Inspector Hobbes and the Common People

Unhuman, Book 5

By: Wilkie Martin

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's Summary

No stranger to fear since meeting the unhuman Inspector Hobbes, Andy Caplet fears getting fired from his reporting job (again). His main concern, though, is a shady property developer who has designs on Sorenchester Common, and more annoyingly on his wife.

Perhaps a trip to the mountains will help him relax, but this proves even more perilous with foul weather, inedible food, brigands, and a terrifying cruise. Fortunately, mountain leopards, Yetis and Flossy, the yak, take a shine to Andy.

Back in the Cotswolds, a child gets murdered and a new detective takes on the case. When Hobbes returns, he (with Andy’s dubious assistance) is relegated to hunting an enormous bird with killer feet. Meanwhile, Andy still worries about the common and the reclusive Common People (surely not Yetis?), who will lose their homes if the housing development goes ahead. 

This is the fifth in Wilkie Martin’s unhuman series of cozy comedy crime fantasies.

©2021 Martin Wilkinson and Julia How (P)2021 Martin Wilkinson and Julia How

Seemingly shorter, maybe due to 5y wait?

Still loving the stories! Hobbes, the (literally) strong and silent type; Andy, sort of a hero, sort of a push-over, still a bit of a goof, but an all-around good person; and Daphne, the sensible strong woman that loves Andy. This tale didn't include many of the original characters, since Andy and Daphne got married and moved out of Hobb's house.
And the story seemed a little disjointed, moving from Yetis in the mountains to not-Yetis in Sorenchester - to me, it didn't flow as smoothly as the first four books did. Not to say I didn't enjoy it, it just seemed... shorter then the prior books. Maybe it was the 5 year gap between the books? Hopefully we won't have to wait as long for book 6!!

Good for the soul

Love this series! One of my Top 20 all time favs all categories. Please never stop.

Entertaining Series

I am thoroughly enjoying this series.

Not sure how I found it but it has been most delightful.

Lots of action, danger, and human.

Each individual character adds depth to the story.

Tim Campbell brings these stories to life!

So glad to catch up with Andy and Hobbs

and the old girl, too. A wonderful romp with some of the most original and lovable characters. Thanks for continuing the story, and to Tim Campbell for his incredible narration.

A++

I sighed up for Audible's free trial just so I could listen to this faster. Tim Cambell is a marvelous actor, with an incredible voice and the story was as engaging and entertaining as ever.

It's always a good time returning to The Cotswolds and catching up with Hobbes and friends. I won't spoil anything, as I hate spoilers myself, but I do hope we get to see more of Daphne in future installations. Her thrill for adventure ans roll woth the punches attitude is a nice change of pace.

A Fan of the Series...But

I enjoyed the last four novels in the series, but Martin doesn't bring anything fresh to the characters or story world. Get the first four, skip this one.

Enjoyed spending tme with Andy and Hobbes

Nice series - a bit of fluff, some quirk, a mystery, and adventures with Andy.

I Love Hobbes!

This is the best yet! Wilkie Martin is a master at weaving mystery with quirky and comedic fantasy. Hobbes is a gentle (usually) giant who saves the day.

I love this series!

This is a wonderful series to listen to. The story is entertaining and I love the interaction between the characters. Andy is hilarious with his constant clumsiness and getting injured in the most unusual ways.
Inspector Hobbs always comes to the rescue though and the other characters add flavor as well.
I just wish Wilkie could write faster. Lol

I wish more people in the world were like Hobbes

Poor clumsy Andy. I can definitely relate to him. I really enjoyed this series. The performance was excellent, the story kept me interested. Hobbes' demeanor was always right on point. The 'voices' of each character and descriptions of them, let me easily picture them in my imagination. This would be an amazing series or movie to watch if the correct actors were chosen for each role. I hope there's more books!

Brilliant hilarity

I was so tempted to knock off a star simply because there just wasn’t enough book.

Good, but not great

Although still enjoyable, it doesn't have the magic of the previous books in the series

Too much Andy

I think the book should have been titled Hapless Andy and the common people. Hobbes is there for the finale but generally just puts in fleeting appearances that act as a palate cleanser from the interminable bumbling of Andy.
The balance of Hobbes/Andy seems off from the other books and by the end I was beginning to hate a character, Andy, that I once enjoyed.
Maybe this book just isn’t as good as the others and I missed the variety that characters like Mrs Goodfellow brought to the other books. The narration was still excellent even if I felt let down by the book.

entertaining

an enjoyable way to spend a few winter afternoons by the fire.
The characters are funny and endearing. Great narration.

Another amazing story from Andy and Inspector Hobbes

So glad to see another instalment out on audible. Absolutely love this series of books. And the narrator is hysterical in his depictions (apart from the Liverpudlian accent lol but that is a tricky one to master)
5 stars! Bravo! Fingers crossed there’s more to come.

Wonderful just like all the other one!

I’m a Willie Martin
I thing the Double entendres are the best. Sometime just the rolling your eyes dumb jokes.

The Quirky Fifth Book

It was fun to join these characters again as they went on a hilarious journey into the mountains. Andy gets up to his usual extreme clumsiness. Hobbes is a big efficient inspector who susses out the little mystery of the common people. Another cotswolds misadventure with new dastardly and weird characters to add to the town kerfuffles.

Great series but weird narration

I love this series - and will continue to look forward to each new book but the narrators pronunciation of certain vowels is quite the strangest thing I’ve ever heard and distracts me. ‘Thought’ is ‘thot’, ‘broad’ is ‘brod’ to mention just a few. Once I heard him say ‘thoughtless’ normally so it is some kind of affectation for some unknown reason but I wish he wouldn’t do it. Distracting, annoying and stupid.