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Deadly Crimes

DCI Sophie Allen Series, Book 2

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Deadly Crimes

By: Michael Hambling
Narrated by: Cat Gould
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A young man's mutilated body is found on top of the Agglestone.

It seems that he was involved in a human trafficking and prostitution gang. But why is DCI Sophie Allen keeping something back from her team? Is it linked to the extraordinary discovery of her own father's body at the bottom of a disused mineshaft, more than 40 years after he disappeared?

Deadly Crimes is the second in a new series of police detective thrillers featuring DCI Sophie Allen, head of the recently formed Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. An English county which includes a stunning section of the coastline, but whose beauty belies darkness beneath the surface.

©2016 Michael Hambling (P)2016 Tantor Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Crime

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I enjoyed the book but the narrator is absolutely terrible. Really spoilt the book for me, the same as the first one. Won’t be reading anymore.

Good book spoilt by the narrator

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Another great story from this series. The author, characters and narrator were great as usual.

A really enjoyable listening experience.

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The narrator drove me mad. Please don’t use her again. What was that accent?? She obviously hadn’t read the bits beforehand and so a lot of it seemed disjointed which ruined the book for me. Sorry

The narrator drove me mad

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Good story that builds, twists and turns but still leaves questions unanswered. Enjoyable follow on book.

Good listen

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Michael Hambling tells a wonderful tale, I throughly enjoyed the story but this narrator is the worst I've ever heard. The use of Australian accents of most of the characters in the Hampshire area is an unusual choice but the attempt at a Scottish or Irish accent - your guess - is so bad it's funny, straight out of a French and Saunders comedy sketch.. I played a snatch of it to my partner who was aghast ! How do the narrators get chosen ? surely to God not by the author ?
Great books if you can take on board the information without allowing the narrator to absorb your whole attention
Would have rated 5* across the review with a good narrator

Who chooses these narrators ? This poor author

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