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Evan and Elle

By: Rhys Bowen
Narrated by: Roger Clark
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Constable Evans joins Sergeant Watkins to follow a trail of clues that leads them to the South of England and then to France, and finally to the conclusion that a dangerous killer is loose in Llanfair, in Rhys Bowen's fourth Evan Evans mystery, Evan and Elle.

There is both excitement and dismay in Llanfair when a new French restaurant opens. The glamorous owner, Madame Yvette, tries to win over the locals, and everything seems to be going well until a string of fires plagues the town. One night the restaurant burns down, and a body is found in the rubble.

©2000 Rhys Bowen (P)2020 Audible, Inc. Cosy Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives

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I love this series and am really glad they’ve finally been released. Uncharacteristically, I think Roger Clark was not asas relaxed and natural as he has been in the previous books. It’s a bit stilted and sounds like he was instructed to overdo the Welsh accent.
I was excited (!) to hear them going off to my hometown of Eastbourne even though he pronounced Lewes as ‘Loos’ instead of ‘Loo-iss’ but I guess no one is perfect!!

Thoroughly enjoyed, thanks Audible - off to bag the next one!

More Evan Evans at last!!

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I have loved every single one of these books so far, escapism with a great plot!!

Another lovely story

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… oh why use an American vice actor that can’t actually get the accent right, nor is able to properly pronounce Welsh names/ place names??? Just WHY? I’m sure there would be enough great Welsh speaking voice actors that would get it right.
The performance is otherwise good, we’ll read etc. except a few Americanisms that give it away, like “ turtleneck sweater” which in the UK would actually be a “polo neck sweater”.

Why…

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Another terrific murder mystery this time with a 'foreign' influence seemingly cursing all the problems, along with local foreign hate crime. With fun and jealousy keeping the pace skipping along. Read brilliantly again by Roger Clark.

Evan and Elle

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I love this sort of gentle 'who dunnit'. The characters are well developed and are not easily confused. The plot is good but not too cryptic. The narrator is excellent and adds to the enjoyment. It has exciting moments and, the best thing for me, it is not gritty!

Gentle 'who dunnit'.

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