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  • Detective Kelly Porter, Book 1
  • By: Rachel Lynch
  • Narrated by: Clare Kissane
  • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (431 ratings)
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Dark Game

By: Rachel Lynch
Narrated by: Clare Kissane
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Summary

The thrilling first audiobook in the best-selling DI Kelly Porter series.

After a scandal forces DI Kelly Porter out of the Met, she returns home to the Lake District. Crimes in the Cumbrian constabulary tend to be minor, but Kelly begins work on a cold case that shocked the local community - the abduction and brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl.

Meanwhile, Kelly is also investigating two seemingly straightforward crimes: a case involving an illegal immigrant and a robbery following the death of a local businessman. But evidence comes to light that reveals a web of criminal activity beyond anything Kelly imagined. Behind the veneer of sleepy, touristy towns lies a dark and dangerous underworld.

As Kelly threatens to expose those with much to lose, she risks paying the ultimate price to get to the truth....

©2018 Rachel Lynch (P)2019 Rachel Lynch

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Truly irritating!!!!

I felt this book had the potential to be Brilliant, enthralling and even film material.
However the cruelty and violence towards humans and animals was so gratuitous it was nauseating. I was forever skipping chapters which spoilt the book for me.
Author please note, you can imply violence, leaving it up to the reader to imagine, rather than rub our noses in it!
For me a true shame. Great Narrator though!

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excellent

can't wait to listen to next book in this series. liked the main character who was not overly complicated. story progressed at an interesting pace and not too graphic, glory or violent. just enough sex and not reliant on foul language . narration very easy on the ears.

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Off to a great start

This is the first story in this series, and it’s excellent. Believable characters; plausible, complicated story; excellent narration; 5 more stories in the series at time of writing. Happy days. As another reviewer remarked it’s so refreshing for the main character to be fairly ordinary, really good at her job, with no obvious major personality flaws. Already downloaded No2 with great anticipation. Highly recommended.

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Basic detective story

Tough but caring female detective retutns to her rural home police force after working for The Met. Within weeks she has won the respect of her colleagues and singlehandedly solved a cold case and smashed open a web of organised crime. It's not badly written and there's a fair bit going on but it all just lacked subtlety and became a bit too ridiculous and unbelievable as it went on.

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Thoroughly enjiyable

Great book, excellent characters and really well delivered. Done slightly silly decisions made by the DI but I've already downloaded the next one

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Brilliant!

looking forward to the whole series, really like the detective, found it gripping & exciting

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Not for me....

I like crime novels. Y'know, Rankin, Oswald, - all kinds really. I dont like chick lit or soft porn. I really don't need graphic descriptions of bliw jobs and other sex acts thanks. If others do then that's fine and dandy but if you too find this a cop out of writing then this is not for you either. Narrator wasn't bad though. It was also boring.

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too many things happening with too many characters

hated the graphics. it was a mumbo jumbo of everything abhorring in humankind. the protagonist lacked clarity and the writer lacked clarity in her character building and story development. found it painful to hear it out. won't be reading more in this series

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Loved it!

Excellent listen. A fast paced dark thriller. I couldn't find fault if I tried. I recommend it

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Great Thriller

A great listen, narrator brilliant on the voices

An up to the minute scenario, very well drawn drama on life today.


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