy Ellis’s ‘Fens’ series. Wonderful narration.

👍

I thoroughly enjoyed this Audio. A Lot of mystery good sense of humor. And A psycho! What more could you want? He definitely recommendation.

City boy finds new start in the country

Plot twists made the mystery fun. very British narrator set an engaging tone. and scene.

Excellent..

A very good murder mystery about 2 women were who murdered and mutilated and Tanner and Jenny, his love interest, that had to solve it, along with the help of Burgess. I figured out who was doing it but it was fun to watch the others figure it out.

There was no sex, and very little romance and the F-bomb was used 2 times.

As to the narration: I really only bought this book because I love the narrator, Jonathan Keeble. He’s such a perfect narrator.

Great New Police Procedural Series

It was a great start to a new series , and the narrator was filled with tremendous enthusiasm for his part.

Engrossing mystery with an excellent narrator

I really enjoyed the story and am looking forward to reading more of the series.

Wonderfully Twisty

Now I crave another David Blake thriller. Best review possible... the next is downloading. Can anyone write a better endorsement?