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  • Trial and Retribution

  • Trial and Retribution, Book 1
  • By: Lynda La Plante
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (496 ratings)

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Trial and Retribution

By: Lynda La Plante
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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Summary

It is every mother's nightmare. Her child is missing, found murdered. Her lover is the prime suspect.

It is every police officer's dread. A child murder. A circumstantial case.

It is every solicitor's dream. Twelve men and women will decide the verdict. But only you can decide if justice is done for the victim.

©1997 Lynda La Plante (P)2020 Bonnier Books Ltd
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Great book

loved it, good pace and accurate accents by the narrator. Kept you wondering about the suspect's guilt or not until the end.

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Trial and retribution

The plot and the outcome just do not gel. it's as if the author just couldn't bother to properly complete the story! disappointing.

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Sadly foreshortened by audible

At the end of pt 1, you are entertained by a short snippet of part 2 but then cannot find part 2 on audible! What is that all about?

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Close to the best

Good story made great by the narration. Couldn’t better the performance, I’m buying the next in the series and I hope he keeps up the record of not one irritatingly bad accent whatsoever!

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Let down at end

Lynda La Plante is a GREAT writer and this book was no exception. Her characters are believable (just) and her dialogue was read - with accents - in an engaging way. But the plotting and courtroom action let’s this book down. For me.
When I did jury service we were instructed to weigh the evidence and facts - not just rely on prejudice and gut feelings.Decisions took time.
This book comes too fast to an unsatisfying end and spoon fed the conclusion - despite unresolved issues. Maybe parts 2 and 3 are in progress? Maybe a later volume will remove the “so what” impression that made me feel I’d lost time unproductively.

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Excellent story and narration

I was surprised that I didn’t much care for the Prime Suspect novels, so wasn’t too sure what I would make of these other Lynda La Plante works. I was pleasantly surprised! I found the storyline gripping, if a bit gory for me, and Colin Mace’s narration was superb. He has a wonderful deep and easy voice and is very good at switching character, with all of his voices and accents being convincing. A revelation! I will look out for other books narrated by him.

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brilliant

brilliant story and narrated wonderfully well, can't wait to listen to the next book, fantastic

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good

A good story, excellent reader. Can't help but download the next book in the series.

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Brilliant Listen

I really enjoyed this and it was a bit different from the other audiobooks from La Plante. The story was great and fantastically well read by Mace. I’ll be looking forward to the next one in this particular series.

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Don't want to spoil it

I felt terribly let down and deflated by the ending. It was like an England football team penalty shootout.
I'm sure most people will like it but it annoyed me.

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