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Body Language
- Narrated by: Ellie Kendrick
- Series: Cassie Raven, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: LGBTQ+, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Summary
The dead can talk - we just need to listen....
Camden mortuary assistant Cassie Raven has pretty much seen it all. But this is the first time she's come face to face with someone she knew on the slab. Someone she cared about.
Geraldine Edwards, the teacher responsible for her returning to education after she got ensnared in a life of drugs. The woman who acted as a second mother to the orphaned Cassie.
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Critic reviews
"Spellbinding storytelling." (Val McDermid)
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- V. O'Regan
- 28-11-20
Excellent mystery
This proved a real surprise and an excellent mystery with an unusual lead in Cassie Raven. A promising start to a new series
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- Isabel Campelos
- 27-02-21
A+++ narrator. Very entertaining
I couldn't put down. Ellie Kendrick delivers superbly. An unusual storyline but not too incredible
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- Elle
- 19-12-20
review body language
Loved it, looking forward to the next one .Reading.was excellent and contributed greatly to enjoyment
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- Teresa Harwood
- 27-03-21
Really enjoyable
Cassie Raven is a rebel, but a very likeable rebel . She is settled in her job at Camden mortuary, she cares for the dead and they tell her their secrets. When the body of her friend and teacher, Mrs E, is brought into the mortuary Cassie feels that something is very, very wrong especially after meeting Mrs E’s estranged son. Convinced that the police will not take her seriously Cassie is determined to investigate on her own. Will she find out the truth or has she stepped into something more deadly than she realises? Excellent characters and a great story, really enjoyable.
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- Patricia
- 20-08-21
Unexpectedly good and different
What a treat to discover a new author with a very new and different story. The narration was very good too.
I will certainly be checking out more books by A K.Turner.
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- Crediton Jules
- 01-08-21
I actually went to bed early!
I usually like to listen to an audible book for about an hour to settle me down for sleep. I was enjoying this story so much I actually went to be earlier so I could listen to this book!
I hope that there are more books with these characters in them.
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- Nicks
- 31-12-20
I managed half
...before I returned this book. I'm not sure why the very high ratings (although only 2 reviews written). I wasn't particularly gripped by the story and found the descriptions of body parts and post mortems a little boring. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the narrator's voice either.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-07-21
Well read good performance
enjoyed the story well read would read more from this author worth a listen enjoyed
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- dehenzil
- 23-04-21
Different in a good way
Thought the narrator was annoying at first but got better and began to enjoy it and she suited the character and was also very good at the other character voices. Story was a bit different and enjoyed it very much would recommend
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- Ilovethisblanket
- 21-05-22
Excellent
I wasn’t expecting anything from this - I didn’t know the author or narrator - but I was gripped from the start. Brilliantly executed, believable and interesting plot with a sneaky flavour of the another dimension. Loved it.