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Dying Fall
- A Ruth Galloway Investigation
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Publisher's summary
Ruth Galloway receives a phone call that bears shocking news. A friend of hers from college, Dan Golding, has been killed in a fire at his Lancashire home. Her shock turns to alarm when she gets a letter from Dan. He has made a discovery that will change archaeology forever but he needs Ruth's advice. Even more alarming, he sounds vulnerable and frightened. DCI Harry Nelson is also rediscovering his past. Up north for a holiday, he meets his former colleague Sandy MacLeod, now at Blackpool CID. Sandy tells him there are strange circumstances surrounding Dan Golding's death. Many of those who worked with Dan seem to be afraid.
Many have secrets to hide. Ruth is drawn deep into the mystery, and where she goes, so does her toddler daughter, Kate. This time, it's not just Ruth's life at risk.
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- Sarah C
- 05-06-13
Cant do a male voice to save her life!
Would you consider the audio edition of Dying Fall to be better than the print version?
Didn't read print version.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Clare Corbett?
BRING BACK Jane McDowell! Clare Corbett is a terrible match for these characters! I'm going to finish the book, bit I'm dreading hearing the male characters talk. I can't comment on their accents, but she sounds as if she's doing parodies of male voices.
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- MoK
- 03-11-15
Where is the original series narrator?
The new narrator ruined the book for me. Her male voices were so annoying I could barely finish listening. Bring back the original narrator!
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- Sue
- 05-29-13
Great Story, absolutely Terrible Narration
How could the performance have been better?
Go back to Jane McDowell as your narrator. Clare Corbett is irritating right from the beginning but when she starts to do the "voices" of the various characters she becomes unbearable. She is not able to keep the voices consistent with the associated characters and her idea of the local accents is just insulting. I could not finish listening to this book and will read it instead.
Any additional comments?
Change your narrator and a book should be read not performed!!!
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- theenglishmajor
- 04-26-13
Worst narration ever but a good story
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator attempted to do several accents. If I were from Yorkshire, I would have been offended. Just because someone has an accent is no reason to make them sound stupid. The regular narration was so soft, I had to turn the volume way up. Even then, I could hardly hear it. But the "accents" were so loud and horrible that the dialogue seemed as if it were being yelled. Even the poor two year old screamed every single word of her dialogue. All in all, a ridiculous circus that really detracted from the book.
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- Aryn
- 03-25-13
Still a great series
Action, suspense, great characters and a well-written story. I am getting used to the narrator/voices in my head disconnect (you know, when what you're hearing isn't how you thought the characters should sound ); Ms Corbett is absolutely capable-her men sound like men, her accents are amazing, and I like her voice.
If you're up for a decent forensic series without a lot of gore and isn't going to leave you unable to sleep at night, allow me to suggest this entire series. And I do suggest you start at the beginning to get the full flavor of how things are put together and who these people are.
And I'm delighted to say that while this series is beginning to flag a bit, it is still a solid 4 stars.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-09-16
The screaming child ruins this
Would you listen to Dying Fall again? Why?
No. I generally don't listen to books again for quite some time but this would not be one. The narrator, especially the very uneven volume levels, the screaming Kate and the overloud Sandy completely spoiled my enjoyment of the book. Books should be read, not considered a 'performance'
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Very disappointing and contrived.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Clare Corbett?
Jane McDowell read the early Galloway and she was excellent. I won't buy any more as long as Clare Corbett is the reader
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
No comment
Any additional comments?
For goodness sake read the book and don't do the accents.
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- Mer
- 08-20-16
When will this series score a decent narrator?
A nice addition to the series--I love the main character, Ruth--and the location, which is another "character" in the stories.
However the narration has been consistently horrid. Jane McDowell's strident, grating voice would leave me clenching my teeth after only a few moments of listening. However, Clare Corbett is worse--but in a different way. She has a pleasant enough voice, easy to listen to, until she attempts to do a male voice. At first I thought I was hallucinating--no WAY her clownish male characterizations would have been permitted. Wrong.
C'mon people--will somebody please just LISTEN to these performances before inflicting them on the paying customers?
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- D. J. OLSON
- 10-20-15
terribly terrible narration!
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would recommend only reading this book. The narrator does dreadful male voices. I am going to finish the story by reading it and return this to Audible.
Would you be willing to try another book from Elly Griffiths? Why or why not?
