SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS

DCI Garrick thriller - book 1

De: M.G. Cole

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

DCI David Garrick is haunted by the past—and it’s about to cost more lives.

Still scarred by his sister’s brutal murder and tormented by visions he can’t explain, Garrick is barely holding his team together when mutilated bodies begin appearing in Kent’s picture-perfect villages. Each corpse carries the same grotesque signature: a trophy carved from the victim’s flesh.

As Garrick digs deeper, he uncovers a hidden world of human trafficking and organised crime festering beneath the county’s idyllic surface. But with the death toll rising and no clear link between the victims, one terrifying question remains: is he chasing a lone killer—or something far worse?

From acclaimed screenwriter Andy Briggs (writing as MG Cole) comes a gripping debut crime thriller that rips the heart out of the “Garden of England” to expose its darkest secrets.

A Slaughter of Innocents is perfect for fans of Peter James,JD Kirk, Rachel McLean, and Ann Cleeves - an unflinching psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page.

Start the DCI David Garrick series today - and step into the shadows of British crime fiction.

“M.G. Cole is a brilliant new addition to the echelon of British crimewriters.”
PETER JAMES, author of the bestselling 'Grace' novels.

"Dark, grim, tense. A compelling new voice."
PAUL FINCH, author of the Detective Mark Heckenburg novels.

What Readers are saying:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Holy crap what a way to end a book!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Couldn’t put it down!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you want to get in at the beginning of a good series, this is the one!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I can't wait to read the next in the series
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A refreshing change.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Will keep you guessing till the last pages and thinking after the ink is dry!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The debut novel in an enthralling series
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Promising yourself: “one more chapter before turning the lights off won’t be enough…”

Great story, bad AI read9ng

I really liked the story. Character development was great, and the storyline intriguing. But the AI narrator was just not up to scratch. I'd have to keep rewinding and re-listen to parts to figure out who was saying what, and the dullness of the voice did nothing to convey the emotion of speech or the ambiance of the situations. In the end, I stopped listening, and would rather buy this book in hard copy to read it for myself.

Bad AI reading

I really wanted to like this but couldn't get into it with the AI reading it. There were no voice inflections and it was difficult to know which character was speaking.

The ‘narrator’ AI is horrible

The quality of the story is totally overshadowed by the terrible quality of the narration. I’m surprised using AI they can’t train it to pronounce words properly and they’re so bad it’s almost comical. It also has really terrible inflection with no personality at all and it’s certainly not surprising that it’s a dictated.

Work on that AI

Oh did the AI fail here. I’m not actually sure what some of the characters are called the names are so mangled. Also epic fail on any of the police slang. I mean so co.. is what exactly? Also the characters that speak with any sort of regional accent are down right offensive

Computer Generated Narration Sucks

Computer generated narration jarringly disrupts the narrative.
- Misplaced pauses and emphasis
- Inability to deal with hyphens (“minus”) or single letters (“businessahlevels”)
- Wrong pronunciation for the context or non-English language words (chili con carn, Al Capony), resulting in the wrong tense (read), meaning, usage, etc.

Story Nice but Virtual Voice Horrible

I should have read the description more closely--I would have never bought this title had I known it was virtual voice. It was terrible. I had to keep rewinding to understand what was happening because the virtual narration isn't a human being with the knowledge of how to change tone, cadence, etc. I won't make this mistake again. Hire skilled human beings!

Horrible AI generated voice!

This could’ve been a great listen but for the AI audio. Like listening to Mapquest in your car for hours and hours. Bor-rrr-ing!!! But. It did put me right to sleep.

AI reading this book!!

Who knows if the book is any good?? With a voice that has no inflection and is mispronouncing words like 'secondment' I couldn't take it past the fifth chapter. This author may have a good book but the audible version is terrible. Literally terrible.