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Killing Time

By: Matthew Costello, Neil Richards
Narrated by: Neil Dudgeon
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Urban Explorers love the excitement of 'exploring' long-abandoned buildings, searching for mysteries in the dark, empty places. But when one such explorer takes a solo tour of a decaying mansion near Cherringham, he discovers that some houses can turn fatal. Just a careless accident? His friends don't believe so and call on Jack and Sarah to investigate. And before long it's clear that the past can harbour deadly secrets that nobody is safe from...

Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick read for the morning commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.

Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few. Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and the successful crime fiction series Cherringham.

The narrator of the audiobook, Neil Dudgeon, has been in many British television programmes including the roles of 'DCI John Barnaby' in Midsomer Murders and 'Jim Riley' in The Life of Riley. He is also known for his film roles in The Nativity, Sorted and Son of Rambow. In 2012 Dudgeon starred as Norman Birkett on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series written by Caroline and David Stafford.

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Excellent!

Great story & as always excellent reading by Neil Dudgeon. He makes the stories come to life! Love it!

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Love Jack and Sarah..

The 37th novella I've read about Sarah and Jack and I've loved every one of them. This was about 4 ubexers, for those of you who don't know, which I didn't until I read this novella, it's people who go looking searching around haunted houses, deserted military bases, deserted hospitals, and like that. This one was about one of the ubexers getting killed in a house that was left as if the owners just disappeared. It was a good story^^^^^^^^

No romance and no swearing^^^^^^^^

As for the narration: Neil Dudgeon does such a fabulous job on these stories.

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Another Great Episode in a Family- friendly series

As a listener from day one, it's heartwarming to hear how all the characters develop. Sarah's daughter is now a twenty- something adult and working at her mother's business to help out until she finds a life direction. The friendship between Jack and Sarah has a richness of a long-term relationship. kudos to both authors and narrator for keeping the series fresh and timely.

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Love this series so much I get started and can’t stop listening. Love jack and Sarah and the rest of the cast. They seem real and I love the cherringham village in their cotswalds. I’m waiting for the two of them to realize they are in love. Can’t wait for the next one I wish they were longer. Thank you. Keep writing!

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Quintessential Cherri glam

Great story. Jack, Sara, the whole gang. Listen to Neil Dugeon relay the events in his calm yet interested manner.

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More Cherringham, please!!!

Love these fun books! Great for any time! Love Neil Dudgeon’s voice! MORE!!! MORE, PLEASE❣️

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Just couldn’t relate to this one ... but..

This is another solid story with an interesting scenario but it just didn’t appeal to me personally. Great narration as always. Looking forward to the next in the series.

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Great Mysteries

I’ve listened to all of the Cherringham series, and I have to say that they are one of my all time favorites!! Good, clean fun!! I hope that Matthew Costello and Neil Richards will continue on with Jack and Sarah’s (and maybe Chloe?) adventures in the quaint English town of Cherringham for a long time to come!

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Love all of them

Annoyed that we are required to write these to have the review count. This is book 37 and the reviews are the same for me. 5 stars for the series

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Addictive mystery series

I have been listening to these books for years. I escape into the bucolic world of Cherringham where. crimes are solved by the most unlikely pairing of a retired New York homicide detective and a British divorced mother of two small business owner. Each story is creative and weaves you into the character relationships while solving the crime. The authors keep you wanting more.

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