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The Telling Error
- Culver Valley Crime, Book 9
- Narrated by: David Thorpe, Julia Barrie
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Stuck in a traffic jam, Nicki Clements sees a face she hoped never to see again. It's definitely him, the same police officer, stopping each car on Elmhirst Road. Keen to avoid him, Nicki does a U-turn and makes a panicky escape. Or so she thinks.
The next day, Nicki is pulled in for questioning in connection with the murder of Damon Blundy, controversial newspaper columnist and resident of Elmhirst Road. Nicki can't answer any of the questions detectives fire at her. She has no idea why the killer used a knife in such a peculiar way, or why 'he is no less dead' was painted on Blundy's study wall.
And she can't explain why she avoided Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her life.
Because although Nicki is not guilty of murder, she is far from innocent....
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- Linda
- 15-01-18
Good as ever but irritating Male narration
Having enjoyed the whole Culver Valley series, I felt somewhat let down when Giles Proust not only changed the pronunciation of his name but his accent and whole personality. You wouldn’t think that was possible when just narrating what is written but so much is in the tone of voice. Why are new narrators for a series not asked to listen to previous books? Or told how to pronounce.names? Seems very lax to me. Luckily he didn’t have a big part in this story as it would have ruined it.
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- JoannaSefton
- 01-10-16
Great as always apart from Damon Blundy accent!!
The accent used for Damon Blundy was the most aggravating narration ever experienced in a Sophie Hannah audio book. It made me want to fast forward every time. Would have much rather had Julia Barrie narrating the male parts in the book as usual.
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- MRS A L MCGUIRE
- 20-06-22
brilliant story, excellently narrated
Another great book in the Culver Valley series. I enjoyed the use of two narrators, I feel it added a lot to the story and the way it is told.
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- Bob Cunningham
- 17-01-15
Little Pace
I used to be a passionate fan of Sophie Hannah. "Little Face" was nothing short of brilliant, and the next 2/3 in the "Culver Valley" series were (almost) equally as good. If you're a lover of the "puzzle unravelled" type of mystery I'd recommend any of these.
However from there I'm afraid things have gone downhill fast.
Ponderous prose, weak characterisation and plodding tempo seem to have become the order of the day.
I'm afraid that this one is quite possibly the worst of the lot.
To call the plot contrived and convoluted would be the nicest thing I could say about it.
Compared with her earlier work I'm afraid this is starting to feel like "ok I suppose I'd better knock out another one". I'm reading dialogue I really don't care about from characters I used to love but who have become...... monotonous I'm afraid.
It's sad, but I think it's time for me
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- elizsheba
- 24-03-24
Dull dull dull
Tried my best to listen to - the beginning was more or less ok. But the more I listened the more unbearably dull it became.
Also very difficult to tolerate long passages from articles of a killed journalist.
The police speak to each other unprofessionally, like a bunch of amateur theatre actors , who have a vague idea about police work, detection, evidence collection etc etc.
The main heroine that is highly neurotic woman with her obsession with an online lover and her guilt - ok we got it - why it had to be repeated each time with the mentioning of the email addresses - Nicky being naughty and mr jugs?
I really liked one of S Hannah book about a diary of a mother that did not like her daughter. That was masterfully written, a page turner, with alive real characters I really enjoyed it.
But I suppose that the only good one. Pity about it that.
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