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Death in the Sunshine
- The Retired Detectives Club, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Four ex-cops in a retirement paradise. Sure they’ll rest...when the killer is caught.
After a long career as a police officer, Moira hopes a move to a luxury retirement community will mean she can finally leave the detective work to the youngsters and focus on a quieter life. But it turns out The Homestead is far from paradise. When she discovers the body of a young woman floating in one of the pools, surrounded by thousands of dollar bills, her crime-fighting instinct kicks back in and she joins up with fellow ex-cops - and new neighbours - Philip, Lizzie and Rick to investigate the murder.
With the case officers dropping ball after ball, Moira and the gang take matters into their own hands, turning undercover homicide investigators. But the killer is desperate to destroy all the evidence and Moira, Philip, Lizzie and Rick soon find themselves getting in the way - of the murderer and the police.
Just when they thought they could finally relax, they discover that someone has infiltrated their ‘safe’ community. Can they hunt down the murderer and get back to retiring in peace? And after all the excitement, will they want to?
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- threewiseninjas
- 05-04-22
Unbearable.
No reflection on the writer, but I didn't make it to the end of chapter one!
The narrator is terrible; reading it staccato fashion, in a manner that suggests she is trying to knock it off quickly, before going out to do her shopping. Her diction is also appalling, pronouncing twenty as 'twenny' and community as 'communidy'
Honestly, I'm not sure Priti Patel could have done a worse job.
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- Alex Rawnsley
- 11-04-22
Quite like the story
I’m enjoying the story and do want to know how it ends but I’m really struggling through it with the narration. I don’t, somehow think that the narrator is British, the accent is really off putting unfortunately. I will try to read it on Kindle instead.
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- Mr. S. M. Elliott
- 26-03-22
poor narration.
As said by others very similar feel to the Richard Osman book. Well written and keeps you engaged. Unfortunately the narrator has terrible pronunciation constantly mispronouncing word. Padeo instead of Patio, Philap for Philip most T's are replaced by D's. It really starts to distract from the book. Think I would recommend reading the book over narration.
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- S Gough
- 23-03-22
Good plot, narrator struggles..
The narrator struggles with some English pronunciations. She called the MET Office the M. E. T. Office for example. Four of characters are from London and were police in the MET. It grates when things are pronounced incorrectly.
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- Jackie Mac
- 28-01-23
Great storyline
Loved the storyline and characters. The narration was ok but the way the narrator finished her words sometimes was strange and a little off putting. All in all a good read. I will definitely listen to the next in the series.
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- Daydreamer
- 21-06-22
Great book - awful performance
I loved this book but the narrator was awful. She obviously isn't English or American and can't do either accent well. Certain words began to grate on me early on because her diction and pronunciation was awful. Plus one of the characters was constantly feeling queasy which was intensely irritating in a strong woman. I'd love to hear something from this author read by someone else.
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- V
- 21-06-22
Couldn't get past the narrator
Really unfortunate as I was looking forward to the book but I just couldn't get past the narration. So very oddly pronounced words and a less than compalling reading that didn't make up for the accent / pronunciation. Well try reading it at some point instead
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- Amyloueliza
- 31-05-22
A bit of fun, with a twist.
I enjoyed this book, both listening and reading. I can see this as the beginning of a series. Great to see retired people being recognised as being able bodied and mentally on the mark.
So often I wish there was a way to encourage the younger generation to value the years of hard work that's been done. Also in some cases when there wasn't the internet and electronic wizardry of today
Let's never forget that the people who lived before us prepared the way for us. Ok, now I've got that off my chest!
Enjoy the book and the naration.
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- Mellonclan
- 15-05-22
narration leaves a lot to be desired
Enjoyed the story but the narration spoiled it. one of the main characters is Philip but the narrator says Philup every time and it drove me mad. is she British or American. at times she got totally confused and so did I. Would live to listen to more books I this series but need to see if the narrator has changed.
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- Arabella
- 24-03-24
Great story and characterisation.
Please never use this narrator again. The accent was irritating in the extreme and I had to check if one character was really called Fill-up! He wasn't. His name was of course Philip.
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