• Corpse Road

  • A DCI Harry Grimm Novel
  • By: David J Gatward
  • Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons
  • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (300 ratings)

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Corpse Road

By: David J Gatward
Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons
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Picturesque hills stained with blood. An MO like no other. Can this senior officer draw on his paratrooper past to catch a twisted mind?

DCI Harry Grimm is still grappling with the Yorkshire Dales custom of eating cheese with cake. But the seasoned big-city cop has more than enough experience getting pulled out of bed in the middle of the night for the grisliest crimes. So the gruesome early-hour discovery of a woman’s savaged remains on the bleakly beautiful terrain has the detective keen to slam an ugly killer behind bars….

With both a clear motive and an obvious offender firmly in his sights, the dedicated policeman hunts relentlessly for the killer. But when the prime suspect goes missing and Grimm reworks the scene, he fears he sees signs of meticulous military planning and a culprit with a long list of victims.

Can the tough investigator get into the head of a murderer before he’s called to the next kill zone?

Corpse Road is the mesmerizing third book in the DCI Harry Grimm crime fiction series. If you like razor-sharp cops, insanely bent villains, and dark, gripping plots, then you’ll love David J. Gatward’s wild ride through the moors.

Buy Corpse Road to follow a psychopathic predator’s trail today!

©2020 David Gatward (P)2022 David Gatward

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I’ve read the first 3 Harry Grimm mysteries and enjoyed the characters. Someone complained about the narrator but I think he is great. Harry just wouldn’t be Harry without his voice. I love the author’s notes at the end. Really gives you an idea of why and how the location of the story plays a part.

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Nope

Reader yells and just seems too angry. Humor is obvious and flat. Bad guy is obvious also. If you a bit of intellectual challenge this isn’t it.

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gimme more

Love the humor this author gives his characters.
Gimme more and don't stop. Hurry I want more now.

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Bad one

This is the point in a book series where the author seems to struggle with the interesting characters that have been created and takes a turn for the absolute worst. In this 3rd installment, the characters become unlikeable, annoying, stupid, and bad at their jobs. The main character, despite his intriguing family situation, is a jerk. His screaming and fussing results in the listener not really caring about his personal plight. The other officers are portrayed as a bunch of bumbling clueless simpletons who lack basic knowledge about police procedures that most of us can glean from watching tv. Worst of all, this installment contains horrific, gratuitous violence, including long, drawn out scenes of mutilation where the victims scream and beg for mercy. It was completely over the top and a major turn-off for the reader. The graphic violence alone resulted in my low rating of the storyline, but this was only made worse by the narrator doing his best to scream the dialogue and convey the pain and suffering of the victims during their mutilation and eventual murder. It was over the top by a mile. No thanks. I'm done with this series, which is sad because it started off really interesting. This one is terrible.

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Keeps getting better

I want to visit the Dales now! Been trying to do two international trips a year and I think this area needs to be on my list.
Narration by Aubrey Parsons is perfect for the narration in this series.
Check out this series you’ll love

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Ready to go fell walking!

I absolutely love the Harry Grimm character. His sometimes sour disposition is far outweighed by his practicality, his knowledge of human nature, and his maturing throughout this series. The author's notes at the end of the stories are a favorite of mine. This particular on has me ready for fell walking in the Dale's and caving in Crackpot. Another "Well done!"

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Corpse Road

I loved it!DCI Grimm is the best! The Corpse road is a road folks in the old days had to carry their dead up hill to the church for burial.A body has been found and it isn't a pretty sight. Aubrey Parsons was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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Another good story in the series

This particular story is a little darker but it's still A good yarn. Some of the characters are further developed and I look forward to the development of some more of the minor characters. Definite for shadowing on what's to come. The audio performance was good but I just think it's very difficult to differentiate all the voices male female the different accents from the different parts of the United Kingdom. I'm glad I discovered this author and I think that place base series are well worth read.

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Well done story

Be good to yourself, read this one next. Compelling mystery. Great characters, perfect reader.

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Thrilling and chilling!

This is my favorite crime series and my favorite police procedural mystery series. This third book was extremely addictive, especially with Aubrey Parsons’s superb narration. The crimes were scary without being too graphic. My heart raced along with Harry’s at the remarkable climax. I also loved how a few chapters were told from the perspectives of a few more members of the police team. These characters are wonderful, and the writing is tense while still having friendly interactions. I can’t wait to listen to the next book. My one tiny complaint is that too many clues were given to the reader (not to the police) in the first two chapters, so I was able to figure out the killer’s identity way too early, but it was still fascinating seeing how Harry and his team figured it out. I loved every minute of this marvelous audiobook.

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