Three Rivers

British Detective Tanner Murder Mystery Series, Book 4

By: David Blake

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Three Rivers is the fourth in a chilling series of audiobooks that will rapidly convert followers of L J Ross, Faith Martin and Helen H Durrant into David Blake devotees.

A body caught on the end of a mast, another skewered by a rhond hook and a chain of evidence Tanner simply cannot accept. As a twisting gale howls its way over Barton Broad, DS Jenny Evans joins a handsome old friend to help rescue the crew of an overturned boat. But when they discover a body, snagged on the end of the mast, one murder soon follows another, leaving DI John Tanner facing a race against time, desperate to prove that the most obvious suspect isn’t who everyone seems to think it is.

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

Performance is great!

I really got tired of listening to Jenny acting rather immature about changes on the job she didn’t like or getting so angry with Tanner and not listening at all to what he was saying.

Characters are flawed

I have liked the series so far, but agree with other reviewers that have said that the characters are becoming less likable. I was hoping they’d find that Jenny committed the crimes. Some huge relationship red flags and yet he proposed at the end?

Character really annoying

Let me start by saying mystery/murder was very good as the others in the series. However, the chracters have evolved for the worse. Tanner needs to be sent to anger management and a communication workshop. Jenny needs to see a shrink about her verbal abusive behavior, overruse of sarcasm that has morphed to become downright rude and that she seems emotionally stuck in high school. The book refers to Jenny as smart yet she seem like she can't comprehend typical police procedure/policy so of course resorts to be rude and dismissive. Somehow it appears ok for Jenny to indulge in thoughts and hang out with a younger, cuter old friend, but Tanner cannot even look the direction of an attractive colleague who he was forced to work with. Back to the story, I was able to guess the bad guy right away but the story had enough twist and turns to make me doubt. The ending was a bit of a surprise wtih bad guy and - SPOILER - Literally the worse proposal ever recorded. Not even once in Jenny's life could she not say anything loving but has to be snippy about the entire event.

Implausible

Johnathan Keeble does a great job. I preferred the previous books. Hopefully, the next one is not so unbelievable.

Great narration - juvenile characters

The narration was great and the story line were great! The characters were somewhat juvenile. Seemed more interested in their love life and each other’s feelings than the victims. This author also seems to think female police officers are immature and unprofessional. The cases are interesting so I’ll try one more and hope he exhibits more respect for them and all of the characters have grown up.