• A Fatal Mistake

  • Ryder and Loveday, Book 2
  • By: Faith Martin
  • Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
  • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (232 ratings)

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A Fatal Mistake

By: Faith Martin
Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
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Publisher's summary

A brand new Ryder & Loveday mystery from global best seller Faith Martin.

Summer 1960, Oxford.

In the glorious sunshine of Oxford, on a day when everyone should be celebrating, tragedy strikes when a university student is found floating in the river, dead.

Probationary WPC Trudy Loveday finds herself paired with coroner Clement Ryder to investigate and it soon becomes clear that this case is not going to be easy. The witnesses all refuse to give a straight answer, each new lead sends them in a new direction and tales of other missing youngsters add further mystery to the investigation. One thing is certain though, something doesn’t seem quite right about the university’s most popular student....

The Ryder and Loveday Series:

Book 1: A Fatal Obsession

Book 2: A Fatal Mistake

Book 3: A Fatal Flaw

©2018 Faith Martin (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

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Fun…clean read, no swearing or sex

The reader is awesome! And the author is brilliant! I hope she writes more quickly. I’m running out of her books. So glad I found her books.

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Solid Read

Second in series. Enjoyed it. Not too cozy. Plausible ending. Will continue to listen to series. No intertwining love story to distract from the mystery.

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Got what he deserved

loved it. good story line. liked the way the new officer was presented and her growth within the story.

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A good continuation of the series

Trudy and her Coroner mentor make an interesting pair. I liked this book more than I did the first book. I’m so glad I continued with the series.

The narrator, Henrietta Meire, is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

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Wonderful series!

Love the main characters and the interesting plots. Excellent writing. Can’t wait for the next one

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Good new series without sex, swearing and violence

I have pre-ordered the next in this series. Looking forward to seeing the direction the two central characters take. The premise is fresh and entertaining.


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Super

It's hard to believe but this installment is actually better than the first one. I loved the mystery, the characters, and I loved the narrator. She did a superb job of really getting the listener into the story.

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a tad wordy

little wordy but that is what our coroner is all about. lovely how he leads Trudy to think out the problems. her superior Jennings is never going to learn he has a great policewoman but as long as Ryder does then who cares.

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Not as good as the first.

Faith Martin's characters are always interesting and amazingly real. The stories are good and original. The narration is very good but I think I actually enjoy Ms. Martin's books when I read them.

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