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Bloodhounds

Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation Series, Book 4

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Bloodhounds

By: Peter Lovesey
Narrated by: Michael Healy
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A rare stamp and a corpse are discovered in Bath within hours of each other. As he investigates, Inspector Peter Diamond discovers that both the person who found the stamp and the victim belong to the Bloodhounds, an elite group of mystery lovers, who now urge Diamond to bring the murderer to justice. But there's a hitch: the body lies inside a padlocked houseboat and the only key is in the pocket of a man with an airtight alibi.

©1996 Peter Lovesey (P)2017 Tantor Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Detective Crime

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"Lovesey demonstrates that his embrace of crime fiction reaches from John Dickson Carr to Andrew Vachss as he skillfully pays homage to the old style whodunit in this thoroughly modern mystery." ( Publishers Weekly)
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terrible narrator... as if he's editing story as he reads... good story... could barely listen
as narrator didn't appear to be listening himself to what he was reading

terrible narrator...pompous., editorial reading to

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I love the author’s ability to paint a scene or a character. DCI Diamond is a flawed person who knows and understands his shortcomings but hangs on to them. He apologizes when appropriate. And often, in the case of Sgt. Julie. The cast of characters is fascinating. The narrator is good either way dialects.

Top notch

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Good detective story! I appreciated each character as they were well-developed. Had me guessing up to the end.

Love Peter Diamond!

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I was disappointed when I realized that the book was narrated by someone other than Simon Pebble. Diamond's voice was different and, initially, I felt out of sync with the story. But then I noticed that Michael Healy's narration is different but not unenjoyable. He has a style very similar to Neil Gaiman's narration. I love everything that Gaiman narrates and I found myself loving Pebble's style as well
The story itself is my favorite so far.

New narrator but still enjoyable!

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Could not stand the narrator's reading. Tempo was completely off. Love Diamond's cases. Is there another narrator?

Could have been better.

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I didn’t think I’d enjoy this one due to the switch in narrator. After 3 books Simon Prebble had become Peter Diamond to me and I almost gave up on the series. But I adjusted to Michael Healy and see that he narrates the next two. Not sure why authors/recording companies don’t understand the importance of the same narrator in a series like this. Anyway, glad I listened. Interesting twist at the end.

Another great Peter Diamond mystery

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British Detective Peter Diamond doesn’t get much sleep in this fourth novel, as he is investigating multiple interconnected crimes in the historic city of Bath. A crime-fiction book club called The Bloodhounds features heavily in his interrogations, and the whole novel is a send-up of the detective story genre.

Much of the plot is clever, yet it was too slow moving and repetitive for me to really enjoy it. I’m going to continue reading this series because I know the later books will be more entertaining.

I listened to this novel on Audible and I liked the narration very much.

Slow but overall an ok book

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I struggled through the story to the end. It was interesting to see how much difference the reader of an audiobook makes to your perception of the characters and plot.

poor performance by the reader

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Lovesey is a master wit and character builder. This is a really clever and engaging mystery that not only honors the genre’s history and best authors, but pays a great homage to its fans.

A Mystery for Mystery Buffs

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What did you like best about Bloodhounds? What did you like least?

The reader's inflection is not remotely related to what he is saying. It is sing-song and boring

Who was your favorite character and why?

Cannot listen to enough to say

What didn’t you like about Michael Healy’s performance?

Everything!

Did Bloodhounds inspire you to do anything?

Find another book to listen to.

Oh no! The reader! I cannot listen to another word

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