Only with the narrator of the first books in this series.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Clare Corbett?
The narrator of the first books or anyone who can do believable male voices.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Yes.
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- Tracey
- 02-06-13
Another great entry in the series
This 5th volume is my favorite of the series. I appreciated the different setting: Blackpool sees Ruth consulting on recent find by her old college chum (now dead in a mysterious fire.) Druid friend Cathbarth and Kate are in tow.
DCI Nelson and wife are vacationing in Blackpool, visiting his mother. Naturally, the 3 become entangled in solving the mystery behind archaeologist Goldingls fiery death.
I like the introduction to Nelson' family (his mum is a hoot and bonds quickly with Cathbarth) as well as his old "stomping" ground and colleagues. I look forward to seeing more of Sgt Tim (hoping he will follow Nelson back south, as he is an intriguing character.)
The mystery holds together fairly well and Kate isn't too much an intrusive part of the story (I typically prefer the surly loners). I actually find myself looking forward to seeing how Griffiths handles Kate's aging.
Some of the transitions between scenes are a bit choppy, but I suspect this is due to the format (probably wouldn't be as harsh in text.)
Narrator handles the different accents and characters with aplomb.
Highly recommend to any mystery lover.
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- Jean
- 02-05-13
Great Ruth Galloway Mystery!!!
Ruth remains one of my favorite mystery characters. She is very real with believable strengths and weakness. Like all of us she is always second guessing herself. DCI Nelson and the Druid Cathbarth, other characters in these tales, are well developed with their own strengths and weakness. Ms. Griffiths' books, well plotted and riveting until the last paragraph, leave the reader wanting more.
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- Margaret
- 04-25-13
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I have enjoyed all of Elly Griffiths books about Dr Ruth Galloway.
What a pity the publisher changed the reader for this unabridged book.
The general narration was fine but I thought this reader was very poor on the mens' voices..
A good story spoiled for me by this.
If there are any more planned, please revert to the original reader.
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- Clare pitt
- 04-16-15
Good book, annoying narrator
Not a bad story, quite interesting at times but the narrators attempt at male and the child's voices set my teeth on edge.
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- Apts48
- 03-31-15
Great book but narrator misses
If you could sum up Dying Fall in three words, what would they be?
Fun, different, entertaining
What did you like best about this story?
The Characters and the archeology aspects coming together within a mystery.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Clare Corbett?
The original narrator was great. Please bring her back! Other reviewers have said the same. Clare Corbett is a good narrator and have liked her very much for other books but she was not good for this book. Her take on the regional accents was poor and whenever the child Kate appears SHE SCREAMS in this awful fake child voice. I found it so disturbing that it almost ruined a wonderful fun book for me as it was actually unpleasant and jarring.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
book yes - narrator no.
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- Kirsten Behrens
- 09-26-15
I miss the performance of Jane McDowell.
Would you be willing to try another one of Clare Corbett’s performances?
I miss the performance of Jane McDowell.
For the female voices and the story line, Clare Corbett does an excellent job, but her male and child voices sounds like a caricature.
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- Saffy
- 07-19-13
Hugely enjoyable series
Would you consider the audio edition of Dying Fall to be better than the print version?
As I currently have a visual impairment the audio edition is a lifesaver for me!
What did you like best about this story?
The continuing story of Ruth Galloway and friends. If you have never read any of this series I would suggest starting at the beginning.
Have you listened to any of Clare Corbett’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Yes I have listened to many of her performances and she is definitely one of my favourite narrators. This is one of her best performances, she really makes you feel a part of the story and the characters lives.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
It is not an unputdownable gripping story but it does draw you in over the course of the book.
Any additional comments?
I love the Ruth Galloway series and would highly recommend it. This is not the best in the series as the story gets a little silly in places but I still loved it!
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-15-15
Great story
Loved this story. Preferred narration by Jane McDowell in previous books listened too.
Love the characters Already downloaded number 6!
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- Valerie
- 10-12-14
Good story spoilt by bad narrator
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Clare Corbett?
Jane McDowell
Any additional comments?
I loved the story, but the narrator spoilt it for me. Her male voices were awful. Unfortunately I have already bought the next story and Clare Corbett is again the narrator. However, I shall not buy any further books in this series if she continues to read them.
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- Michelle
- 03-10-13
Almost Perfect
This is Elly Griffiths at her best, unfortunately at is ruined by one thing; the narrator's characterisation of Cathbad's voice.
