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Bright Shiny Things

By: Barbara Nadel
Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
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Out of the blue, private investigator and ex-soldier Lee Arnold receives a visit from an old army mate. Abbas al'Barri worked as a translator with him during the Second Iraq War. Now living in Ilford with his family, Abbas is convinced that he's had a message from his estranged son Fayyaad, who was radicalised and was last thought to be fighting for ISIL in Iraq. Does Fayyaad's message indicate a change of heart? Abbas is desperate for Lee's help in establishing some contact with him, a point with which Lee's Muslim assistant Mumtaz might be able to help.©2017 Barbara Nadel (P)2017 W F Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Detective Genre Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Private Investigators Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Middle East Heartfelt Suspense Military
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...and a wonderful series that I've now unfortunately finished. Hakim and Arnold are a fascinating combination, listen to them...

Great narrator...

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I love the Hakim and Arnold series and have listened to them all, so was very excited to get the latest offering, No 5 in this series!
Got in my car today to drive to work, switched on and OMG...she has ditched the brilliant Paul Thornley and replaced him with someone called Charles Armstrong!
I don't want to continue listening as he is not holding my attention and he is just NOT right for these books!
Whatever possessed her to do this??? Such a shame...not sure I'll continue with them anymore as the narrator is vital for me!!!

VERY DISAPPOINTED!

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What made the experience of listening to Bright Shiny Things the most enjoyable?

like the characters and finally some movement on the relationship between the central two characters

Who was your favorite character and why?

the two leads are well drawn balanced and sympathetic

What about Charles Armstrong’s performance did you like?

it was fine but had enjoyed Paul Thornley reading to date

Long awaited - book 6 please

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What did you like best about Bright Shiny Things? What did you like least?

Good plot and development of the main characters' story lines from the previous books, but a real shame that it wasn't Paul Thornley narrating.

Would you be willing to try another one of Charles Armstrong’s performances?

Not on a Hakim and Arnold novel.

Wrong narrator

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I found the narration of this book very disappointing. The narrator appears not to have done his homework in listening to the previous books and was inconsistent with his pronunciation of Bangladeshi names, varying at random (it seemed) between "Hook" and "Huk" for Mumtaz's family. He also seemed to confuse "he" and "she" a lot. Paul Thornley did a great job with books 1-4 so perhaps Charles Armstrong suffered in the comparison. However, I'll avoid his narrations in the future.

Great story, poor narrator

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