The Rat Stone Serenade

A DCI Daley Thriller, Book 4

By: Denzil Meyrick

Narrated by: David Monteath

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

It's December, and the Shannon family are returning home to their clifftop mansion near Kinloch for their annual AGM. Shannon International is one of the world's biggest private companies, with tendrils reaching around the globe in computing, banking and mineral resourcing, and it has brought untold wealth and privilege to the family. However, a century ago Archibald Shannon stole the land upon which he built their home, and his descendants have been cursed ever since.

When heavy snow cuts off Kintyre, DCI Jim Daley and DS Brian Scott are assigned to protect their illustrious visitors. As an ancient society emerges from the blizzards, and its creation, the Rat Stone, reveals grisly secrets, ghosts of the past come to haunt the Shannons. As the curse decrees, death is coming. But for whom, and from what?

©2016 Denzil Meyrick (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

Excellent

Great series. Love the characters as well as the storyline. Will continue to listen to this series.

Ridiculous soap opera

Narrator is brilliant as always but the series is sinking. Characters are all over the place, there’s little to no real detecting, unbelievable coincidences abound and too much fantastical elements for belief.

Too many improbable story lines

I like the series, but this entry was too bizarrely convoluted, characters shift and behave unbelievably, and there were too many story lines that all came together in an improbable mess.

GREAT

This book of gosh it it excellent twist and turns you would not believe now I have to go get the next in the series

Engaging and a fun listen

Daley and Scott are fast becoming my best friends. Gripping storylines and lovable characters make this series a must-listen.

disappointed

Not believable- same old tropes. The connections are tenuous. Sometimes repeats descriptors in the same paragraph- maybe get a better editor.

Preposterous plot but still somehow engaging

So the plot of this book becomes more and more preposterous as it progresses. Nevertheless the writing is so well done that you can't help but be interested to find out how it all ends. But the real saving grace is the narrator who is absolutely mesmerizing. Maybe it's just being stuck in the house under quarantine that is allowing me to be generous given the crazy twists and turns this story took. This is in no way a police procedural It is much more of a thriller with some absolutely unbelievable situations occurring. If you want a good listen and are willing to suspend your disbelief it's a fun ride with characters you've grown to know and love.

MAJOR volume, production problems

I've downloaded a SLEW of episodes (OK - maybe three) in this smart, well-written series (which I love) in the hope that one of 'em will have been recorded with sufficient volume that I don't have to listen to it in a flippin' cloister or deprivation tank to actually hear it.
C'mon, Audible: I'm blowin' credits here and could use some help: this series deserves WAY better than this production hell hole.

I struggled thru a few chapters but ...

I gave it up, Awww! Save me from middle aged men. The promise of the first book has NOT come to fruition. I risked this book after the last but no...I fast forwarded to the end (which I never do!) but more of the same boorish drivel even the ending where maybe the skank has an accident and hopefully perishes is not worth the risk!

2

I really like the series but this title is way too long. I suggest
buying this when you've been through the others. If you Like 20
foot snow drifts, slow speed vehicle chases, lots and lots of family with hangers on, more snow and very lucky police this your book. Both ghostly and
nonghostly interventions included.