The story is classic Ruth Galloway and it cannot be faulted, the usual suspects are all there, with the twist that the main plot is set on the Lancashire coast. Most of the voice characterisations, which is very important when listening to a book, are fine. The voice of Cathbad, however, is dreadful. The Druid grew up in rural Ireland and has spent his adult life, as far as we have been informed thus far, in Manchester and rural Norfolk; the narrator makes him sound as though he were a bad actor trying to portray the result of a Home Counties upbringing coupled with Eton and Oxbridge.
The book itself would be a definite "five stars", but I just cannot do the same for this audiobook as a whole.
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- mollyeyre
- 02-23-15
Not brilliant
The story in this was a bit odd and far-fetched, but okay-ish. I did get irritated by the fact that so much was made of the Lancashire, Yorkshire divide yet the accent that was used was Yorkshire NOT Lancashire. It also gets a bit over the top in the 'oh dear I am so fat and frumpy!' department (Ruth). I don't think I'd bother with another in the series, especially with this narrator.
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- Janette
- 03-02-13
Back on Form
Great to see the author back on form. In this book we discover more about our favourite characters from the previous books and also discover new characters added to the family. I have to say I loved Nelson's Mum and her interpretation of Cathbads name.
I bought this novel without reading any synopses as I like the author so much. So imagine my surprise settling down on my train trip to Blackpool from Scotland to discover the book set in and around the blackpool area, which brought the whole story alive for me as I knew where Ruth and Kate were located.
Superb read that had me laughing, crying and near the end so shocked I could hardly breath and shouting aloud "Oh NO!: If you read you may discover why lol.
I Highly recommend this book.
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- imtralee
- 05-12-15
the narrator loses me
Jane McDowell seemed to have a much closer affinity with the characters of this series than Clare Corbett, who makes central Male characters sound either creepy/sleezy (Cathbad) or uncaring (Nelson). I miss the old characters.
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- Eosaphrodite
- 08-17-16
Great next book in series
This is a good installment in Ruth Galloway series. Fans should enjoy story but change in narrator is quite disconcerting after consistency of previous titles. Once I got used to the change it was fine though. Clare read well and managed all the different accents and voices beautifully. I think if you haven't read any books in this series before, I'd recommend going back and finding an earlier book in this series to start with as much of the relationships in this book assume prior knowledge.
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- jennifer palmer
- 04-20-16
Painful reader!!
It was almost impossible to enjoy the story at all. The readers voices were horrid. Especially that of the little girl, which was not only high pitched, but ten times louder than any other character. I actually had to cover the speakers on my iPad quickly whenever this character spoke. It disturbed my sleeping dogs! I would definitely not recommend it, the story itself was dull. I would return it but I've returned too many apparently!
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- kath chegwidden
- 08-07-23
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Narrator not up to Audible standards sorry to say. Story was diminished because of this
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- Anonymous User
- 03-04-23
Narrator Change Needed
Not happy with the male voices particularly Nelson & Sandy. They came across as very slow and not very bright.
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- Marnie Owen-Jones
- 01-12-23
Could the narrator not have listened to the other books?!
Another good story by Elly Griffiths. My only quibble was the narration. After listening to the last 4 books, I was saddened to find everybody’s accents and voices have changed. Cathbhadh’s voice, up to now, has been Irish, because he was…Irish. It’s now some public school posh & Nelson has lost his, although slight, northern accent in favour of a dumbed down version of Cathbhadh. All the men sound the same which makes the story hard to follow at times.
I know narrators change from time to time, but could they have a listen to the previous narrator to get an idea of how they’ve been portrayed previously? It’s like reading a book, voicing the characters in your head, then seeing the book made into a movie. Disappointing 😢
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- Anonymous User
- 04-03-22
Change of narrator was jarring in parts
Cathbad narration was dreadful. Kate’s squealing was grating. Nelson’s character changed due to narration.
Sorry to the narrator, otherwise it was fine,
Story was great.
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- Lena H.
- 11-04-21
Out of date
This author seems obsessed with demonising “men in dresses”. Second bad guy in the series so far.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-15-21
dnf due to narrator
I love the series, but the new narrator is awful, especially Nelson and Cathbad. could get more than a few chapters in.
