Dark Crimes

DCI Sophie Allen, Book 1

By: Michael Hambling

Narrated by: Cat Gould

A young woman's body is discovered on a deserted footpath.

It seems like a simple crime for DCI Sophie Allen and her team to solve. But not when the victim's mother is found strangled the next morning. The case grows more complex as DCI Sophie Allen discovers that the victims had secret histories involving violence and intimidation. There's an obvious suspect, but Detective Allen isn't convinced. Could someone else be lurking in the shadows, someone savagely violent, looking for warped revenge?

Dark Crimes is the first in a series of detective thrillers featuring DCI Sophie Allen, head of the newly formed Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. She is pushed to the limit in her first major case as the team's head.

©2016 Michael Hambling (P)2016 Tantor

Narrator Spoiled Story

The book should have been edited more stringently. The story is okay,but I don’t think the characters are really believable. The narrator is terrible;regardless of the author, I will stay away from anything she narrates!!

Story line was good

Didn’t care for the narrator
Almost didn’t finish but the story was good
Probably won’t listen to another by that author unless a different narrator
Shame

Terrible naration

This is hard to listen to, I only got through the first few chapters. This narrator is awful.

Good story but strange narration

This is well written and moves fast. The police office and its cast of characters engage the listener. The crimes are horrible. There is a real twist at the end. I just don't know what is wrong with the narrator. I've listened to other books she performed and enjoyed them - not the greatest, but solid. This time, though, her timing and tone drag and drone.

Aussie Accent is a Mistake

The solution to most of the mystery is revealed in the first chapters. One twist develops but is not worth the wait as it is never even alluded to earlier in the plot and dropped on the reader and solved in short order.