Bodily Harm

Langthorne Police series, Book 1

De: Charlie Gallagher

Narrado por: Gildart Jackson

An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller starts with a vicious stabbing of a pretty teenage girl and her boyfriend on a local bus. She happens to be the mayor's niece. It's the final straw for the community.

The police are desperate to get results and decide on a risky course of action involving undercover infiltration of the notorious Effingell Estate. Detective George Elms knows this hellish place extremely well, and his sharp investigative mind is put to work to solve the crime. The police are under immense media pressure and conveniently a local lowlife confesses to the attack. But George is not convinced. There are many layers of criminal and police motivation, and few people are what they seem.

©2017 Charlie Gallagher (P)2018 Tantor

At a loss for the best words

Major twist. I am ready for the next book now
I love the humor, the characters development is slow but consistent

It was complex and easy to follow

There was nothing I disliked.. it held my attention with plenty of plot twists . Bravo!

Excellent

It's a very good book. Though I must admit, and I do love the narrator, that I think his voice us a tad too old for this main character. But I'll accept it because I love his narration.

Great plot twist

Outstanding

A very enjoyable listen-
At first I thought “great scott how many characters am I supposed to know here?!?”, believing there were far too many to manage with any success or enjoyment. Yet as the story progressed, I became aware the expansive cast of characters not only made sense in the context of the story unfolding, but were actually necessary to lend credibility to the tightly woven plot.
The performance is truly spectacular. I highly recommend this series.

Potential for Redemption?

Gildart Jackson's narration led me to this title. At first, those familiar with Peter Grainger's series about D.C. Smith find themselves in familiar territory. Alas, Gallagher spends more time with his villains than with his main police protagonist, George Elms. The plotline has some potential, the 'good guy' characters much more; the villains are largely boring, rendered memorable only by Jackson's superbly orchestrated voice. For me, the book became more interesting somewhere around Chapter 30. This is the first Charlie Gallagher I have 'read.' Perhaps he never dives more deeply into character, preferring to develop plots with some surprising turns. The second book in the series may offer more, and as Bodily Harm ends in something of a cliffhanger, may be worth your investment.

Great series

This gripped me at the beginning and I listened to all 4, loving every minute. The narration adds to the story, he does an excellent job on all his readings.

I enjoyed this one!

So much so that I immediately got the second one in the series after I finished it.

Good story

Oh well told story with way too much bad language it didn’t need to have it is a good storyOh well told story with way too much bad language it didn’t need to have it is a good story

Good start, hope characters develop and strengthen.

I was interested in this series because of the narrator, rather than the author. Gildart Jackson does a superb job with Peter Grainger’s DC Smith series, and I was hoping to find something similar. Story plots that hinge on police corruption and present detectives as hunted more than hunter are not my favorite. But there is some promise here so I will try the next one and hope for greater depth and substance from the characters.

Excellent Performance, Terrible Story

Gildart Jackson once again gives an outstanding reading. That said, I must say that the end of this book is very unsatisfying. The main character (an experienced detective), whose character has been steadily built up as a balanced and rational man, acts completely out of character doing some very rash stupid things at the very end of the book!