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- Corinne Butler
- 09-23-20
Embarrassing Narration
After listening to and very much enjoying the previous books in this series, narrated by Jane McDowell, I was jarred and reduced to cringes by the Claire Corbett narration of Dying Fall. Her character voices were ridiculous and embarrassing. Such a good plot ruined for me.
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A week's holiday in a luxurious hotel is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But his vacation ends dramatically with the discovery of a dead body in the whirlpool bath. Despite a suspicious lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to ignore the heinous crime, impelling him to send for his enthusiastic young assistant, Sergeant Gemma James. But the stakes are raised significantly when a second murder occurs....
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series readers, start here
- By connie on 02-09-13
By: Deborah Crombie
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Legacy on Trial
- Blake County Legal Thrillers Series, Book 1
- By: Joe Cargile
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Lee Acker is horrified by the violent killing of his childhood best friend. And he is equally distraught to discover that he stands wrongly accused of the crime. As a whirlwind of media frenzy and a high-profile investigation descend on Lee's ordinarily quiet Georgia town, he boldly flees to Mexico in a hunt for answers. But Lee barely has time to catch whispers of shady international dealings before he finds himself detained and extradited back to the United States to stand trial. Now, Lee's last hope rests with the local legal community's rising star, Maggie Reynolds.
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Excellent Story
- By Kindle Customer on 04-27-23
By: Joe Cargile
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Starvation Lake
- A DCI Sean Bracken Crime Thriller, Book 1
- By: John Carson
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Ailsa Connolly was a brilliant psychologist and a respected criminologist. She was also a serial killer. Six years ago, DCI Sean Bracken caught her just before he was about to become her seventh victim. Every year on the anniversary of her incarceration, she taunts him with a phone call, giving him one message: "When I get out, I'll kill you." Now, Bracken has transferred back to Edinburgh and is thrown into the deep end on his first day back on duty. There's a killer who is emulating Ailsa, threatening to surpass her body count.
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Disappointment
- By Wendy S Lewis on 07-14-22
By: John Carson
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Wolf Pack
- Wolf Pack, Book 1
- By: Edo van Belkom
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Most of the time, Noble, Argus, Harlan and Tora are like any other teenagers, prowling the halls of their high school in search of new crushes and true friendships, all while trying to keep up their grades. Except these teens are anything but ordinary… Discovered as wolf cubs in the wilderness of Redstone Forest, the pack knows their adoptive parents are the only humans they can trust with their shape-shifting secret. So whenever the siblings want to wolf around, they race to the forest to run—and relish their special bond.
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Only 4 hours long but full price
- By mary on 03-04-23
By: Edo van Belkom
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The Girls on the Shore
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Jack Holden
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
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It was winter. Cold and clear, a different sort of day for this coast where the westerly winds usually blew rain and cloud. Detective Inspector Matthew Venn is standing by his kitchen window when he first spots them. Two young girls, facing away from him, seemingly staring towards something in the distance. They are holding hands, and they are alone.
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What a ripoff
- By Kathleen on 01-15-22
By: Ann Cleeves
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A Living Remedy
- A Memoir
- By: Nicole Chung
- Narrated by: Jennifer Kim
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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When Nicole Chung graduated from high school, she couldn’t hightail it out of her overwhelmingly white Oregon hometown fast enough. As a scholarship student at a private university on the East Coast, no longer the only Korean she knew, she found a sense of community she had always craved as an Asian American adoptee—and a path to the life she’d long wanted. But the middle class world she begins to raise a family in—where there are big homes, college funds, nice vacations—looks very different from the middle class world she thought she grew up in.
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Beautiful and heartfelt
- By Sandra on 04-23-23
By: Nicole Chung
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Grimm Up North
- A DCI Harry Grimm Crime Novel
- By: David J. Gatward
- Narrated by: Aubrey Parsons
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is forced to take leave from Bristol’s Major Investigations Team when his boss, tired of Harry chasing the ghost of his murderous father, sends him north on secondment. Used to city life and high stress, Harry fears his life will now be spent handing out speeding tickets, finding lost sheep, and directing tourists. But when a local teenager runs away, Harry finds himself pulled into an investigation much worse than anyone could have ever expected.
