Moorings

British Detective Tanner Murder Mystery Series, Book 3

By: David Blake

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Moorings is the third in a chilling series of books which will rapidly convert followers of L. J. Ross, Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and Helen H. Durrant into David Blake devotees.

When Harry Falcon, a wealthy boatyard owner and decorated World War Two veteran, is found drowned in his bath, DI John Tanner and DC Jenny Evans start by questioning his two sons, each with a motive for wanting him dead. But when the elder son is found with his head smashed in under a toppled yacht, and the younger son has been talking to a local property developer, one who’d spent months trying to buy the yard from his father, the investigation soon leads them towards a dark and dangerous secret, one which nobody can quite believe. Set within the Norfolk Broads, this fast-paced British detective series is a murder mystery that will have you guessing until the very end, when the last shocking twist is finally revealed.

©2019 David Blake (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd

Great book and reader

The authors books are getting better and better. The reader is as usual fantastic. I like the way this series has evolved over time, and I look forward to the next installment

Candy

I sure hope Audible keeps this series going ASAP!! It’s one of the best I’ve listened to having over 225 books in my library!! The author is such a humerus writer and the narrator is excellent!! I laugh out loud with the banter between John and his girl whose name slips my mind at this time:( I already purchased the next next book and can’t wait for it to be released!! Excellent Excellent Excellent!!

Great series and narration..

Another good murder-mystery ‘starring’ John Tanner and Jenny Evans. This time it was about the murders of a father and his 2 sons then the discovery of a lot of murdered young women, including Tanner’s daughter, a year before. It was a very exciting story.

The only romance was of Tanner and Jenny living together but there wasn’t even a kiss shared between them and the F-bomb was used 15 times.

As to the narration: LOVE Jonathan Keeble! He’s an awesome narrator.

Great!

Another worthy addition to this series! An enjoyable and engaging British police procedural. Excellent narration,

Love This Series

Fast paced thriller/police procedural with wonderful characters and humor throughout. My new favorite author. Narrated by by the brilliant Johathan Keeble.

Creepy Protagonist

I stopped listening to this audio book a few months ago. I think it’s the third or fourth novel in the series and I’m just not going to keep listening and here’s why…this protagonist is creepy AF!
 
First of all, he recently went through a divorce after his adult daughter was murdered. So he transfers to this new location and immediately gets into a relationship with his subordinate who is about the same age as his murdered daughter. It’s disturbing, but it gets worse. Here are some scenarios that are part misogynistic, part paternalist, part incestuous:
 
(1) When his “girlfriend” who is the same age as his daughter wants him to buy her a bracelet similar to one his daughter had, he refuses, and she pouts. Pouts! Like a little girl would. This is his lover. I’m not making this up!
 
(2) He wants to her quit the police force because he thinks it’s too dangerous for her. This comes up in more than one novel in this series. Is this author living in the 1950s? Really?
 
(3) Despite the above, the protagonist wants her to come and do an illegal search with him, so he tries to get her drunk, so she’ll agree. Is this conduct ok?
 
(4) He hides the fact that he is meeting his ex-wife in London and, when his daughter/girlfriend finds out, he attempts to bribe her to appease her.
 
(5) When he sees his ex-wife, he’s surprised she’s seeing someone, but then he says something to the effect of “it makes sense. She actually has a decent figure for a woman in her 40s.” Wow! a woman who still looks good in her 40s?! How can this be possible? I found this hilarious and so very out of touch with modern life. (Oh yes, and misogynistic again!)
 
This protagonist is an incompetent detective (just like this writer is an incompetent writer):
 
(1) He’s abrupt and bombastic which might be quirky if he could actually solve the crime, but I think he only has come close to solving the crime in one of these books. Another reason not to waste your time.
 
(2) The medical examiner has to teach this seasoned detective from the Met in London what petechiae is? Really? I think any person who has read a modern mystery novel or listened to a true crime podcast knows what that is, but not this detective?
 
Just a note to the author. It’s “blood spatter”, not “blood splatter”. Is this author even for real? I only listened to the first few audio books to learn about a different region in England and because I normally enjoy Jonathan Keeble’s reading, but even he couldn’t make this revolting protagonist drowning in toxic masculinity appeal to me.
 
Trust me. Unless you’re an incel and you hate women, don’t read these novels.

I know I could probably return this book and get my money back, but I would rather be able to write a review and warn you.

not as good as the first two

the plot became totally over worked with a cartoon ish violence.. the characters are good, so is the placing detail.

I think this will be my last in this series...

I read the reviews before I purchased this one so I knew there was a chance that I wasn't going to like it, and I don't. The main characters are awful people. Tanner thinks he can just do whatever he wants because he has a badge and often he doesn't do the right thing. The romance between him and Jenny is just yucky given their age difference and most certainly would not be tolerated as he is a DI and she is a DC.

It's to bad too. The mystery portion of the books are ok and the narration is great. I probably would have continued on but I now really just despise Tanner too much.