Animal Instinct: Human Zoo

An Audible Original Drama

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We're all animals...although some of us have more primal instincts than others.

Ex-policeman Joe Cassidy has a keen interest in animal behaviour and how it can have a bearing on some of the most heinous of human crimes - a talent that has heavily informed his detective work over the years. Although until now, he thought that he had left detective work behind....

Suffering from PTSD and wracked with guilt and failure after a grisly discovery in a particularly disturbing case, Joe lives in a lonely shack in the shadow of the nuclear power station at Dungeness. But when the daughter of an old friend goes missing, the investigation centres on the wealthy family's animal park.

Owing the owner a favour from years past, Joe is drawn further and further into the enquiry - hoping to solve the riddle of the disappearance amid the family's increasing dysfunction and desperate to find redemption for himself in the process.

Featuring: Fehinti Balogun, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ed Bluemel, Imogen Church, Brendan Coyle, Laurence Dobiesz, Victoria Hamilton, Rebekah Hinds, David John, Harry Lloyd, Brigid Lohrey, Joseph Marcell, Michael Shon, James Smith, Jo Stone-Fewings, Niky Wardley, Sarah Whitehouse and Lia Williams.

Simon BookerImogen ChurchBrendan CoyleVictoria HamiltonJoseph MarcellNiky WardleyLia WilliamsAudible OriginalsJoe Cassidy

Mystery

Police Procedurals

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The pace of this book is pretty breakneck and suits an audible original drama production well (similar style to the Fitzek adaptations).

Would you be willing to try another book from Simon Booker? Why or why not?

I would try another book from Simon Booker as the plot never lost my interest.

What aspect of the narrators’s performance might you have changed?

Now this is where things get tricky as i listen to these dramas on over ear headphones whilst walking the dog normally. The sound mix, as other reviewers have stated, is all over the place - good sometimes...the bird chatter and muffled voices on the edge of the mix really put you in the centre of the story BUT, (and it is a big but), crucial conversations do get lost in the audio mix (one particular one on one conversation was 'inaudible' to my ears) and spoilt part of the drama. The overall mix through headphones felt muted certainly compared to the Fitzek drama productions.
Also, at times, it sounded like the narrator had a nasal cold!
Funnily enough, the mix sounded a lot clearer on my laptop speakers and i just do not know why?

Was Animal Instinct: Human Zoo worth the listening time?

Yes, but probably not one that i will revisit, unlike say, the superb Martin Beck audio dramas.

Any additional comments?

Keep making these original dramas, Audible - i may not like them all, but they all get listened to!