• The Whitby Murders

  • A Yorkshire Murder Mystery, Book 6
  • By: J. R. Ellis
  • Narrated by: Michael Page
  • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (226 ratings)

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The Whitby Murders

By: J. R. Ellis
Narrated by: Michael Page
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Publisher's summary

A murder with three witnesses. But one of them doesn’t believe what she saw...

Halloween, Whitby. DCI Jim Oldroyd’s daughter Louise is in town with friends for a goth festival. But their visit to an escape room ends in bloody murder when one of the group stabs his girlfriend and flees the scene. It’s a crime with three witnesses - but Louise refuses to take what she saw at face value.

Oldroyd and DS Carter are called in to solve the case, assisted from the sidelines by Louise. But the closer they investigate, the more complex the web of deceit appears. This is no straightforward crime of passion.

With a violent murderer on the loose, it’s only a matter of time before they strike again. And this time it’s personal. Oldroyd must expose the truth, protect his daughter and stop the horror before it’s too late.

©2021 by J. R. Ellis. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Fun series

this is such an enjoyable series of books. the narration is very good and the story is always very interesting

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Grow a backbone

What a bunch of needy, lillylivered, whiny awfulizers. To paraphrase one of the characters in the story, “I just can’t stand it anymore.”

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Lots of atmosphere so so plot

Disappointed in the plot. Loved the Whitby setting. Performance struck me as overdramatic. Women's voices occasionally sounded like a Monty Python spoof/sketch - shrill & out of cadence. Not Ellis' best book nor Page's best performance.

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Loved It

Quotations from Dracula, a small town murder creepiness running.up.and down your spine.. You need something.more? The mystery in this novel is intriguing while allowing the reader the chance to look closely.at the characters. Well.done.

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Great story with a twist at the end

Loved the character development and the way it was woven into the plot. Every book in this series has been enjoyable.

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Yorkshire Scooby Gang?

I am in love with these books and have read every one and enjoyed them immensely. This one was borderline “Scooby Doo”-esque and a little over the top. But I will continue to read every he puts out, this one was just a little silly

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Disappointing addition to series

I’ve enjoyed the other books in the series, but this one was just not up to par. From his daughter to her weak, self absorbed friends I almost stopped listening. I figured out what happened pretty quickly. Even the narrator was below standard. Every voice sounded like the others, the women being especially poor. I didn’t feel that way in the rest of the series. Letting the chief detective work on a case his daughter was fully involved in? He never would have allowed it in any case he was in charge of. It was just bad.

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Rubbish

Clumsy. Painful repetition of plot points. Disregard for police procedure. End of the road for me with this author.

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Narration almost ruins mediocre book

The plot isn't terribly interesting. The narration - gruff, gravelly voice for all characters - results in little in the way of character development.

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Sniveling policeman?

I generally enjoyed the previous books in the series but found this one excruciatingly maudlin, vastly too many tears all over the place. Found it extremely irritating.

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