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Clean Break

PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4

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Clean Break

By: Val McDermid
Narrated by: Chloe Massey
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Manchester-based, kick-boxing PI Kate Brannigan takes on the hard men of European organised crime as she battles to recover a Monet in a case that stretches love and loyalty to the limits.

Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan is not amused when thieves have the audacity to steal a Monet from a stately home where she’s arranged security. She’s even less thrilled when the hunt for the thieves drags her on a treacherous foray across Europe as she goes head to head with organized crime. And as if that isn’t enough, a routine industrial case starts leaving a trail of bodies across the Northwest, giving Kate more problems than she can deal with. Cleaning up the mess in Clean Break forces Kate to confront harsh truths in her own life as she battles with a testing array of villains in a case that stretches love and loyalty to the limits.

“Tough, funny and intensely topical.” LITERARY REVIEW©1995 Val McDermid (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Exciting
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It had the requisite mix of deceit, robbery, death and fraud to make it entertaining, but the overly frequent similes became irritating.
I don't know if Chloe Massey had been instructed to change her narration style, but this time round it was lacking in intonation, which detracted from the delivery of the story, with a couple of bizarre pronunciations. At least the awful Scouse accent remained consistent though.
It can't have been that bad, I've downloaded the next in the series.

Enjoyable, but not as good as the previous books

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Every bit of tech is described is great detail, seems to form a large part of the story for whatever reason. This issue with this is that the book was Originally written 20+ years ago so it’s hugely outdated, dial up internet, fax machines, cassette tapes!! The audio book was recorded in 2019 so I found this surprising. It did detract from the story for me

Outdated tech detracts from decent story

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Another hit book really love these books always lots of twists and turns narration was really good

Brilliant mystery always involved with twists

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I really enjoyed this book! The story, plot and characters are brilliant. The narration is excellent.

Fantastic

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The narrator draws you into what is a really good story. I will definitely be continuing with the series

Engaging read

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