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An enthralling and entertaining new mystery series
- By Diana in SC @AudiobookObsession on 03-15-21
By: David J. Gatward
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The Bonnie Dead
- DCI Lomond Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Andrew Raymond
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Five years ago, DCI John Lomond led the search for notorious Glasgow child-killer ‘The Sandman', until personal tragedy forced him off the case. In Lomond's absence, the killer was never found. Now, with nothing but work left in his life, Lomond remains obsessed with the case–despite the nightmares it brings. When a child is abducted in similar Sandman fashion from an affluent Glasgow suburb, Lomond is brought in to find them before it's too late.
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Thrilled to find a new Scottish noir series
- By Margaret Layman on 06-17-23
By: Andrew Raymond
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The Long Call
- A Detective Matthew Venn Novel
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Ben Aldridge
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family, too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed.
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Excellent story and narration
- By jeanne on 07-10-21
By: Ann Cleeves
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A Bird in the Hand
- Palmer-Jones, Book 1
- By: Ann Cleeves
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwatching map. Everyone liked him. Or did they? George Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decided quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovered mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remained baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether.
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The Birds deserve better...
- By MedievMedic on 04-19-22
By: Ann Cleeves
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The Engine House: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery
- DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller, Book 1
- By: Rhys Dylan
- Narrated by: Joseph Tweedale
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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When a landslip on Pembrokeshire’s stunning coastal path reveals the harrowing remains of two bodies, ex-DCI Evan Warlow’s quiet retirement is shattered.
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Brilliant
- By Justine Chandler on 02-17-23
By: Rhys Dylan
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The Secrets of Wishtide
- By: Kate Saunders
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged 52, is the widow of an archdeacon who makes her living as a highly discreet private investigator. Her brother, Frederick Tyson, is a criminal barrister living in nearby Highgate with his wife and 10 children. Frederick finds the cases, and Laetitia solves them using her arch intelligence and her immaculate cover as an unsuspecting widow. When a case arises involving the son of the highly connected Sir James Calderstone, Laetitia sets off for Lincolnshire undercover as the family's new governess.
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Thoroughly enjoyable
- By Episteme on 12-31-16
By: Kate Saunders
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The House at Sea's End
- By: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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Ruth Galloway has just returned from maternity leave and is struggling to juggle work and motherhood. When a team from the University of North Norfolk, investigating coastal erosion, finds six bodies buried at the foot of the cliff, she is immediately put on the case. DCI Nelson is investigating, but Ruth finds this more hindrance than help – Nelson is the father of her daughter, Kate. Still, she remains professional and concentrates on the case at hand.
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More Ruth Adventures — Fast-paced Narration
- By Estie D. on 01-05-22
By: Elly Griffiths
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Hero: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
- By: Susan Hill
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 51 mins
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When Simon Serrailler was a rookie constable with the Met, he did something reckless in the course of a night's work which caused a man's death. But his act was praised by his colleagues, and he was called a hero. Years later, now a detective chief superintendent who has been badly injured in the course of duty, he receives a medal for bravery at Buckingham Palace while recollecting that fateful night of his early career, when chance disguised itself as bravery.
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This 'story' makes no sense to me
- By Pamela Donaldson on 05-10-17
By: Susan Hill
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Murder at the Mill
- A Mystery (Iris Grey Mysteries, Book 1)
- By: M. B. Shaw
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Iris Grey rents a quaint cottage in a picture-perfect Hampshire village, looking to escape from her crumbling marriage. She is drawn to the neighboring Wetherby family and is commissioned to paint a portrait of Dominic Wetherby, a celebrated crime writer. At the Wetherby's Christmas Eve party, the mulled wine is in full flow - but so are tensions and rivalries among the guests. On Christmas Day, the youngest member of the Wetherby family, Lorcan, finds a body in the water. A tragic accident? Or a deadly crime?
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Iris Grey Mysteries
- By Beatrice on 12-09-18
By: M. B. Shaw
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Red Ribbons
- Dr. Kate Pearson, Book 1
- By: Louise Phillips
- Narrated by: Caroline Morahan
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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A missing schoolgirl is found buried in the Dublin Mountains, hands clasped together in prayer, two red ribbons in her hair. Twenty-four hours later, a second schoolgirl is found in a shallow grave - her body identically arranged. The hunt for the killer is on. The police call in criminal psychologist Kate Pearson to get inside the mind of the murderer before he strikes again. But the more Kate discovers about the killings, the more it all feels terrifyingly familiar.
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A true psychological thriller
- By BARBARA WAGONER on 12-24-16
By: Louise Phillips