Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Killing the Shadows
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Buy Now for £20.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology to track serial offenders. She vowed never to work for the Met again after they went against her advice and screwed up an investigation as a result.
But when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow crime novelist has been murdered, Fiona can’t help taking an interest. With the killer striking again, Fiona is caught in a race against time.
Critic reviews
More from the same
What listeners say about Killing the Shadows
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ms. Cl Perkins
- 15-07-21
Gripping read, loved it from start to finish
Couldn't stop listening from the very beginning. Great voice for the story and a plot I didn't guess which makes a nice change.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jane
- 04-12-21
Riveting
As always with Val McDermid's books, I was gripped by the story from start to finish. The characters are well-rounded and display the fine sense of humour I have come to expect from this author. My only small gripe would be that I could have done without some of the all too graphic descriptions of what happened to the victims. It definitely didn't put me off the book though. Fabulous as ever.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sue henderson
- 16-06-21
An excellent read
I've read a number of Val mcdermid books all excellent read I started with fire in the blood and went on from there
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Julie F
- 12-12-20
Good story
Usual good story, narration let down by a very poor Spanish accent. Sounded more like a Mexican than a Madrileño.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jean Keay
- 06-02-24
Good story spoilt by awful narration
I think my headline says it all. This was a good story - not Val’s best, but engaging enough to persist despite the dreadful narration. Ridiculous approximations of men’s voices and a strange emphasis where none was necessary. The narration was stilted and stiff with little emotion!. I did reach the end but it was difficult. I will be avoiding any books by this narrator in the future
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- abi c
- 04-01-22
Spoiled by the cringy male voices
I couldn't get past the awful put-on voices for the male characters. would have been much better with just a straight read
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- K
- 19-08-16
Very good
I really enjoyed this story although I feel that this could have been two books. The part set in Toledo could have been a book of its own and didn't really lend anything to the main story. Having said that, it is a very good story with a gripping climax.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Mrs M
- 31-08-22
Predictable
I have read several books by Val McDermid, but if this had been the first, I probably wouldn’t read anything else by her. It was okay but not great…. Hence 3 stars. But previous books have been great.
The main characters are all stupid and always make the assumption that if someone they trust says something then that must be completely correct. E.g. they told me the police had caught the murderer, even though he sounds like the wrong guy, but they wouldn’t get it wrong so it must all be fine now. When the unknown police officer tells them something, they question it.
The story itself seemed rather self-indulgent, but maybe it would have been okay if I wasn’t already getting frustrated with the characters. I guess writing about what you know about is normally a good thing.
I’d still read more by Val McDermid, but if it is as meh as this one, it’ll be the last.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- AliMac67
- 07-04-24
Excellent
A thoroughly gripping story from the outset. Characters were completely believable. The narration was great.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- carey r
- 05-05-22
The worst male accents ever
A bizarre story plot which I could have coped with but Kits accent was just terrible.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful