• Lane

  • A Case For Willows And Lane, Book 1
  • By: Peter Grainger
  • Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
  • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,382 ratings)

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Lane

By: Peter Grainger
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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Publisher's summary

"So I thought I might take up paragliding. You know, buy one on eBay and just jump off the cliff one morning."

Emily Willows is middle-aged, widowed, wealthy, and bored. When she makes those flippant remarks to her son over coffee one Friday, she has no inkling that within a few hours she will be facing the most terrifying situation of her life. Nor could she have guessed that she will be confronting it with the enigmatic young woman who moved in next door a few months ago and who has hardly spoken a word to her since. And neither of them has realized yet that after this meeting, their lives will never be the same again.

©2017 Peter Grainger (P)2018 Tantor

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Disappointed

I so loved the DC Smith series and hoped to love this one too. It missed the mark for me with little character development made worse by flat, uninspired narration.

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Willow & Long (I hope for a many book series).

Peter Grainger has another page turner, could not stop 🛑 listening. I Wondered In first chapter how Willow & Long would mesh, WOW. What a ride, stayed up until 3am to finish.
Henrietta Meire excellent performance 🎭, she makes this series special in the same manner Gildart Jackson makes DC Smith.

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Good story

This was the first Peter Grainger book I’ve heard and I enjoyed it but like other people have commented it just ends to shortly like a made for television program, it just ended abruptly it felt like. I think it could have gone on for two or three more chapters, to set up the next book.

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Satisfying, clever, evocative!

What a pair these two make. The author brilliantly introduces a fascinating cast of characters, creates a wonderful, picturesque backdrop, and provides plenty of reasons to read the next in the series. The narration is superb. I wanted to hear more! It was short, and the narration went along at a good clip. For the first time, I occasionally slowed it down.

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Great listen!

Narration: 5/5, story 5/5. This is a definite yes if you’re wondering is it worth it. Not 1/4 of the way through listening and I started searching hopefully to find the next book in the series. When I happily found it (One Way Tickets) I snapped it up. Peter Grainger’s writing is delightful and engrossing and Henrietta Meire’s performance is spot on.

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Not as engrossing as D.I. Smith

I bought both 1& 2 because I love Peter Grainger’s British mysteries. Not regretting my purchase; it was fast paced in spots and an okay listen, but will not buy more. Willow and Lane lack the appeal of Grainger’s earlier, we’ll-developed Smith series’ characters.

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very good

the author is a genius. The book is very good. Because he's a genius, he has written even better ones for example DC Smith

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too short....

loved the DC Smith series and now this one too! what great writing and characters. highly recommended

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I was on the edge of my seat!

This was a Fantastic read! I was on the edge of my seat & feel like I've found a Great series to start!

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Wrong reader

Emily Willows is a ‘middle aged’ woman and Meire’s frail, tired, wavering characterization paints her as geriatric. And flatly geriatric at that. Everyone is flat. And please slow down, it’s not a race! I have come to enjoy Grainger’s work, which can be informative, suspenseful, witty, insightful and at times, lyrical and this reader does not do him justice. It’s disappointing. As far as the story goes, it’s our introduction to these characters so there’s that getting to know them thing… it’s an ok story. But given the reader I probably won’t go into them more deeply.

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